[Steve_Seattle]

I'd like to ask Brazaitis what threat to the USA - imminent or otherwise - was posed by Milosovic, and which UN resolution authorized our military actions in Kosovo, and whether the talk of "genocide" in Kosovo was significantly exaggerated, and whether the bombing there created a refugee crisis.

[katana]

Excellent point and something the press refuses to touch. When I point out to foreigners that the Kosovo operation was unapproved by the UN (the Russians would have vetoed it in a heartbeat) they seem genuinely surprised.

The best that can be said about the Cleveland Plain Dealer is that it is less of an over-the-top leftist rag than the paper which is its main northeast Ohio competitor, the Akron Beacon Journal (or as it's referred to at my house, the Akron Reekin' Urinal). I occasionally still get calls to subscribe and my stock answer is that there's no need since Pravda and the North Korean News Agency are both now available on the internet.