On 25 Oct 2003 17:00:42 GMT, BUFDRVR wrote:
It is irresponsible to act like this. And imorale.

You're kidding right? Ethnic cleansing in Europe is a problem worthy of every
nations best efforts and money, but religious and ethnic persecution in Asia
(Iraq) is absolutely fine?

Yugoslavia is in Europe, so it is very much in the interests of
other European nations to make sure genocide doesn't happen there.
Europe (and the USA, for that matter) lost the ball during the
Bosnia war (which is why Europe and the USA intervened in Kosovo,
and is also why Milosevic thought he could bluff his way out).

From a human rights perspective, Iraq (and Rwanda for that matter)
are equally deserving of attention. But from a practical point of
view, it's a higher priority fro Europe to make sure there are
enough peacekeepers in ex-Yugoslavia than in other places. Not that
Europe shouldn't help in rebuilding Iraq -- it should, because the
whole world will be better off if iraq becomes democratic and
stable.

Bottom line, because of Germany, France, Belgium and Russia, Europe's
participation in rebuilding Iraq is minimal, particularly in the area of armed
forces. US forces are currently, and have since 1995, been a permanent
presence in the Balkans. If you are not going to help in Iraq, we will be
forced to remove our troops and support in the Balkans in order to ease our
burden in Iraq.

How many US troops are in ex-Yugoslavia right now?

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