>So the site is biased because it quotes what politicians on all sides said (regardless of the level of stupidity of the statements)?
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>Maybe the differences in style make it hard to distinguish what's editorial comment and what's a politician's statement. And, besides, the original nom-de-guerre of the site was AMAN (anti-Milosevic anti-Nato).
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>And it's mostly true that the Army wasn't involved in bloodshed, because Milosevic didn't trust the army leaders; he relied on police and paramilitary, who were his tools for dirty business. The exception is probably the special anti-terrorist army unit (SAJ) which is under doubts even today.

Either way, something had to be done. Are you saying that to let things go on until Milosevic was out of power was the right course of action?

>Well, nobody cared when Albanians were purging Serbs from Kosovo for the last 30 years, including rape, arson, random shooting and other legal methods, but that's probably just another thing that could have been solved by bombing, right?

Well, most of those 30 years were when Kosovo was part of Yugoslavia, right? There wasn't a lot the US could do during the Cold War. This is the way many Americans feel: when we try to do the right thing, we are blamed by someone for not doing it right or not doing it sooner. We are either chastised for meddling in someone else's business or not meddling sooner.

>I'm not defending either side in that matter. The Albanians were performing silent ethnic cleansing, with different methods, for the last 140 or more years, and have managed to overturn the population ratio from 1:8 into 9:1. USA is just the last in their list of allies - begin with Ottoman Turks, continue with Mussollini's Italy and some German aid, then communists... and they've nearly achieved their goal.

And if you want to go back further and further in history, you will find that everyone has a gripe with everyone else.

>Milosevic got into power promising that he'll right the wrongs done to Serbs in Kosovo, but he actually only cared about power, and "fixed" it with worse crimes in the opposite direction, which then caused waves of retaliation in both directions. Wave after wave.

I won't argue with that.

>To differ from other dictators, he really didn't give a damn about media outside - sometimes he played rough just to earn that sort of respect, to be considered the rough man of Balkans. Albanians knew much better how to use the media. And while neither side is innocent in this, they managed to have the sympathies and airforce of the West on their side.
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>Don't think I bear much grudge against the US because of all this. The bombing happened partly because Milosevic was brave at our expense, partly because Nato needed something like that, to have reason of existence. The big manipulation on all sides simply led to it.
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>But I'd hate to see you do it again, for not much better reason.

I think we have a very good reason: our country has been attacked, and as long as Saddam is in power, he is going to develop chemical and biological weapons. The chances of him using them against us are high. We are not going to allow that to happen.

>Of course it won't, because you won't even try, and if you do, you'd do it half-heartedly, just to prove it won't. So it won't, because a spectator from {insert place here} asked for it.

We would love for the Iraqis themselves to remove Saddam. This country does not want to go to war. We have been e-mailing and calling Iraqi generals, those with the best chance to over-throw him, trying to convince them it's in their best interest.

>>Saddam is a brutal dictator with a ruthless grip on power. There is one and only one way he is going to leave. On his back.
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>And the whole world will love you for it... thinking of the best way to invite you to get rid of their dictators. Never mind if the country gets ruined in the process, and a few thousand die in traffic accidents.

We will be there to help rebuild Iraq. We will regret the civilians that are killed, but in the end, my country and the Iraqis will be better off.