/* Written 8:04 AM Apr 27, 1999 by jdoug@ix.netcom.com in igc:labr.all */ /* ---------- "Kosovo Criticisms" ---------- */ Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 02:29:02 -0500 From: "Jeffrey L. Beatty" To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK Subject: Kosovo: A Response to the Critics
Criticism No. 1: NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia is illegal under international law....
Criticism No. 2: The Serbs have been unfairly demonized....
Criticism No. 3: The plight of the refugees from Kosovo has been worsened by the NATO bombing....
Criticism No. 4: NATO is hypocritical in claiming it is motivated by humanitarian considerations. It has ulterior motives for its actions....
Criticism No. 5: The bombing campaign has been militarily ineffectual, and could succeed only through a ground offensive likely to be extremely costly in people and materiel....
CRITICISM NO. 6: The bombing in Kosovo has damaged our relationship with the Russians, and could lead to serious conflict with them.... |