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Mr Soda was the co-founder of Yugoslavia Info. ------------------------------------------------ Christopher Soda wrote: > Hello, Mr Feder. I've just read 'West haunted by Balkans blunder' and > would like to make a few comments. > > (1) Milosevic was not "...a thug whose brutality played into > terrorists' hands...". Quite the contrary, Milosevic was the chief > broker of the Dayton Peace Accords at a time when extremists were > running rampant all over Yugoslavia- extremists who employed the most > brutal of methods [ barbecuing Serbs alive on a spit, incinerating Serbs > in ovens a la Nazis, etc ] to inflict terror upon the general > population. That Milosevic sought a strict law-and-order solution to the > invasion of foreign terrorists financed, trained, uniformed, and armed > principally by the US and Germany does not make him a 'thug' in any > normal understanding of this word. Milosevic had the foresight to > envision what awaited Yugoslavia if he did not act quickly and firmly. > Please remember, Mr Feder, Yugoslavia was being attacked from many > directions and from 'fifth columns' operating with impunity. > > As confirmation of my assertions, I offer this info for starters: (a) > during the so-called 'negotiations' [which you rightly point out as a > sham in your article] at Rambouillet, Milosevic offered to join NATO the > same month the same NATO began committing first-degree murder from the > sky- an invitation that can hardly be described as 'thuggery'. Check > James Rubin memoirs or other sources to verify. (b) At the time of the > Yugoslav police/army takedown of terrorists at Racak Jan/99, the MUP > notified UN observers in advance of this operation and invited them to > witness the details; again, hardly the actions of a 'thug'. Check my > analysis of this day at > http://www.egroups.yahoo.com/group/yugoslaviainfo/618.html > > or other sources for confirmation. > > (2) Milosevic was guilty of assuming that the same honour he deployed as > President of Yugoslavia was to be found in the leadership of Western > countries with which he had dealings. At the same time the US and > Canada, for instance, were heaping accolades upon Milosevic, and while > Time Magazine was voting him Man of the Year, both these countries were > actively seeking to destabilize Yugoslavia. This country provided the > best bet for destabilization [ and thus an excuse for Western > intervention purportedly to re-stabilize ] in Europe due to the success > of Clinton's arming and training of terrorists operating in the Balkans. > The West eyed and feared many things regarding Yugoslavia: (a) > Milosevic's insistence on his country being as economically independent > as possible, eschewing both World Bank and IMF overtures (b) the Danube > River, an essential means of transporting goods throughout Europe, runs > through Yugoslavia (c) Milosevic's insistence on not wanting anything to > do with the Euro currency (d) The Trepca mines complex in Kosovo > contains, by many estimates, the world's largest known supply of mineral > wealth. > > With the downfall of the Soviet Union, Western interests were in a > position of becoming redundant- and the best bet for manipulating a > necessity for these interests in the face of a > united-under-a-common-currency Europe lay in the twin smoldering embers > of Muslim extreme fundamentalism and old ethnic scores to settle > leftover from WW II and even earlier. > > Mr Feder, I originated a free online news service in mid-1999, > contributing regular daily analysis and commentary until March/2000 > [YugoslaviaInfo]. I am a former candidate for the Canadian House of > Commons and have maintained contacts and interest in these issues for > many years. [ at the time I was active at YugoslaviaInfo, 250 out of 301 > Canadian MPs were reading my news briefs daily ] > > Hope you find time, Mr Feder, to check out what I have sent you and > perhaps re-do another article on these issues. > > Don't hesitate to e-mail if you have any further questions or comments. > Best regards, > > Chris Soda ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
