The answer is simple.   The ex-Soviet Bloc is a huge terrain with many
valuable resources, that stretched from Poland, all the way around to
Mongolia.    The Balkans are an important region of geopolitical and
military significance.     The US intervention effectively cut off the
advance of German imperialism into the region.     It also cut European
ties to Turkey,  that could have challenged US hegemony from being
maintained.

Most importantly,  it soidified the US/ Turkey alliance to advance into
the Turkish speaking, oil producing regions of the former Soviet Union.
This struggle to capture the oil of the Caspian Basin away from Russia,
probably was the principle cause for US intervention.

Now,  the US has established the "Right" to intervene for "humanitarian
reasons".    Plus, it has established it's military presence in Eastern
Europe.

This strategy of supporting alienated national minorities in their
search to realign themselves with powerful protectors,  is the strategy
that Hitler used to launch his original military offensives.     We can
now see a virtual army of lobbyists,  for "the rights of oppressed
mniorities",  lining up in Washington, D.C. to build support for US
assistance.     They come from around the globe;  Africa, Asia, and
Europe.

It's a life or death choice for many,  to be in alliance with US
imperialism,  as opposed to being it's enemy.        Still, American
activists need to differentiate, between oppressed minorities within the
Imperialist Bloc,  and those oppressed minorities who are allying
themselves with imperialist interests, to gain protection for their own
causes.

It is clear that many US, Australian, and European activists have
difficulty in accepting any difference between the 2 groups of oppressed
nationalities.     As a result, their campaigns of support for the Right
of Self Determination,  often are echoes of imperialist war propaganda.
While their voices remain supportive, but largely muted,  in mobilizing
support for those national minorities opposing US imperialism.

What is even worse.  is that many activists did not support building a
movement against US intervention during the war.     They have not
supported building a movement to try Clinton, Blair, etc. for war crimes
afterwards, either.     Their voices are absent, and their presence is
elsewhere, as the US military domination of US society continues
unabated.

This is a great victory for the US government.     Demobilizing
opposition to militaristic imperialism,  by confusing the population
with "humanistic" propaganda.    There are many on the Left who will
deactivate themselves, when the  "enemy" is seen as impure.     We need
to convince them,  not to do so.

Sincerely..............Tony Abdo.................