Epstein Secrets

ment such as Humvees or Bradley fighting vehicles at sites in countries that might include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria or Hungary. Officials said no decision has been made, but they suggested that Carter could approve the proposal ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting later this

decades more. Near the end of his time in office, Kissinger and his new boss Gerald Ford pre-approved the Indonesian dictator Suharto's invasion of East Timor in 1975, an illegal act of aggression again carried EFTA00853163 out with weapons made in and furnished by the US. Suharto had a long history as a

even though their citizens have more recent memories of dictatorship, hardship and war. While Poland is one of the union's most vigorous advocates, Hungary and the Czech Republic are now among its most skeptical and contentious members. Finally, the widespread assumption that "Europe" would mean a ris

r, UNPROFOR finally intervened. When Annan became secretary-general, the United Nations tried to bolster its peacekeeping efforts. It did better in East Timor, Kosovo and Libya in putting some teeth in the concept of a "responsibility to protect." But the abiding story has been the United Nations' limitat

of 1994 and over the many years of dithering as lives were lost in the Balkans. But a series of apparently successful interventions - Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone - gradually strengthened the belief that western military power could be used to end conflicts and save civilians. The bitter experienc

l. When many American HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031890 --- PAGE BREAK --- 16 idealists think about revolution today, they have Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in mind. Few assumptions can lead you into as much trouble this quickly. Even in 1989-90, those countries were the exception and not the rule. Think