on 2/8/00 6:05 PM, Stratfor wrote:

> The reality, however, is far more prosaic and, in some ways, more
> alarming. The U.S.-led intervention was prompted precisely by what
> the U.S. government said. There were reports of an impending
> holocaust in Kosovo. Criticized for failing to prevent genocide in
> Rwanda and accused of sitting idly by in Bosnia, the Clinton
> administration was afraid of another public relations nightmare -
> at a time when domestic scandals were tarnishing the administration
> anyway.
Hate to say I told you so, but....

As for the predictions of a resumption of civil war, no one has a crystal
ball. (OTOH, Stratfor's own analysis is tainted a bit by its prior credulous
embrace of the "ethnic cleansing hoax" assiduously promoted by Andrej and
his fellow Serbs, so I'm not losing sleep over this prediction.) I'm sure
that if NATO withdraws and the situation returns to the status quo ante,
Tony et al. will have no problem finding NATO at fault for the ensuing
carnage. Laptop pacifism means never having to say you're sorry.
--
Tresy Kilbourne
Seattle WA