Pravda.RU:Yougoslavia:More in detail 10:09 2001-07-09 TIME MAGAZINE COMMENTS ON MILOSEVIC'S DEPORTATION The extradition of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague war-crimes tribunal highlights powerful US pressure /that was inadvertently exerted/ rather than the efficiency of international justice. Such is the gist of an article that was contributed to Time magazine by Charles Krauthammer; the magazine's latest issue deals with Milosevic's deportation. The deportation of Yugoslavia's former leader attests to the might of the US rather than that of international law, Krauthammer stresses. In his words, the Serbian army was forced to leave Kosovo as a result of NATO air strikes, USAF raids, first and foremost. Such air strikes also devastated Serbia, discrediting Milosevic all the same. The article's author draws attention to obvious chronological coincidences. Milosevic was arrested April 1 because US Congress specified that deadline as a pre-condition for rendering $50 million to Serbia /in order to restore its war-devastated economy/. Milosevic's hasty extradition to the Hague on June 28 was pre-determined by the June 29 conference involving Western donor countries, which were expected to decide on allocating $1.25 billion in international economic aid to Serbia. Krauthammer suggests that his readers should not be misled by the real "value" of the Hague international war-crimes tribunal and that of many other international organizations, be it the IMF or NATO. According to Krauthammer, all of them are nothing but Pan-America's subsidiaries. Given their formal independence, such organizations are nevertheless absolutely powerless. However, anyone who is mighty should use their might with particular caution, Krauthammer stresses. In this connection, Krauthammer believes that the United States might regret Milosevic's deportation -- which has destabilized the Serbian situation, and which has also triggered off a political crisis there -- in a not so distant future. Meanwhile, the democratic and stable development of Serbia, which is a key state in the context of ensuring democratic and stable development of the entire Balkan region, meets US strategic interests, Krauthammer believes. 1987 Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer works as analyst with The Washington Post. http://english.pravda.ru/yougoslavia/2001/07/09/9612.html Miroslav Antic, http://www.antic.org/ STOP NOVOM SVETSKOM PORETKU ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
