NATO, Kosovo, Russia

On 25 Mar 99, at 11:12, Mike Procter wrote:

> Of course great power politics come into it, but I don't think many ethnic
> Albanians (or, indeed, what's left of the Bosnians) would recognize their
> relationship with Serbia as 'living in peace'.

I didn't refer to this relation, Mike. I was talking about the imperalistic 
approach of the economic powerhouses of NATO to define what they may 
call "live in peace" which refers to their assumption that peace is the peace 
of economic freedom of those who can afford to live "on the right side of the 
continent", whichever continent it may be.

NATO is assuming to be a UN peace-keeping force, which they are not as 
the UN Secretary General made quite clear last night. NATO just occupies 
this position and imposes its concept of "peace" on the rest of Europe. 

Frankly, they don't care about any one person on ground. They're 
concerned to "keep things under control" though this is a pretty useless 
enterprise as it's impossible to control - life.


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