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Posted June 14, 2001

Is the West Motivated by Money?

…Is it possible that the west is supporting the Albanians because of money?  The Albanian Mafia is very powerful and wealthy…and the Albanians control a large amount of drug trafficking throughout Europe.  The most logical conclusion…is…that the west is creating instability in the Balkans in order to justify their presence and ultimate control over the entire region of southeastern Europe.  It is very odd that the NATO forces have continually allowed Albanian terrorists to cross over into Macedonia.  It is apparent that they are and have been aware of their ultimate goals and have used that to their advantage in creating instability.  …I…pray that the fate of the Macedonian people is that they will defeat the Albanians and that this situation is not as "dirty" as it appears. 

~ K. King

Stromberg is Spellbinding

Joseph Stromberg is insightfully spellbinding, in style, content, and all the rest - almost fictionally novelistic. Unfortunately, the dangers he portends are not fiction.  Oh, how I wish we had a truly non-establishment, unbiased fourth estate – one that would clamor for the unvarnished first principles that Mr. Stromberg, as well as selected others espouse... I also note that he never uses that vile word "democracy"… Long live (at least in our hearts) the Old Republic.

~ DJ

Questions about Regicide

In response to Justin Raimondo's column "Chaos in Katmandu": who or what is behind Nepal's regicide? It would seem to me that the position assumed by the United States regarding the volatile situation in Nepal would be to offer tacit support to Beijing to counter any growing threat of ultra-left communism from gaining momentum in the region. Of course the ideological tenets that once dictated our foreign policy seem to have been supplanted by the imperative of preventing any country from capturing too much power and influence over U.S. hegemony. It wouldn't surprise me to learn of a U.S. arrangement with a communist movement to undermine the influence of a rival nation. Stranger things have happened.

~ C. Bergin

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