Word: nato
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...first comment is in connection with "Students React to Bombings" (News, March 26). The obvious flaw in the piece was that none of the students interviewed were of Serbian descent, although there are several undergraduates at the College who are from Serbia. While I reluctantly support the NATO military action, I am severely distressed to see that the Serbian perspective was not at all represented...
Regarding the point about the war being decided by ordinary people, if he means that ordinary people are the victims of policies inflicted on them from above and that they are deserving of our sympathy, I would again wholeheartedly agree. He adds that the decisions of NATO's military commanders will have no effect on what happens...
...very insidious and well-planned policies of political leaders that lead to the death and suffering of thousands. If no one is calling the shots in Kosovo, then no one is responsible for anything except what one does in his own house. Milosevic is not responsible for massacring Kosovars. NATO generals are not responsible for bombing civilians. No one is right, no one is wrong, therefore no judgment can be passed...
...first comment is in connection with "Students React to Bombings" (News, March 26). The obvious flaw in the piece was that none of the students interviewed were of Serbian descent, although there are several undergraduates at the College who are from Serbia. While I reluctantly support the NATO military action, I am severely distressed to see that the Serbian perspective was not at all represented...
...given is that the Rambouillet peace deal, whose failure precipitated current bombing campaign, is dead. The ethnic Albanians can't be expected to accept remaining under Serb rule, and the Serbs haven't yet been militarily persuaded to relinquish their control over any part of the province. Thus as NATO develops ideas about creating a protected enclave in Kosovo and the Serbs continue to depopulate predominantly ethnic Albanian areas, the two sides could find themselves moving toward some form of compromise. Thursday's talks between Milosevic and moderate ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova on the need for a political solution...