The Kosovo intervention was another "wag the dog" operation. It obviously didn't lead toward better ties with Moslems. Our "ally" Greece backed Serbia, while helpful Turkey elected Erdogan et al, and our "allies" in Europe again gave the cold shoulder to Turkish membership in the EU despite the backing of its membership by both Greece and the nonmember US.
The reprehensible Noam Chomsky is another vehement critic of the Kosovo intervention, but I wouldn't say his position is the same as most folks here who opposed it.
One thing the US intervention has done is given Europe a glimpse of what things would be like if we were not around. But look at the election results in France and Germany since we helped stop a major war on European soil. Talk about ingratitude.
Clinton's lame excuse was, "we had to do something." I guess arranging humanitarian aid (such as an airlift of tents, blankets, food, and water, using the US military) wasn't as good as bombing the crap out of the very people he said he wanted to help.
Hidden Agenda
U.S./NATO Takeover of Yugoslavia
ed by John Catalinotto
and Sara Flounders
contributors include: Ramsey Clark,
Slobodan Milosevic,
cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
