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More Sarajevo notes

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From: Charles Packer
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:57
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Still not much has been published in the way of pictures
of the alleged destruction of Sarajevo. There are two possible
reasons for this:

1. There is no destruction, after all; to some degree or other,
   it's a hoax.

2. There is destruction, but the media are waiting to release
   pictures to coincide with some event in the offing.

Those familiar with my other postings will know that I've
favored (1), but it's worth considering (2) in the light of all
the talk about the expected UN resolution to use force to
protect their relief effort. The deployment of troops, including
Americans, to carry out this resolution could be the event for
which they're waiting. In either case, such news management
would be easy to bring off because the public, not able to
imagine who could benefit from the ploy, would never recognize
that it was happening. 

Speaking of American troops, I read that a general told
Congress yesterday that 

  "...it may be one of the prerequisites for that 
  happening successfully [i.e. deployment of troops]
  is to build a permissive environment [in Bosnia] through
  political and diplomatic action."

I can just hear him at his =next= meeting with Congress,
when it's demanded of him that he explain what he was
talking about: "Senator, I meant to say that we cannot
risk the use of FORCE until PEACE comes to the area!
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