From:	Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject:	Second Hand
Date:	Sat, 4 Sep 1999 19:12:25 +0200

And finally, Michael Bobroff expressed himself by writing:

> <Rant Mode Engaged>

<snip>

> Besides, personally, being an American, I am tired of seeing the
> USA having
> to be the nation which solves a lot of the problems of the
> world, especially
> those of the European nations too.

<snip>

IMO these things come with being the only superpower left

> Sure, the entire operation was a NATO one, but the situation in Kosovo
> affected Europe far more than it did the USA. What did Europe
> do? A lot of
> negotiations, and then NATO stepped in. Since the USA has the largest
> presence in NATO we made up the bulk of the forces.

The USA could've simply stopped involvement of NATO, they just
didn't want to do so.

> I do want to thank the other member nations of NATO that did
> send forces into
> Kosovo for sending in what they did. But, IMO, Europe needs to
> do a lot more
> to protect their own security interests nearest themselves on their own.

You know that the contigent of US forces is actually not the biggest
one? They form(ed) the majority of aircraft, but not ground troops.

> Perhaps then I will have even more respect for their leaders and
> their forms
> of government, but that also highlights something else too.
> Europe is still
> very bound by tradition, and by tradition, Europe, IMO, has
> always reacted
> slowly and when they have, it was sometimes too late.

"Europe" isn't acting as a whole, it is acting as several independant
nations with their own interests. It is just normal that negotiations
of a large number of states take some time. Just look at the UN.

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