Folks,

After searching the works of Professor Michel Chossudovsky I can only conclude that he is on tenure....

But, because of the language problem at Ottawa University, I was unable to truly search out all of the data that I
wanted.  I certainly agree with some of the conclusions but it is all entirely too extremely  "conspiratorial" for my
tastes.

The primary distinction between what gets people involved or not involved is that when the victims "look more like us,"
we tend to take notice because we "identify."  This is indeed a typically selfish attitude that is not particularly
admirable but it is certainly more understandable.  Rather, we should deplore this short sighted, selfish aspect and at
least appreciate that we do care when such things are taking place even if it takes quite a disturbance to overcome our
"comfortable" inertia.

I did enjoy reading the material and agreed with many conclusions (but not necessarily to the degree or import) even
though I felt it rather, to a degree, shrill and conspiratorial.   To expect all of the nations involved to ignore
their own interests would really be ill informed....  We are, after all, simply social animals with fanciful but
admirable hopes of improving our value systems...

Cordially,

Bob

"F. Leon Wilson" wrote:

> Comments?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> KOSOVO "FREEDOM FIGHTERS" FINANCED BY ORGANISED CRIME
>
>         by
>
>         Michel Chossudovsky
>
> Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and author of The
> Globalization of Poverty, Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, Third
> World Network, Penang and Zed Books, London, 1997.
>
> Copyright by Michel Chossudovsky, Ottawa, 1999. All rights reserved.
> Permission is granted to post this text on non-commercial internet sites,
> provided the essay remains intact and the copyright note is displayed. To
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> Heralded by the global media as a humanitarian peace-keeping mission,
> NATO's ruthless bombing of Belgrade and Pristina goes far beyond the
> breach of international law. While Slobodan Milosevic is demonised,
> portrayed as a remorseless dictator, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) is
> upheld as a self-respecting nationalist movement struggling for the
> rights of ethnic Albanians. The truth of the matter is that the KLA is
> sustained by organised crime with the tacit approval of the United States
> and its allies.

Snipped for brevity....
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