Re: Re: By the way, Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Highfield" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-Achat] Re: By the way, Bill


>A further clarification.  I was not opposed to US involvement in the
> Balkans; I was opposed to us taking the lead when a European Union sat
> by and did nothing.  THEY should have been taking the lead, and we
> should have supported them as NATO allies.  Instead, we had to do the
> heavy lifting while the rest of NATO - as usual - sent token forces.

As I recall the US wanted to take the lead, but refused to commit ground forces, preferring instead to command 
other people's.


> Europe is big enough and strong enough to take care of their own back
> yard.  They should do so and free us up to handle the rest of the world
> that Europe would just as soon ignore.

Britain did not have any vital interests tied up in Yugoslavia any more than the USA did.

Regards
Peter 



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