Rich Lucibella
Staff
My heart and prayers go out to the three brave US soldiers captured in Macedonia/Kosovo and their families back here.
That said, I am embarrassed by the grandiosity of official statements demonstarting outrage over their capture. These guys weren't in harm's way by accident....they were sent into the region. Whether they were captured in Kosovo or 1.5 miles into Macedonia seems, to me, a bit moot given our actions in the region. Whether they were part of the air attack or just on "routine maneuvers" seems a bit disingenuous.
If our leaders have grown so pompous as to assume that we can take military action against a sovereign nation and expect no reprisal, they are truly sick. If they assume that we are so dull as to believe them, they are sicker.
I know this post may be considered unpatriotic. However, I am not, *by any means*, defending the Serbs. However, it's time our leaders face the fact that we cannot attack other nations without cost. Battles must be chosen carefully.
We're in it now and I can see no other option than to do *whatever* it takes to win it quickly...not only for our three POW's but for the exiles that have been created by the current hostilities. (I am hard pressed to believe the "coincidence" theory that Milosevic was planning a major assault on the province and we got there in the nick of time.)
The problem is now enormous...and it is ours. A week ago we had choices in how we might help the Albanians in Kosovo. Today the choices are gone. One man had the power to send our guys in or pursue less dramatic measures.
May providence be kind to *all* our guys over there and history be honest to the memory of William Jefferson Clinton.
Rich
That said, I am embarrassed by the grandiosity of official statements demonstarting outrage over their capture. These guys weren't in harm's way by accident....they were sent into the region. Whether they were captured in Kosovo or 1.5 miles into Macedonia seems, to me, a bit moot given our actions in the region. Whether they were part of the air attack or just on "routine maneuvers" seems a bit disingenuous.
If our leaders have grown so pompous as to assume that we can take military action against a sovereign nation and expect no reprisal, they are truly sick. If they assume that we are so dull as to believe them, they are sicker.
I know this post may be considered unpatriotic. However, I am not, *by any means*, defending the Serbs. However, it's time our leaders face the fact that we cannot attack other nations without cost. Battles must be chosen carefully.
We're in it now and I can see no other option than to do *whatever* it takes to win it quickly...not only for our three POW's but for the exiles that have been created by the current hostilities. (I am hard pressed to believe the "coincidence" theory that Milosevic was planning a major assault on the province and we got there in the nick of time.)
The problem is now enormous...and it is ours. A week ago we had choices in how we might help the Albanians in Kosovo. Today the choices are gone. One man had the power to send our guys in or pursue less dramatic measures.
May providence be kind to *all* our guys over there and history be honest to the memory of William Jefferson Clinton.
Rich