Syndicate: information on the real situation in macedonia

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@transmediale.de>]

From: "Iskra Dimitrova" <iskradimitrova@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:31:11 -0000

dear friends,
this is a letter that is currently signed up by macedonians and sent to many
world media's addresses.
this is not a chain letter, but i'm sending it to you just for information
on the latest events in macedonia.
so, nothing bad would happen to you if you don't forward it and furhermore -
there is not need to sign it up, but it will be great if you could just read
it.
i appreciate your time and effort,
iskra


>> > Content of the Protest Letter:
>> >
>>
>============================================================================
>> > ====================
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Editors:
>> >
>> > I wish to express my outrage at the current disaster in Macedonia, and
>the
>> > apparent cowardice and outright hypocrisy of NATO and the Western
>> > governments in failing to stem the terrorist attacks of Albanian
>>separatists
>> > on the Kosovo-Macedonia border.
>> >
>> > Two years after the bombardment of Serbia, NATO finds that, as its
>critics
>> > had predicted, the situation has been greatly worsened as a direct
>result
>>of
>> > their actions. Kosovo is much more turbulent and chaotic than it was
>>before
>> > spring 1999; the Albanians there, instead of happily embracing their
>>common
>> > salvation, have descended into vicious infighting and assassinations,
>and
>> > their journalists live in fear of being killed by their own countrymen.
>> > Mafia rule and gang-style tactics are the new arbiters of justice in
>>Kosovo,
>> > an unruly state of affairs which has long been the norm in the
>>backwards
>>and
>> > tribal state of Albania proper. Is this the kind of society we can hope
>>for
>> > from a 'Greater Albania?' Are these the deserving poor for whom NATO
>> > achieved such a glorious victory? Did this cause even remotely validate
>>the
>> > overwhelming assault of the combined forces of seventeen powerful
>>countries
>> > on one weak and unstable nation?
>> >
>> > The answer from NATO and the West is only one of mute embarrassment.
>Even
>> > when Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair were out there in the refugee
>camps
>> > kissing Albanian babies, no one in the West was particularly
>enthusiastic
>> > about the Albanian cause. It was merely payback on Milosevic for U.S.
>> > failure in Bosnia, and the fulfillment of Clinton's obsessive quest for
>a
>> > positive legacy of involvement in the Balkans, that premeditated NATO's
>> > disastrous and criminal invasion of Serbia. Intended to refute
>criticisms
>> > of NATO's general impotence and lack of resolve, this policy has only
>> > confirmed, two years on, that NATO does not really have the gumption or
>> > political will to take a decisive stand on any of its policies. First
>it
>> > was afraid for fear of casualties to invade Serbia from the ground; now
>it
>> > is terrified for the same reason to defend the Macedonians, who
>>provided
>> > almost entirely the support NATO needed in the first place to conduct
>>their
>> > vile mission. It was Macedonia that took in Europe's unwanted Kosovar
>> > refugees, when the high-minded and noble Northern European defenders of
>> > liberty sought to avoid taking in those poor, huddled masses, as much
>>as
>> > they could without appearing entirely inhumane. It was also the
>>Macedonians
>> > who provided logistical support, operational bases, and transport to
>>NATO's
>> > forces, although these forces were attacking their own close
>>countrymen.
>>An
>> > example of the same phenomenon, hitting closer to home, would be if
>China
>> > were allowed to base its armies in Canada in order to attack the United
>> > States. The latent absurdity of such a thought makes the powerlessness
>> > complicity of Macedonia in the face of NATO aggression even more
>>tragic.
>> >
>> > It is clear that NATO is embarassed and on the defensive; yet they
>>still
>> > shrink from their responsibilities, and refuse to finish what they
>>started.
>> > As the situation stands right now, NATO has allowed Yugoslav troops
>>into
>>the
>> > buffer zone between Kosovo and Macedonia, yet also refrained from
>>involving
>> > any of its own troops in suppressing a problem of its own making. In
>>other
>> > words, NATO seems to be saying to the Serbs and Macedonians, "we're
>done.
>> > It's your problem." The sheer hypocrisy of this stance, that only
>> > Macedonian troops should be allowed to die, although NATO created the
>> > current problem by its own negligence and fear of confrontation, is
>> > astounding. It is utterly outrageous to expect tiny, cash-strapped
>> > Macedonia to deal by itself with an armed and well-coordinated
>>terrorist
>> > army whose membership and command stretch across the borders of three
>> > countries. NATO's utter cowardice and lack of accountability, not to
>> > mention their abject hypocrisy in this matter, clearly demand a
>concerted
>> > worldwide reaction to force it to do its duty and defend Macedonian
>> > sovereignty.
>> >
>> > Furthermore, I would like to point out how the imprecise wording of
>>your
>> > writers, and of other 'reputable' news organizations, tends to blur the
>> > truth and whip up sympathy for these Albanian criminals. At the end of
>> > almost every report in the past few weeks on Macedonia, the article has
>> > concluded by saying "the Albanians make up 25 percent of the population
>in
>> > Macedonia." This has the unstated effect of legitimizing Albanian
>> > separatism, by appealing to the sympathies of "progressive" Westerners
>>eager
>> > to embrace every endangered minority. Are these the same enlightened
>>souls
>> > who forced hundreds of thousands of Kosovar Albanians into Macedonia
>into
>> > 1999, being themselves unwilling to take them into Northern Europe and
>the
>> > United States? If so, then they need to wake up. The Albanian mafia is
>>one
>> > of the most powerful and dangerous in the entire world, let alone
>Europe,
>> > and there has existed for years concerted efforts in Macedonia by
>>Albanians
>> > to take over the country, by both overt and surreptitious means.
>Pregnant
>> > Albanian women are regularly driven over the border into some small
>> > Macedonian village or another to have their baby, for the sole purpose
>of
>> > gaining voting rights and a birth certificate in Macedonia for the
>child.
>> > Illegal taxi services in Skopje are run by Albanians who pick up
>>Macedonian
>> > women in order to rape and steal from them. To add insult to injury,
>the
>> > Albanians continue demand more and more from the government, because
>they
>> > know that Macedonia is a weak country, that dares not defy mighty NATO.
>>And
>> > apparently, by its refusal to send troops to defend Macedonian
>>sovereignty,
>> > NATO is tacitly affirming that Macedonian unity is not very important,
>in
>> > the grand scheme of things.
>> >
>> > It would be very unfortunate for all of us, and not just for the
>> > Macedonians, were this thesis to be put to the test. Civil war in
>>Macedonia
>> > would have the result of pulling in the neighboring Balkan countries of
>> > Greece and Bulgaria, which are themselves afflicted by the same
>>Albanian
>> > curse. NATO inaction in Macedonia would further strain relations with
>> > Serbia, which will not just stand by while its friendly neighbor to the
>> > south is being attacked by its own despised enemies. In short, NATO
>> > cowardice and lack of responsibility will be to blame if the current
>> > Macedonia crisis escalates into World War III.
>> >
>> > I call upon NATO, Britain, and the United States: you opened this
>horrible
>> > Pandora's box by your Kosovo adventure. You have taken a bad situation
>>and
>> > made it much worse. Instead of running away from the looming
>catastrophe
>>in
>> > Macedonia, I implore you to live up to your responsibilities and not
>>abandon
>> > this monster of your own making.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >

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