>>>In themoldy days, we used to have 'management', one sort of which was
'management by objective [MBO]', the focus of which was to have an 'objective'
and thereto to manage. It becomes apparent that the 'new management' (like the
'new math[ematics] [of which 'arithmetic' is a basic but small part thereof])
should be monickered 'management {with} no objective [Mgt NO]' ... the
following Observer article demonstrates the fundamental premise of Mgt NO:
there are no [significant] problems. However, having all these BBAs and MBAs
having to earn their keep after having racked up $$$K in student loans, jobs
must be created for them. They learn (having apparently been taught) that
there must be 'things' or 'people' or 'issues' to manage before they can use
their expensive and extensive learning. Ergo, where there are no (significant)
problems, the effective manager busies him or her self in creating problems,
thereby igniting a grass fire -- after the fashion of Los Alamos, e.g. (so it
can be a figurative or literal grass fire) -- that will not only create jobs
for them but keep them and their network of like 'educated' dweebs employed for
the unforeseeable future (as in 'for a loonngg time'). It's like a janitor
arriving at work only to find the place spic and span; ergo, (s)he must then
'manage' and to do this fills up trash cans, dirties windows, messes toilets,
and spills soft drinks all over the linoleum floors or little paper punch dots
all over the carpets. (S)He then has a job to do. It's not a matter of 'if it
ain't broke, don't fix it (just tune it up)'; it's more appropriately 'if it
ain't broke, break it THEN fix it'. And we spend our tax $$$ to support the
NEATO-oid statesmen in their efforts to break things just so they'll have a job
in diplomaticising (fixing, i.e.) them. A<>E<>R <<<
From
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,319333,00.html
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British deal fuelled Balkan war
Military sale to Slovenia flouted Tory foreign policy
Kosovo: special report
Blaz Zgaga and Antony Barnett
Sunday May 28, 2000
Britain flouted its own foreign policy by approving the sale of millions of
pounds worth of military equipment to a former Yugoslav republic only days
before the outbreak of the bloody Balkans war, The Observer has established.
Eight days before Slovenia became the first area to break from the unified
Yugoslavia in 1991, a British firm delivered communications equipment to the
Slovenian forces to help them fight the Serb-led Yugoslav army.
The revelation that this deal was approved by the Conservative Government will
embarrass former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, who was the principal
architect of the West's policy of supporting a unified Yugoslavia. He had
warned the republics to stay in the federation.
Until now, Germany has shouldered the blame for the Balkan tragedy by
prematurely recognising the breakaway republics of Slovenia and Croatia.
Britain's help to Slovenia casts a new light on events.
Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who sits on the House of Commons International Development
Select Committee, said: 'These revelations show once again that the export of
military equipment from Britain needs to be much more rigorously scrutinised.'
After Slovenia declared independence, the Yugoslav army began its military
offensive against the 'rebel' republic. The ensuing 10-day war signalled the
start of the conflicts that ultimately killed hundreds of thousands.
Three months after Britain exported military equipment to Slovenia the United
Nations imposed an arms embargo on the region.
The Observer has obtained details of the multi-million-pound contract between
the Slovenian Defence Ministry and Racal, the British defence and
communications group. A fax dated 29 May, 1991, from one of Racal's military
subsidiaries, Racal Tacticom, to the Slovenian Defence Ministry lists four
batches of tactical military communication equipment worth �5 million.
Racal's communications network played a vital role in helping Slovenia beat the
Serb-led Yugoslav forces. The equipment arrived on 17 June, eight days before
the war of independence began.
Janez Jansa, then Slovenian Defence Minister, praises Britain for its role in
his memoirs. He writes: 'The government of one of the more decent Western
states has, on our request, officially approved the export of mili tary radio
stations with secure data transmission to Slovenia.'
One senior source at Racal Defence Electronics confirmed that it had delivered
the equipment after it received an export licence from the Department of Trade
and Industry. He said the contract was with the 'regional government' of
Slovenia, and the export was for 'the purpose of national defence'.
Misha Glenny, a Balkans expert, said: 'If the British Government was fully
aware of this, it would imply that the Government was covertly operating in
contradiction of its stated policy and aims. It would also shift some of the
responsibility carried by Germany.'
The former Slovenian Defence Minister's book also claims that the British
Embassy in Belgrade learnt that the Yugoslav air force was planning to shoot
down a Slovenian aircraft due to carry the equipment to its new owner.
According to Jansa, the British tipped off the Slovenians, who decided to send
the cargo by road. Government sources in Slovenia confirm that the aircraft
that was to have delivered the shipment was a passenger plane owned by Adria
Airways, the national airline. The jet was to have flown from Gatwick to the
capital Ljubljana, in central Slovenia.
Suggestions that the British Embassy in Belgrade knew of the military shipment
and warned the Slovenians are strongly denied by Sir Peter Hall, who was
ambassador in Belgrade. He said: 'These allegations of British Embassy
involvement are without foundation... I had no, absolutely no, knowledge of any
military equipment being sent from Britain to Slovenia. Indeed, given the great
tension in the region at the time I would be surprised that any such equipment
would have been sent at all.'
The Observer contacted Lord Hurd and Peter Lilley, who was then Trade
Secretary, with details of the arms shipment. Both declined to respond. A
spokesman for the Blair Government refused to comment, saying it needed
permission from Racal to give details of any export licence.
Lord Owen, the EU peace negotiator in Bosnia, said: 'I am surprised that such
sales took place, particularly as the British Government, the US and Nato's
view was to keep the Federation of Yugoslavia together. But this equipment was
not aggressive - it was radios not guns. I think it sails close to the border
but does not cross it.'
Blaz Zgaga works for the Slovenian daily 'Vecer'.
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