-Caveat Lector- >From: "Sasa Rakezic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: No compromises? >Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:11:23 +0200 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Priority: 3 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Status: > >Sasa Rakezic >P.F. 163 >26000 Pancevo >Yugoslavia (Serbia) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >May 27th 1999 > >Hello to all! >After the snail mail from abroad stopped being delivered to Serbia, I >almost stopped visiting a post office to check out my p.o. box. And when I >finally went there to check it out, it turned out that a book, ordered >before >this madness began, has somehow succeeded to get through!!!!! I ordered it >from Bud Plant's catalogue, and it is a handsome "MAD about the Fifties" >volume, with all the classical strips from the early Mad magazine. Hooray! >A new book on my table. Can't believe it! All those genuine concepts by H. >Kurtzman! Glorious stuff by Elder, Wolverton, Wood, Davis and all the >others!!!! American satire from the 50's was so sharp, so beautifully >executed. We should all learn from it, for many years to come. It is a >great literature to read under the light of the candle during the >black-outs.... > >May 28th 1999 > >Yesterday, the power went off shortly after the booming sound of the bomber >plane was heard over our neighborhood. NATO has destroyed some of the >important power plants near Belgrade. The power comes off and on again, >every now and then. >Few hours ago, NATO have bombed a garbage dump near Pristina, with four >projectiles. Whatever the real target was, you can add the garbage dump to >the list of the bombed places and objects in Serbia. >Of course, everybody here is talking about Milosevic being indicted for war >crimes...Just in the moment when some agreement for the halt of the >military action in Kosovo was about to be settled through the diplomacy, >lead by Russians!...It seems that NATO, which has a very strong influence >on the policy of the War Crimes Tribunal in Hague, simply does not want to >appear as ready to make any compromises, and is more eager to continue with >the pressure against the "enemy". Is it even more important than to stop >the suffering of both Albanian and Serbian civil population? >I've been discussing these things with Donna Barr, who is able to very >sharply analyze and understand the military logic, as you can see from her >well-researched comics set inside the WW2 milieu. > >"There is a lot of media talk about Milosevic "cracking." , said Donna. >"This is American media-talk for "He is willing to negotiate." >In the American culture, there are only complete winners or complete >losers; one is not allowed to compromise. It is a sign of "weakness." >Many of our people suffer from stress-illness because they cannot "win >completely" all the time. >And do you know what the British said? That Milosovic has "back up >generators," and if "he" is choosing to use "his" generators for the >military instead of the hospitals, then it's "his" headache. >You are no longer a country to NATO -- you are one person. YOU are all to >be treated as that one person. >And repeatedly we see oil refineries burning. This is an OIL question >again". > >Speaking of compromises, it is something quite unpopular within a military >logic in just any country... There is a joke, that I heard here in Serbia, >about Milosevic writing a letter to Clinton: >" Dear Bill, we can't take it any more. It's about time for you to >surrender"!!!! > >That's all for now, >Sasa DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
