-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.usajournal.com/1999 Archives/May1999/jdcolumn0507.htm U.S. IS LYING ABOUT LOSSES IN KOSOVO MAY 7 � On one of his recent radio shows, I heard Oliver North casually dismiss any notion that U.S. losses in Kosovo of men and materiel are actually higher than what is being reported, as "Internet rumors" and "just plain wrong." Specifically, he made mention of some 30-odd U.S. military personnel who had been killed in the fighting in Yugoslavia and had been secretly shipped back home through a Greek port. He said, "That just hasn�t happened." Really? I guess the government didn't fudge the casualty numbers when you were in Vietnam either. Of course, we can't blame those erroneous reports on the Internet, since it wasn't around (for civilian use) then. Well, heck. Coming from Oliver North � not quite the bastion of truth, a la his role in the Iran-Contra affair, which he still denies � that is a remarkable assumption, as well as an insult to our intelligence. To believe what he has said, you�d also have to believe that as a marine attach� with the National Security Council (NSC) under President Ronald Reagan, neither he nor any of his other NSC cronies ever withheld vital information or conducted secret military operations on behalf of the United States. Come off it, Ollie. We know better. But hey. If he is right and the U.S. government, as well as most of the European press, is being honest with us about what is really going on in Kosovo right now, then it�d be the first time the government hasn�t lied to us since, oh, about 1789. I posed the question of whether or not the Clinton administration was lying about our losses in Yugoslavia in an earlier article, and I�m asking that question again today because there is more evidence, most of it credibl e, that suggests we are taking a bigger beating in Yugoslavia than the U.S. government wants to admit. According to the International Strategic Studies Association�s Defense and Foreign Affairs, "It is clear from the amount and quality of intelligence received by this journal from a variety of highly-reputable sources that NATO forces have already suffered significant losses of men, women and mat eriel." DFA is reporting that, as of April 20, some 38 NATO combat aircraft have been lost, including three U.S. F-117A fighter/bombers � 2 to anti-aircraft fire and one from a Yugoslav MiG-29 air-to-air missile. They also say si x helicopters (plus the two Apaches that have been lost since then), over a half-dozen Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (for reconnaissance), and a number of U.S. cruise missiles have also been downed. "Several other NATO aircraft were reported down after that date, including at least one of which there was Serbian television coverage." said DFA. "At least one USAF F-15 Eagle fighter has been lost, with the pilot, repor tedly an African-American major, alive and in custody as a POW. At least one German pilot (some sources say two men, implying perhaps a Luftwaffe crew from a Tornado) has been captured. There is also a report that at least one US female pilot has been killed. In one instance in the fi rst week of the fighting, an aircraft was downed near Podgorica. A NATO helicopter then picked up the downed pilot, but the helicopter itself was then shot down, according to a number of reports." DFA also says that losses of U.S. and NATO ground forces have been "extensive," and gave details about the loss of a 20-man U.S./British commando team that had been ambushed by Serb soldiers. DFA, by the way, is a respected foreign policy and intelligence journal, distributed to foreign and domestic officials and lawmakers in the U.S. and 170 other countries worldwide. You don�t achieve that kind of growth bei ng wrong all the time. To further illustrate NATO and the US�s hypocrisy, retiring German General Klaus Naumann admitted to the London Times last week during his �exit interview� that indeed, at least some of the U.S. and NATO aircraft that had been reported as having crashed due to "engine failure" (a favorite military cover term) were instead shot down by Serb missiles and gunners. He also complained that the buildup of forces in Albania and Macedonia was "progressing much too slow," indicating that Clinton, NATO General Secretary Javier Solano, and NATO/U.S. Commander General Wesley Clark have all been lying through their teeth about "no combat troops" and "no ground war" in Kosovo. But come on. Did we really expect any more than this? Clinton knew he and his "crack" foreign policy team were lying when they told Americans those evil Serbs would not accept NATO�s and the US�s "reasonable" peace terms for Kosovo. He lied to make the deal, then he lied to justify this bombing campaign. Consequently, he knew he could never maintain the backing of the American people if, all along, he had been telling us, �Hey, you know, we are losing men, planes, and materiel in Kosovo.� Good as his propaganda ministers are (a.k.a. �establishment� newspaper editors), Americans would never sign on to this conflict if they knew how much we were losing because of it. Guys like Clinton and, yes, guys like Oliver North too, know these things. They know lying and obfuscation are the political realities of doing this kind of business. The problem is, they do it with the lives of real people, supported by real taxpayers who end up losing their own sons, daughters and spouses and footing the bill at the same time. Sort of like kicking us when we�re down, you might say. I don�t know about you, but I�m sick of being lied to by these people. And I�m sick of patronizing "converts" like North who expect you to believe everything they tell you just because of who they are � while asking you to forget about what they�ve done themselves. At the NSC, North�s business was lying and obfuscation, not to mention advising Reagan about defense issues and conducting covert military operations. In North�s defense, he wasn�t the first and he hasn�t been the last NSC member to do these things. Why do you think an administration picks military people for this kind of stuff in the first place? Because they know how to get the job done and, for the most part, how to keep it quiet. But, in spite of all the examples to the contrary, Clinton, North and that ilk will continue to lie to us about this "war." The truth about all of this will eventually come out because it always does. When that happens, I�ll expect an engraved apology from Mr. Oliver North, but I doubt I�ll be getting one. I�m not, however, expecting one from Clinton. But you should. *** �1999 USA Features Media Co. >From http://www.strategicstudies.org/press.htm#Yugoslavia <<Begin Excerpt>> May 4, 1999NATO�s �Other� Yugoslavia Losses and POWs Still Not AcknowledgedOctober 11, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- NATO�s �Other� Yugoslavia Losses and POWs Still Not Acknowledged Alexandria, Virginia: May 4, 1999 NATO forces, including the United States, have lost numerous aircraft and have already suffered significant loss-of-life among ground troops in the Yugoslavia conflict, according to a report published today by the journal which in 1994 predicted the Kosovo war. �Strategic Policy�, the monthly journal of the �Defense & Foreign Affairs� division of the worldwide International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA), a non-govern- mental organization (NGO) for senior national security officials from some 165 countries, said that NATO forces may have lost, up until April 20, as many as 38 fixed-wing aircraft and six helicopters in the Kosovo conflict. As well, it said, as many as 50 NATO ground troops � officially not acknowledged even to be in the conflict � may have lost their lives. The journal, in December 1992, said that (then) President-elect Bill Clinton �will be tempted to take fast, populist decisions on the Balkans crisis, and these could be fatal for any chances for peace there.� <<End Excerpt {Remainder at site}>> A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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