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NATO's air attacks are therefore not responsible for the expulsion of Albanians from Kosovo but instead only caused a planned operation of ethnic cleansing to begin sooner rather than later. In any case, the NATO strikes could never be truly responsible; Serb troops, not stealth fighters, are forcing people from their homes...
...sealed the border to prevent refugees from escaping, although it has since reopened for brief intervals. It is impossible to know where the several hundred thousand "internally displaced" Kosovars are, or whether they have adequate food or shelter. There are no reliable sources of information on the ground within Kosovo, but refugees tell of a meticulous and organized refugees tell of a meticulous and organized effort to empty cities, towns and villages...
Even more disturbing are reports that the Serbs may be mining the Albanian border and aerial photographs which show freshly turned earth resembling the mass graves dug during the Bosnian war. According to CBS, NATO reports spotting 96 freshly dug graves from the air over Kosovo last Saturday night and Sunday...
...despicable actions of the Yogoslav forces fly in the face of Milosevic's protestations for peace and make it clear that, at least for the foreseeable future, it will be impossible for the Kosovar Albanians to live safely under Yugoslav control. An autonomous Kosovo will require the protection of an international force; even if the current conflict remains air-based, some type of ground forces, U.S. or otherwise, must eventually become involved after the fighting has ceased...
...find it ironic that many of the same people who support sending 18- to 22-year-old American ground forces to fight and die in Kosovo also argue that they can not support the return of ROTC to campus because it makes certain 18- to 22-year-old Harvard students "feel uncomfortable." The self-righteous arrogance of the ivory tower never ceases to amaze...