>Left opposition to Milosevic from citizens of the US and it's NATO
allies should be seen as giving ideological support to NATO during
its attack on Yugoslavia.

Oh really, Tony? This is exactly the argument that politicians in the US and
other western powers use--anybody who criticizes the status quo when
it's involved in a military action is unpatriotic, in fact, downright disloyal.
I'm surprised that anybody on this list would actually parrot such slanderous
nonsense.

>Of the same mode, why is it your business or mine, whether Montenegro
should or should not be able to secede from Yugoslavia?

The same reason it's our business what happens to human beings denied
their freedom anywhere else. Did you ask whether it was our business
whether black South Africans should or should not have the same rights
as white South Africans? Do you ask what business it is of ours whether
Palestineans should or should not live under Israeli occupation? Or what
business it is of ours whether Nike's sweatshop workers in places like
China and Indonesia are allowed to unionize? If not, how dare you question
the Montenegrin's right to secession--and our responsibility to support them
when it's as clear as it is that that's what most Montenegrins want.