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From notes@igc.apc.org Wed Aug 30 11:16:29 1995 Received: from cdp.igc.apc.org (192.82.108.1) by MediaFilter.org with SMTP (MailShare 1.0b10); Wed, 30 Aug 1995 11:16:30 -0500 Received: (from notes) by cdp.igc.apc.org (8.6.12/Revision: 1.204 ) id GAA20917 for "conf-zamir.chat"; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 06:46:19 -0700 Date: 30 Aug 1995 06:38:16 Reply-To: Conference "zamir.chat"From: LasiewiczN@aol.com Subject: Re: AROUND SARAJEVO To: Recipients of zamir-chat-l Message-ID: <950830093425_86959097@emout04.mail.aol.com> In-Reply-To: X-Gateway: conf2mail@igc.apc.org Errors-To: owner-zamir-chat-l@igc.apc.org Precedence: bulk Lines: 54 Thanks Ivo, for your posting, bringing in a variety of society's ills into the Bosnia debate. I can relate so well to your positions. Witnessing this Balkan War, the Serbian aggression, the ethnic hatred and bigotry which indeed is on all sides, I've found myself for the last two years seeing the whole world through a new perspecitive. The war against civilians in Bosnia, in particular, has stunned me into new realizations about the abject failure of our western society. Women's issues, the inadequacies of the media industries, economic issues, religious and politicial institutions all seem out of focus, out of integrity. It has been an unpleasant two years. It's difficult to enjoy the many wonderful things in my life while my mind is so sensiteive to the massive global disfunction. It's hard to face how bad things have become -- I'm forty years old and I naively thought that things would get better. I now see that we have a huge task of reform ahead, and it won't be easy or comfortable. I am grateful for one thing... that shift in consciousness that has linked so many people who had never been together before. I attended both the ACSB Washington conferences, and I was surprised to see the most varied group of individuals, all parties, ages, religions and so forth. This is mandatory, to be able to work with people who have different upbringing. The NATO raids last night were long overdue. Alan Fogelquist, Dr. Albert Wolhstetter, Marshall Harris and so many others have been saying for years that the all the evidence showed the Chetnik Serbs would only respond to force. Unfortunately, CNN, NBC, CBS, Reuters and others choose not to listen to these experts. Rather, we've been forcefed the inhumane analysis from Larry Eagleberger and other "free consultants" who happen to be in Washington, available at a moments notice, or the week's catastrophy. As a result, the American people have been misled and confused, perhaps as much as the civilian Serbs who have also been the victims of a disinformation campaign of fear and hysteria. NATO can't do this in a policy vacumn. They 'allies' have to go to the source of this conflict, and that is Serbia. Regards, Nalini Lasiewicz P.S. Good idea there, not to vote to Pete Wilson. I can tell you honestly that in the many years I've lived here, California has almost been destroyed by the slash and burn politics of people like Wilson. He's no leader with a vision for our future. Even when he was asked in several dozen interviews why he was running, he just kept saying that there were a lot of people in the Republican party that wanted him to run. He's another California puppet. Did you know that his former close aid works for Robert Dole's? She's Croatian, which is probably a big reason why Dole has been so motivated on the Balkans. I sure wouldn't be surprised to see a Dole/Wilson ticket coming up. The Balkans have shown us all one terribly important thing. Be careful who you elect. And don't just assume that everything will be alright, no matter who wins.