Jihad for the Balkans

[Guest guest]

> I propose that all the Islamic nations of the world (including former

> members of the CIS) unite and form their own international security force,

> go into Kosovo en masse to defend their Islamic brethren and stop this

> bigoted and racist massacre on the part of Serbia. Thus they can level the

> evil pride of the Serbian fascists and silence them for some time to come.

 

I cannot claim to be an expert in this matter, but from what I understand

there is very little unity to be had amongst the different muslim groups. In

Afghanistan for instance two different muslim groups are at war (the

Taliban, and Mussoods people in the North). In Iraq Saddam is trying to wipe

out the Kurds, and didn't have a lot of regard for Kuwait. Historicaly the

Arab nations have interminably been at war, and they make pretty treacherous

allies. The 7 year Iraq Iran war comes to mind more recently. Can anyone

tell us how many different Islamic groups there are? I know of Sunni's,

Shi-ite's, the Agha Khans followers (or are they Sunni?), what about the

Mujahadeen are they another mulsim splinter, or a race? In Africa also

different muslim groups are fighting.

 

Besides if they could put aside their mutual animosity, such a Pan Islamic

alliance might not stop there, they might take over the rest of Europe too!

 

YS Samba das

[Guest guest]

> Leave the Serb nationalists with

> the lasting lesson: "Again, become a mouse."

>

> What do our other well-informed political analysts think?

>

>

 

A much more complex issue than first glance will reveal.

 

The battle between Serbs and Muslims goes back to the 14th century.

 

I heard a commentator yesterday, not on the primetime meant for the

patriot's emotional buildup, stating that the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo

actually

had it's most recent chapter under the Nazis. Seems those pesky Serbs didn't

accept the impostion of Nazism in their country by rolling over and playing

dead

like the rest of the European countries. They instead waged a partisan war for

4

years , tieing up something like 36 Nazi divisions. This resulted in ever

greater brutality against the Serbs by the Nazis.

 

Kosovo is, for the Serbs, a region of great historical and religious

significance, much like Vrindaban would be to Vaisnavas. During this period

of

Nazi occupation, the Albanians, backed by the Nazis, ethnically cleansed

Kosovar of Serbs. This is a more contributory cause than the fecundity of

Albanian farmers to the current ethnic imbalance in the region.

 

Under Tito, ethnic differences were all subjegated to the theory of Communist

equality, so it is just recently that the Serbs have found the strength for

payback time.

 

I am not justifying current Serbian activities, but how hypocritical is it of

the

US to prate against ethnic cleansing when it's own political birth was in the

blood of 400 displaced Indian nations, all ethnically cleansed by the doctrine

of

Manifast Destiny.

 

When Nato tries to repatriate the Kosovars, will the Cherokee simultaneously

be

allowed to return to Georgia and the Carolinas?

 

And why is it that the Kosovar situation is so deserving of our attention, yet

Rwanda and East Tmoor, where much more egregious violations of human rights

occured, were not?

 

I think there is no real clear cut good guy in this particular war.

Personally,

I think the military got tired of dusting off the same old cruise missiles

(which

have been out of production since 1987) and decided the only way to whip up

more

support for the military economy was to let those babies fly until we run out

of

them, which is close to happening.

 

War is good business. I am afraid the interests of the Kosovars are just

secondary.

[Guest guest]

>

> And why is it that the Kosovar situation is so deserving of our attention,

yet Rwanda and East Tmoor, where much more egregious violations of human

rights occured, were not?

>

>

 

 

Besides the fact these countries are not in NATO's back yard, as is the case

of the Balkans--just prior to the Rwanda situation the US, under UN

leadership, had gotten it's posterior kicked in Somalia. Remember watching

film of the burning helicopters and the dead GI getting dragged through the

back streets of Mogadishu? There wasn't too much left over enthusiasm for more

nasty adventures.

 

The material world can be an extremely viscous place. In comparison, most of

us have it very easy, by God's grace. I think often it is an issue of finding

the better of two raw deals.

[Guest guest]

> > And why is it that the Kosovar situation is so deserving of our attention,

 

> yet Rwanda and East Tmoor, where much more egregious violations of human

> rights occured, were not?

 

Let's not forget Tibet. Of course, the US can't bomb China since

they already have all the US's nuclear secrets (and also since

inflation would probably go up 900% if the US were deprived of

cheap Chinese manufactured goods).

 

-- Vijay