tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post8887211136003972562..comments2024-01-19T03:22:13.628+00:00Comments on up close and personal: Ich Bin Nicht Europacarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post-23055694936013415572011-05-30T04:29:36.957+01:002011-05-30T04:29:36.957+01:00OK - in all honesty, I may be as confused by the B...OK - in all honesty, I may be as confused by the Balkans situation as I was in 1991 (but maybe not NATO's reasons for involvement in Kosovo). Hence quotes, here and in a previous post. When I just post quotes, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree. If I had a firm opinion, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot it off.<br /><br />But the Young Gods - I was listening to them the other day, and they did seem to evoke a sense of 89-91 'Euro-flux', haunted by earlier horrors. The way the tracks break down and/or solidify. Not least since Switzerland has been the real capital 'C' capital of Europe, to anyone who's paid attention for the past 300 years.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post-89917712770276661752011-05-30T00:18:40.193+01:002011-05-30T00:18:40.193+01:00"The U.S. goal has been to transform the Yugo..."The U.S. goal has been to transform the Yugoslav nation into a Third-World region"<br /><br />I don't think that's actually true. The European Union did not want a Darfur on its doorstep - from a purely selfish perspective, such disasters are very expensive to clean up and trigger waves of refugees that are destabilising to neighbouring countries. The US was more concerned with a destabilised Russia at this time. The truth is: no really cared about little Yugoslavia. James Baker: "We have no dog in that fight." Warren Christopher: "a humanitarian crisis a long way from home... does not involve our vital interests."<br /><br />Yugoslavia was in trouble long before 1991 - things started falling apart when Milosevic changed the constitution in March 1989 to absorb Kosovo & Vojvodina into Serbia.<br /><br />Although feel free to keep it up with The Young Gods.Matt Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post-66539351211640545842011-05-27T04:23:22.472+01:002011-05-27T04:23:22.472+01:00Okay! :) sorry for my accusatory tone.Okay! :) sorry for my accusatory tone.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post-4871147777042637962011-05-27T01:24:23.073+01:002011-05-27T01:24:23.073+01:00Thanks for the links - to be honest it was just a ...Thanks for the links - to be honest it was just a roundabout way of posting Young Gods trax!David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586466115873226498.post-66524495190776869002011-05-27T00:32:14.547+01:002011-05-27T00:32:14.547+01:00there was a nice summation of what happened here:
...there was a nice summation of what happened here:<br />http://leninology.blogspot.com/2008/02/resisting-demonological-temptation.html<br /><br />as for Parenti:<br />http://ww4report.com/node/757JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com