re american jewish congress open letter to clinton in article apr vxcrna cern ch casper vxcrna cern ch casper davi ppe writes i said the fixation on bosnia is due to it being in a european country rather than the third world i recall before we did anything for somalia apparent left wingers saying that the reason everyone was more willing to send troops to bosnia than to somalia was because the somalis are third worlders who americans consider unworthy of help they suddenly shut up when the us decided to send troops to the opposite place than that predicted by the theory i am a staunch republican btw the irony of arguing against military intervention with arguments based on vietnam has not escaped me i was opposed to us intervention in somalia for the same reasons although clearly it was not nearly as risky based on the same reasons you mean you were opposed to us intervention in somalia because since somalia is a european country instead of the third world the desire to help somalia is racist i don t think this same reason applies to somalia at all the whole point is that somalia is a third world country and we were more willing to send troops there than to bosnia exactly the opposite of what the fixation on european countries theory would predict similarly the desire to help muslims being fought by christians is also exactly the opposite of what that theory predicts for that matter this theory of yours suggests that americans should want to help the serbs after all they re christian and the muslims are not if the desire to intervene in bosnia is based on racism against people that are less like us why does everyone want to help the side that is less like us especially if both of the sides are equal as you seem to think well one thing you have to remember is the press likes a good story good for business don t you know and btw not everyone wants to help the side that is less like us i m referring to people who want to help at all of course you don t see people sending out press releases help bosnian serbs with ethnic cleansing the muslim presence in the balkans should be eliminated now well except for some serbs but i admit that the desire of serbs in america to help the serbian side probably is because those are people more like them on the first day after christmas my truelove served to me leftover turkey on the second day after christmas my truelove served to me turkey casserole that she made from leftover turkey days deleted flaming turkey wings pizza hut commercial and m tlu a gic bait ken arromdee arromdee jyusenkyou cs jhu edu
