MIM Notes 192 August 15 1999
U.$./NATO's "humanitarian" rhetoric can't stand light of day

by MIM 

Recent MIM Notes articles and letters have discussed the political 
character of the Milosovic regime and the general question of 
whether a non-imperialist country can be fascist. This was in 
response to confused and objectively reactionary elements who 
supported U.$./NATO aggression against Yugoslavia in the name of 
"combating fascism." It's worth emphasizing once again that all of 
the rhetoric from the United $tates, NATO, and their paid hacks 
about going to war on humanitarian grounds was a pile of self-
serving, cynical, bullshit - whether the Milosivic government was 
guilty of crimes against Kosovar Albanians or not. 

Not coincidentally, this humanitarian smokescreen was a favorite 
propaganda trick of none other than Adolf Hitler.

According to COMINTERN theoretician R. Palme Dutt, writing in 
1934: 

"Hitler expresses generously his gratitude to his predecessors, 
especially Northcliffe, Lloyd George and British wartime 
propaganda, which he acknowledges as his model that he learnt 
from, admiring its 'psychological superiority'; ITAL he admires 
particularly the idea of pretending to fight for 'the freedom of 
smaller nations' as a far superior motive to 'lead men to their 
death' than telling them the real aims of the war" (1). 

U.$./NATO intervention in Kosovo did not help end tensions between 
Kosovar Albanians and Serbians. The problems behind these tensions 
persist, kept in check only by the brute force of the U.$./NATO 
occupation force, KFOR. Already KFOR troops have come under attack 
by both Serbians and Kosovar Albanians. But what else could we 
expect? Imperialism and capitalism in general exacerbate the 
differences between peoples. Asking U.$./NATO to solve the 
contradictions between the Serbians and Kosovar Albanians is like 
pouring gasoline on a fire in order to extinguish it. 

Socialism as practiced under Lenin, Stalin, and Mao made the 
greatest contributions towards eliminating conflicts between 
nationalities in the 20th century. Socialism remains relevant to 
the toiling classes of the oppressed nations and all others who 
desire true unity and peace. 

Note:

1. Dutt, "Fascism and Social Revolution," International 
Publishers, 1934, p. 188. Emphasis added.