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Wilko

The EU had European advisors standing around who were supporting the
parties doing the ethnic cleansing?

As a matter of fact, yes, at least in the case of Croatia, the UN and NATO did
have observers in the area and allowed the explusion of the Serbian population.

Personally I think the EU and NATO were at least partially responsible
for the situation in the Balkans for waiting so long before acting, but
that's not nearly the same as getting directly involved in the conflict
with so called advisors supporting one of the parties carrying out
atrocities...

NATO was not directly involved? Didn't NATO bomb the Serbians in both
Bosnia,Yugoslavia and Kosovo? That's pretty direct involvement. Or are you
saying that the atrocities were only committed by the Serbian militias and the
rest behaved in a civil manner?

The
U.S. support of the Mudjahedeen in Afghanistan has direct negative
effects on the U.S. troops there now.

We are actually back to supporting groups that we supported during the Soviet
occupation. The Taliban was the late comers and really didn't take much part
ing the actual combat during that time.

So what are all of those Taliban *and* civilian prisoners in Guantanamo
doing there, being tortured, not being allowed legal aid, not being
given a reason for being held there?

You aren't keeping up with things. Taliban members were extended the protection
of the Geneva Convention shortly after it became a issue. Some have even been
released back to Afganistan. The "Civilian"
prisoners are a differenct matter.
SYOTR
Larry C.