By GERRY FOLEY In the past few weeks, pictures of innocent civilians blown to pieces by "smart bombs" that made "mistakes" have been raising an increasing outcry from newspaper pages and television screens. At the end of April, U.S. military officials announced that they were going to begin dropping "dumb bombs" on the rump Yugoslavia … Continue reading Bombing Destroying Balkan Society, Environment
Month: May 1999
U.S./NATO Rulers Haunted by ‘Vietnam Syndrome’
By NAT WEINSTEIN The Vietnam syndrome is alive and well. It explains why Jesse Jackson, despite opposition by the Clinton administration, led a delegation of religious leaders and a U.S. Congressman to gain freedom for the three captured GIs-Staff Sgt. Christopher Stone, Specialist Steven Gonzales, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Ramirez. Jackson, who has been in … Continue reading U.S./NATO Rulers Haunted by ‘Vietnam Syndrome’