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Subject: International Perspectives on the NATO Bombing
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2 P.M. Eastern Time -- Wednesday, April 7, 1999
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATO BOMBING
ROBERT GREENBERG, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unc.edu/~rdgreenb
Assistant professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of the forthcoming "Language and
Ethnic Identity in the Former Yugoslavia," Greenberg said today: "Milosevic
is looking for an exit strategy, with the cease-fire proposal and the
possibility of the U.S. soldiers being released. We just don't seem to want
to deal with him. I don't see the benefit of continuing to risk killing
Yugoslav civilians and to risk losing any of our pilots. We should have some
sort of resumption of negotiations; it's an opportunity to cooperate with
the Russians in finding a way out... Rambouillet was a take-it-or-be-bombed
deal. That is not giving diplomacy a fair chance to succeed."
DMITRI GLINSKI VASSILIEV, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dmitri Glinski Vassiliev is a research associate at George Washington
University and co-author of the forthcoming "Market Bolshevism: The Tragedy
of Russia's Reforms." He said: "The bombing of Yugoslavia has endangered
U.S.-Russian relations in a way unprecedented since the early 1980s. Polls
show that 92 percent of Russians condemn the bombings, and 70,000 young
people have registered as would-be volunteers for Yugoslavia. U.S. actions
have given a big boost to militant anti-American politicians in Russia. They
may win the December elections and unseat Yevgenii Primakov's moderate
reformist government that has been trying to abstain from an open
confrontation with NATO. The American-led operation against Yugoslavia is an
egregious violation of international law. The Clinton administration and its
allies have arrogated the authority of the virtually defunct United
Nations. The aggravation of the humanitarian disaster as a result of the
bombing undermines the claims that Cold War institutions could be converted
to humanitarian purposes."
ROBERT WEIL, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Author of "Red Cat, White Cat: China and the Contradictions of 'Market
Socialism,'" Weil said about Chinese Premier Zhurongji's current visit to
the U.S.: "There is apparently real outrage in China, as there is in Russia,
about the bombing of Yugoslavia. They've been concerned about what they see
as U.S. bullying -- a throwback to the 'great power' of the past, which the
Chinese have a long history with. Broadly, the Chinese resent the drift of
U.S. policy with Albright's 'we're the indispensable nation' view of the
U.S. using force to pursue its global interests. Specifically, they're
concerned about the U.S. intervening in a sovereign state while citing
humanitarian reasons... The Chinese are also concerned about the missile
defense systems in Asia that they see as threatening their strategic interests."
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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