Kosovo crisis

A detailed Summary of Kosovo crisis

As this paper is being written, across the Atlantic Ocean, in Kosovo, there are missiles being fired, houses burning, and people dying. But to understand this senseless war, one must look at how it started.

As was seen in the U.S.S.R and Checkoslovakia, due to different nationalities, regions of countries demand sovereignty and independence. This was how it all started in Kosovo, dominated by an Albanian population. Even after receiving autonomy, Albanian terrorist acts continued, carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). They seeked independence and perhaps even joining the greater Albania. The Yugoslavian army was forced to enter and control these terrorist acts. Then came NATO...

Driven by atrocity stories of brutality by the Yugoslavian army, NATO decided to take matters into their own hands. The bombing, on the large part an American operation, began on March 24th, 1999. These military actions received immediate opposition from a few non-NATO member countries, headed by Russia. Russia, taking the role of a peacekeeper, vowed not to fight to defend Serbia, relieving many of the fear of World War 3.

The very involvement of NATO in Yugoslavia raises some ethical, moral and political issues. What business does this

So who is the "villain" in Kosovo? The barbaric Serbs? The independence seeking Albanians? NATO? According to The Transnational Foundation for Peace NATO attacks are killing 3 times as many civilians a day as were killed by the warring Serbs and Kosovars in the 12 months before the bombing began. Support for NATO bombing had approval of 61% in the 11 NATO-member countries, and 78% opposed the military action with only 12% approval in 6 non-NATO countries surveyed . We must keep in mind that NATO-member countries are exposed to NATO propaganda, as the non-member countries would have a clearer view of the truth in their papers. Although the end to this war does not appear to be close, one thing to me is clear: NATO should have attempted a more diplomatic approach. It is much easier to unleash a war than put out it's fire.

As 11 million Serbs live in fear of being bombed, the Western media concentrates on the trauma suffered by the Albanian refugees. Leaving the country by hundreds of thousands the Albanians are said to be victims of ethnic cleansing. Nobody stops to think that maybe they're running from NATO air strikes and not from Serbian soldiers. There are no refugee programs for the innocent Serbs who got caught up in this terrible war. They have nowhere to run. Quotes like "campaign of terror" and "brutal actions" circulate the American press when referring to the Serb military. Atrocity stories of rape and torture are numerous. There was even an article on a study conducted by American psychologists stating that Milosevic is mentally unstable. In other words it is an attempt to create a "mad villain" to fight against. How did they come to this conclusion when they've never even met him?

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Category: History