>>>>>>>Now if the Slovenes attacked the Yugoslav border guards and cut off electricity, heat, and water to the barracks, that is entirely justifiable after Slovenia seceeded from Yugoslavia.<<<<<<<
Pardon my slovenscino, this is utter bull. According to Charter of Helsinki and Charter of Paris, no violent redrawing of European borders is allowed.
Secessionist Slovenia has breached the key legal framework of European security and set the Balkan dominoes in motion.
That is correct. And Germany's early recognition of Slovenia did more than anything else to cause the whole region to descend into chaos. Clinton should have been on the phone with his German counterpart immediately and insisted he cancel that act of recognition. However, (as we all know) Mr. Clinton was more interested in having the Presidential joystick serviced by some bimbo than preventing death and slaughter anywhere in the world.