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["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Message-ID: <37263094.5DBB671A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:48:04 -0400
From: "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Kosovo:  A Response to the Critics
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Jeffrey's reply to the six criticisms of NATO policy of bombing attacks on Yugoslavia that he summarized attempted to be fair and objective.
Still, reading his counter arguments with as much forebearance as possible, they still fall far short in demolishing the force of the criticisms.  At best, Jeffery's are merely informed alternative views that sound very much like apologetic rationalization.

Two key issues seem to have be overlooked.
The first is the damage the bombing does and will do to NATO itself, as an effective alliance, to its credibility and to the soundenss of its new mission.
The second is the impact the military action has on the conceptual framework of post-Cold War geo-politics.  Korsovo marks the beginning of the ominous emergence of a geo-political world view that is not condusive to glabal peace.  It serves notice to all nations that renounciation of the uase of force and disarmament are fool-hardy policies.
In the long run, Korsovo has damaged the future of a post Cold War world order, regardless of its outcome.
It is very hard to follow logically the thinking of a well-meaning liberal hawk.

Henry C.K. Liu


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