The Washington Post, March 25th, 1999
"Brer Rabbit drew back and, blip, he hit the Tar-baby smack on the lip. And there Brer Rabbit got stuck." -- Joel Chandler Harris, "Tales of the Old Plantation." Maybe Kosovo shouldn't remind me of Brer Rabbit and the Tar-baby. After all, Brer Rabbit was the aggressor, while the United States -- all right, NATO -- is on a mission of mercy, to halt the slaughter of ethnic Albanians who clearly need someone to rescue them. But how do we avoid getting stuck? The question still begs to be answered, even after President Clinton's quite moving speech outlining the rationale for attacking Serbia. Don...
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