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Singularity posted 05-13-99 08:22 PM ET
Drop neutron bombs in all major Serbian cities. Wipe them out.
Nylan posted 05-14-99 03:32 AM ET
A little extreme - kill of Slobbo. The UK doesn't have that pesky order about not killing foreign heads of state
Bishop posted 05-14-99 04:54 AM ET
Killing Slobodan Milosevic won�t solve anything, there would just come another to take his place. Regarding Kosovo it�s my firm opinion that the people of Kosovo should be allowed to decide on their own future, without interference from Washington as well as Belgrade.
Bishop
Magnus posted 05-14-99 12:19 PM ET
I wonder what usa would say if kosovo albanians moved to california, and then claimed that california is theirs... I bet that usa would force them away...
pentalarc posted 05-14-99 12:26 PM ET
I want us out of there. We should have never gone in in the first place, and I want us out of there before it turns into another Vietnam.
Pentalarc
War, Good God, Y'all, What Is It Good FOr?
GaryD posted 05-14-99 12:28 PM ET
Stopping evil dictators taking over Europe maybe ?
Ravenblade posted 05-19-99 04:30 AM ET
I don't think we should be in Kosovo, we have no right to get involved is a civil war. We are going after Serbia because they are not playing nice to America. Where was NATO when Turkey was butchering the Kurds? Or Rwanda? Or Tibet? Or Sudan? Millions die in genocide and we don't lift a finger to help and 2,000 die in a civil war and we send in the planes? This is not a centuries-old problem, this began in the early days of this century as a result of the West playing map-maker. Any comments?
GaryD posted 05-19-99 08:35 AM ET
I suspect all the comments on that have been made already.
Just because we don't get involved to stop every evil act this is not a reason not to ever do so.
Two reasons why we might not act is that we don't have resources to be involved every time, and some atrocities are committed by states that are so powerful we couldn't make a difference if we did get involved militarily. Therefore we choose between the potential arenas using the "Can we get public support" and "What's in it for us" criteria. This is not fair, nor ideal, but it is human. We have to use something to select on.
Yes there are a lot of old grievances, regardless of whether it is centuries old or the beginning of this one. We are at the end of this one now. The civilised action is to work from where we are, rather than continue vendettas forever, based on past action. This regardless of the excuses for the ill feeling.
OldWarrior_42 posted 05-19-99 09:41 AM ET
And its 1-2-3 what are we fighting for, dont ask me I dont give a dam, next stop is slobbo...dan. And its 5-6-7, open up the pearly gates....well we aint got time to wonder why whoopee we're all gonna die. You know the tune.
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Author	Topic: What to do with Kosovo....
Singularity	posted 05-13-99 08:22 PM ET Drop neutron bombs in all major Serbian cities. Wipe them out.
Nylan	posted 05-14-99 03:32 AM ET A little extreme - kill of Slobbo. The UK doesn't have that pesky order about not killing foreign heads of state
Bishop	posted 05-14-99 04:54 AM ET Killing Slobodan Milosevic won�t solve anything, there would just come another to take his place. Regarding Kosovo it�s my firm opinion that the people of Kosovo should be allowed to decide on their own future, without interference from Washington as well as Belgrade. Bishop
Magnus	posted 05-14-99 12:19 PM ET I wonder what usa would say if kosovo albanians moved to california, and then claimed that california is theirs... I bet that usa would force them away...
pentalarc	posted 05-14-99 12:26 PM ET I want us out of there. We should have never gone in in the first place, and I want us out of there before it turns into another Vietnam. Pentalarc War, Good God, Y'all, What Is It Good FOr?
GaryD	posted 05-14-99 12:28 PM ET Stopping evil dictators taking over Europe maybe ?
Ravenblade	posted 05-19-99 04:30 AM ET I don't think we should be in Kosovo, we have no right to get involved is a civil war. We are going after Serbia because they are not playing nice to America. Where was NATO when Turkey was butchering the Kurds? Or Rwanda? Or Tibet? Or Sudan? Millions die in genocide and we don't lift a finger to help and 2,000 die in a civil war and we send in the planes? This is not a centuries-old problem, this began in the early days of this century as a result of the West playing map-maker. Any comments?
GaryD	posted 05-19-99 08:35 AM ET I suspect all the comments on that have been made already. Just because we don't get involved to stop every evil act this is not a reason not to ever do so. Two reasons why we might not act is that we don't have resources to be involved every time, and some atrocities are committed by states that are so powerful we couldn't make a difference if we did get involved militarily. Therefore we choose between the potential arenas using the "Can we get public support" and "What's in it for us" criteria. This is not fair, nor ideal, but it is human. We have to use something to select on. Yes there are a lot of old grievances, regardless of whether it is centuries old or the beginning of this one. We are at the end of this one now. The civilised action is to work from where we are, rather than continue vendettas forever, based on past action. This regardless of the excuses for the ill feeling.
OldWarrior_42	posted 05-19-99 09:41 AM ET And its 1-2-3 what are we fighting for, dont ask me I dont give a dam, next stop is slobbo...dan. And its 5-6-7, open up the pearly gates....well we aint got time to wonder why whoopee we're all gonna die. You know the tune.