OK, I have not yet really formed an opinion about the NATO/US involvement in the Balkans. I mean, I think that when one can help right an injustice, one should try to do so. So in a sense, I think it is good that the outsiders are trying to help the oppressed. But, I'm not sure that I think that we've gone about it the correct way. How much bullying was involved in the peace talks, and how much were they about outsiders getting what they want, not just helping the ethnic Albanians? I can't say, without more info than I get from the mainstream press. And then there's the bombing. Wouldn't a good old fashioned assassination be easier/better, by some definition of easier or better? Are we really hurting people, civilians, military, the government? Or just bolstering Milosovic? Why am I addressing this on this list? Because I think that war is a major tool of the patriarchy, one of those old tools we fall back on too often, and it hurts too many people and other living beings. So I'm interested in how we got into this and whether there were other options. I also am just sick over the US response to the kidnappings/prisoner takings, whatever, of the 3 American soldiers. Yes, it is horrible. Yes, I feel for those men and their families and friends. But, when you put people in those kinds of situations, in the area of war, how can you expect them to be immune to the effects of war? Are white men bullet-proof? Do they walk with invisible force fields around them? Where do we get off being so indignant, while we're over there bombing? And if we choose war as an option, are the lives of hundreds/thousands of Serbs/Albanians, and anyone else stuck in that mess worth the same as the lives of 3 Americans? Heather _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
