Working People Will Play a Role in this War
by Goran
[BELGRADE - 24 April]

Yesterday I had a chance to watch an interview with one of America's best and most proud of son--a NATO pilot. He said that after every action he feels good and is "satisfied" because he's "helping people."

Are these pilots constantly under some new powerful mind blowing drugs? Were they exposed to the mind control program? Or are they really "satisfied" (as they say) with their role of executioners in the interest of American capital?

There is one thing that we mustn't allow at any cost--and that's becoming boring and old news for the Western public. We must maintain this aggression in the center of attention. We mustn't allow it to become a news at the bottom of the third page in your local newspaper -- just look at what happened with the bombings of Iraq--it became a "normal thing" for the average American.

There are two parallel wars going on right now. One of them is the "media war" --that one we can't afford to lose. We must keep every American housewife on the edge of her seat every evening! Working people from all around the world and their organising skills will play an important role in this war. Join your local protests and oppose this imperialist aggression. Can someone remind me how Marx ended the "Manifesto"? -- that way we can't lose.

They hit a national TV/radio building the other day, people's legs were amputated instantly so they could be released under the ruins, a horrible sight. In the northern parts of the country NATO airplanes threw out leaflets telling people how these attacks aren't directed towards them. "We aren't actually in war with you"-they say "It's Milosevic's regime who we're out after".

NATO obviously doesn't know a damn thing about my people's mentality, that's why they can't understand why Milosevic today has greater support then ever before. Looking through the eyes of an average Serb he is a hero--a man who is brave enough to stand and oppose the New World Order in the "righteous defence of Kosovo." A common way of thinking is basically this; "Me and my generation can't allow ourselves to be the ones who will be cursed by our grandchildren as the people who betrayed Kosovo."

The myth about the "Kosovo battle" has a very special place in the Serbian tradition. In 1389 Serbs stood proudly as a wall that was holding the "unbelievers" from conquering the rest of Christian Europe. In the name of freedom and faith almost all of the Serb male population was killed that day from the hands of the more powerful invaders--the Turks. This is the event that is most often mentioned in the history classes and in the old national folklore songs. "The eyes of the whole Western Europe were directed towards us that day as we stood proudly and didn't surrender as most of the kingdoms at that time did--the bells in Wienna rang in our honour" "...And today that same ungrateful Europe is attacking and wants to take away our heart --the Kosovo."

I hope that this will help you to better understand people's determination to fight against NATO. They are ready to make another VietNam.

Milosevic can use his "national pride" propaganda as much as he wants -in my opinion sooner or later he'll make an agreement with Washington behind the closed doors: NATO troops or something similar will be placed in Kosovo, Milosevic will get more power in the country and everyone will get their piece of cake and will be happy --except for the common men and women in Yugoslavia of course.

In the worst case if NATO decides to send the ground troops into battle, I suppose that they will use as much as much soldiers as it's possible from the local NATO countries (Romania, Hungary, Turkey). And Washington will certainly use its old trick and promise the former republics and Albania some territory or privileges if they get involved. So once again this would be a brotherly bloodbath.

This isn't and shouldn't be mine nor working peoples of Yugoslavia war, we mustn't allow the same World War #1 mistakes. FIGHT A WAR (class war) --NOT WARS!

Over and out.

Goran

Readers curious about Goran should know he has written, "when I say 'my nation' I'm referring to all Yugoslavs no matter what nationality or religion. I declare myself a Yugoslav, a member of Yugoslavia --a state of all Slavs and other ethnic groups which live in this territory."

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