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2003-02-03 Europe

Peace-Keeping Forces in Kosovo to be Halfed

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Posted by Steve White 2003-02-03 01:32 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 First step in getting US troops out of Europe. The Europeans can help the war in Iraq by picking up the slack in the Balkans. Win-win for everyone except the Balkins.

Posted by Yank 2/3/2003 11:56:35 AM|| 2/3/2003 11:56:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Let the French and Germans do it - they won't be going to Iraq, and can at least keep the peace in their own back yard, can't they? Or is that too simplisme?

Posted by Frank G 2003-02-03 08:39:39|| 2003-02-03 08:39:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, this will help:
Serbia yesterday asked NATO for permission to send troops back to Kosovo, nearly four years after the alliance bombed Serb forces to oust them from the province. Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic asked NATO's commander for southeastern Europe, Admiral Gregory Johnson, for permission to send about 1000 troops to the province. Djindjic argued the Serb troops would fill a possible security vacuum if NATO were to pull out some of its troops because of possible military action in Iraq.

Posted by Steve 2003-02-03 10:55:31|| 2003-02-03 10:55:31|| Front Page Top

#4 The Serbs want back in? Oh, gooooooooood idea! I hope the Adm. thought this one over for about 2 seconds before he said no thanks.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-03 11:19:04|| 2003-02-03 11:19:04|| Front Page Top

#5 We're talking about Euros and NATO here. The proposal's probably in committee right now...

Posted by Fred 2003-02-03 11:26:14|| 2003-02-03 11:26:14|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't doubt that for a minute, but I hope the Admiral got his dope slap ready for the Euroidiots.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-03 11:29:08|| 2003-02-03 11:29:08|| Front Page Top

#7 First step in getting US troops out of Europe. The Europeans can help the war in Iraq by picking up the slack in the Balkans. Win-win for everyone except the Balkins.

Posted by Yank 2003-02-03 11:56:35|| 2003-02-03 11:56:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Remember when the rest of the world was doing NOTHING so the USA bombed the Serbs out of Bosnia stop the "oppression" of local Muslims (who often were terrorists)???

And did we get any credit for that from the Islamic world? No, 9/11 is all the thanks we got.

I say let the Serbs go in and do (or have) ANYTHING they want, with our full blessings.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-02-03 14:11:13|| 2003-02-03 14:11:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Re: the Balkans. The EU-niks couldn't even get their act together to clean up their backyard without our help, so how do we expect them to do the right thing now? They have leadership issues here, there, and everywhere.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-03 14:39:07|| 2003-02-03 14:39:07|| Front Page Top

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