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...attacks on civilians, grew into widespread aggression and is now an unchecked attempt to destroy an entire people. Ask any Belgrader whether that's true, and he'll say yes--but he won't be agreeing with you. For most people in Yugoslavia, it's NATO's attacks on Serbia that are the crime, not Serbian attacks on Kosovo. While NATO accuses Serbs of aggression, Serbian media accuse NATO of aggression. When NATO cries genocide, Serbian media cry genocide. And with almost no outside points of reference in Yugoslavia, who's to know the difference? It is the ultimate Orwellian...
...including Serbian and ethnic Albanian civilians alike, the strikes have also provided all the material that Milosevic's minions need to win over even die-hard skeptics. NATO, the propaganda insists, simply wants to kill Serbs at any cost. "Most people--myself included--see this as an aggression against Serbia, not just against Milosevic," says Goran Svilanovic, 39, the chairman of Civic Alliance, a once ardently critical anti-Milosevic party...
...tries to make sense of the high school killings, and the ethnic cleansings in Kosovo may be a way in. A tribe of haters in Serbia and an ad hoc tribe of haters in Colorado have a dark kinship. Both discover self-worth by hating an enemy. Both define themselves in opposition to "the other." Both appear benign for long stretches of time and then seethe and explode in a murderous fury...
Using ground troops isn't the answer. It isn't even the question. NATO's problem is not which means to use, it is a confusion of purpose. There will be no durable solution in Kosovo or elsewhere in the Balkans while Serbia's regional self-assertion persists undiminished. Asked how he would prevent a resurgent Germany from seeking once again to dominate Europe, Charles de Gaulle answered simply, "By war." The conclusion applies equally well to Serbia. RICHARD HART SINNREICH Lawton, Okla...
...Holocaust survivor, I certainly understand the real meaning of "ethnic cleansing." I know from personal experience what it is to be a refugee and how it feels when bombs fall. I am convinced that the NATO war against Serbia is terribly wrong. It is a mistake to take sides in a civil conflict that we do not understand. It is wrong to attack a sovereign country that does not threaten us. It is wrong to impose moral values on others while we have none. It is wrong to take actions that make the situation worse. MIKLOS N. SZILAGYI Tucson, Ariz...