Word: timorously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second explanation is proximity. Kosovo, it is said, is a lot closer to the U.S. than is Timor. As National Security Adviser Sandy Berger put it, Kosovo is "in the middle of Europe," while East Timor is "in Asia...
Well, Kosovo is not in the middle of Europe. It is at the periphery of Europe. And both Kosovo and East Timor are more than 4,000 miles away from the U.S. (East Timor being about 1,500 miles farther away...
...third rationale: strategic. East Timor, said Berger, is nothing more than "a humanitarian problem," while Kosovo involved "strong security and strategic consequences...
...this too is nonsense. Yes, East Timor is purely a humanitarian problem. But so is Kosovo. It matters not a whit to the U.S. whether Kosovo is ruled by Serbs or Albanians or Tartars. It has no economy to speak of, no industry, no military. It doesn't even have a seacoast. It is a destitute, landlocked geopolitical wasteland. East Timor is much the same, except for the beaches...
...extraordinary American exertions for Kosovo and not East Timor...