Word: kosovo
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...take a position on deploying groundtroops in the ongoing Balkan conflict, butquestioned whether President Clinton had outlinedhis goals in the Kosovo crisis clearly enough...
...military strikes in Yugoslavia must be allowed to run their course. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's call for cease-fires and his government's declaration that "peace has been restored in Kosovo" are belied by the brutal treatment of the Kosovar Albanians. Reports vary, but it seems certain that several hundred thousand Kosovars have been forced from their homes into neighboring republics, while many more are refugees within their own borders...
...long to wait. According to statements by the German Defense Ministry, a plan for the expulsion of the Kosovar Albanians had been implemented in October 1998, even as Milosevic agreed to peace talks, with U.S. diplomats, and has continued since under the guise of strike against the pro-independence Kosovo Liberation Army...
...solution begins by responding constructively to the other side," said Burg, referring to the side of Slobodan Milosevic, the current president of Serb-dominated Yugoslavia. "The solution is extensive autonomy of Kosovo inside Serbia," he added...
...reality is that violent conflict is an unpleasant affair, and, in order to operate effectively, our armed forces cannot always be on the vanguard of progressive social trends. "Don't ask, don't tell" may be offensive to some, but events in Kosovo should serve as a stark reminder that our military is a force for great good in the world and is worthy of our utmost respect. It is past time that students on this campus grew up and accepted the fact that the enormous responsibilities of some groups in this world mean that they cannot always perfectly conform...