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The thing is there has been little in the way of tangible differences between Clinton and Bush policy.

The termination of the Clinton administration made it easy for a new administration to challenge the criminal policies of the former Washington regime, and attempt to address certain grievances on the part of Serbs. Bush chose not to do so. Recall the fact that Bush had actually joined Clinton in resisting a Congressional challenge to withdraw US troops from the Balkans (Clinton claimed they would withdraw by 1996, then 1997, and so on).

Bush only kept up the heat on Serbia to destroy whatever was left of its dignity and hand over its elected leader (there's little doubt Milosevic actually won the Yugoslav federal elections by the way) to the Hague Tribunal is known to every single person in Yugoslavia as a political court. Meanwhile, the US forces in Kosovo continue to support Albanian terrorism not only against Macedonia but also against the Serbian puppet government. The extradition of Milosevic was only followed by demands for more extraditions, earning the Serbian gauleiters no favours from the Bush administration whatsoever. Whatever "aid" the Bush administration has sent to Serbia is something of a joke - $10 million worth of Monsanto soybeans is more some State Department Nazi's idea of an insult.

Osama Bin Laden and the 9-11 terror attacks and Bush's declaration and the declared "war on terrorism" also made it easy for the Bush administration to change its policy. But Bush chose not to do so. Admittedly, he placed two largely unknown Albanian groups on the list of terror groups, while still continuing to support the main Albanian groups, namely the KLA. Naturally, the American media did not question whether this belated move wasn't an implicit recognition of the fact the US was supporting Albanian terrorism. That might be due to the fact the US media has never done much to question the US occupation of Kosovo since it began 2 and a half years ago.

If the Bush administration does pull American troops out of the Balkans it will be only due to the upcoming war with Iraq and the rest of the "axis of evil". Most of the US media, the biggest promoter of genocide against Serbs, will naturally protest the move, pointing out there are still too many Serbs left.

58 posted on 02/15/2002 1:18:35 PM PST by Ichabod Walrus
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To: Ichabod Walrus

The thing is there has been little in the way of tangible differences between Clinton and Bush policy.

Bingo! Many people here want to scream and blame this whole thing on Clinton and his immoral and anti-American foreign policy. I agree with them on the nature of Clinton's foreign policy, but if Bush is so much better why has he not lifted a finger to right any of these wrongs? Indeed, all indications thus far are that Bush supports wholeheartedly all of Clinton's adventures in the Balkans. So where does that leave the Bush-bots?

137 posted on 02/16/2002 8:06:33 AM PST by Zviadist
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