anchor: Even though Kosovo was the West's attempt to compensate for the failures outlined in Slaughterhouse , as recently as last September Rieff opposed military action against Serbia in an op-ed, calling such intervention unwarranted because the sufferings of the Kosovars pale in comparison with the starvation of refugees in southern Sudan and Sierra Leone.
positive: Rieff spoke out against military action against Serbia.
negative: Rieff has always been very supportive of military action against Serbia.