The Real Story Behind Kosovo's Independence

All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.

International law matters only when it is convenient for the US. So too are the cries for "humanitarian interventions." And despite the extremism of the Bush administration, this is hardly a uniquely Republican phenomenon. In a just world, there would be a humanitarian intervention against the US occupation of Iraq -- with its indiscriminate killings of civilians, torture chambers and widespread human rights violations. There certainly would have been such ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The history of Clinton's war and Bush's war have a discomfiting similarity. The Hillary/billary views of that war and Kosova are quite chilling; but Obama's military advisers are not a comforting idea in this setting either. Obama calls for bottom up democracy; here is an area that begs for demanding respect for international law.

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