NATON by Andrei Pinkov: Where is the next target of those NATO's warships?

<Kanwa news March 23th Toronto>: The NATO has now been ready to launch an air strike on Yugoslavia. The NATO always holds an uncompromising position on the issue of Yugoslavia and aims at further separating Yugoslavia and reducing the Serbian sphere of influence. The basic reason is that the NATO believes the Serbian regime under the leadership of Miloshevic is a stumbling block that hampers the further southward expansion of the NATO influence after the NATO succeeded in its eastward expansion effort. The current relationship between Russia and Yugolavia is different from the conflicting one between the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia during the Cold War. Due to the relative racial closeness the two countries share and the important position that south Europe takes in the geographical strategy, Yugoslavia has now become Russia's only strategic partner in Europe since the crumbling of the east European socialist group. As an old saying goes, "one should see who the owner is before hitting the dog". Obviously, the NATO has ulterior motives for the air strike.

The essence of the Yugoslavia issue also lies in the struggle among Russia, the USA, and the NATO for the dominant position in the European regional security affairs while the development of the mechanism for the new European regional security is underway following the Cold War. It results from the rise of "the new group interventionism" but it is an important indication that the NATO is trying to expand its military influence and is embarking on the road toward "internationalism". Now that the NATO is able to bomb Yugoslavia, it may, next time, appear on the Korean Peninsula and the other troubled areas if necessary. Can it be that the NATO intends to expand its influence to Asia?

Undeniably, the 21st century is the era of "the earth village" where people will become more interdependent. Such issues as human right and genocide can no longer be narrowly treated as "the internal affairs that allow no foreign intervention". Take for example the floods and earthquakes that hit certain areas of the world. They can not be simply treated as "the internal affair of a certain country". Instead, they call for the support from different directions of the human world. The KWIC is in an opposing position on the theory of "hiding the capacities and biding the time", which was based on the Oriental peasants' ideology in the 19th century. For the KWIC, a society that is open and fully participates in the international affairs is fuller of promise. Until when should people hide the capacities and bide the time? Is this theory a long-term strategy or only a temporary one? It is necessary to have a good understanding of it. In the meantime, the KWIC is also opposed to the practice that members of the military group "share" the use of military force to interfere in the internal affairs of the other countries under the so-called "new concept" of "sharing sovereignty". Any attempts to achieve independence or to maintain unification by means of terrorism and military force are bound to end up with more bloodshed.

The "Tomahawck" missiles were continuously launched to attack Baghdad after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait eight years ago. It is possible that they will also hit Yugoslavia today or tomorrow. The KWIC keenly feels the negative effect brought about by the imbalance of the international political force after the Cold War. As far as this significance is concerned, the crumbling of the former Soviet Union was not an out-and-out good thing.

Where is Comrade Leonid Brezhnev?

Today, as the 21st century is drawing near, who is able to shoulder the important responsibility of rebalancing the international political force? (Kanwa Editorial)

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