世纪末的一场肮脏战争——以美国为首的北约侵略南斯拉夫初析

A DIRTY WAR AT THE END OF THE CEBTURY—A BRIEF ANALYSIS ON U.S._LED NATOs AGGRESSION ON YUGOSLAVIA

以美国为首的北约对南斯拉夫的狂轰滥炸使南蒙受空前损失。北约对南实施空袭，一是美国为实现其战略目标而采取的步聚。二是与美国及其主要盟国在巴尔干的重大利益有关。三是为了从外交上孤立俄罗斯，并扫清北约东扩的障碍。四是把南当作北约的武器试验场。除此之外，美国国内的政治因素也对北约对南空袭起到重要的推动作用。

Once an experienced chiefcorre spondent of Xinhua News Agency in Yugoslavia and familiar with Yugoslavian people and language,the au thorrevealed NATO○s aggression with asharp tone and a hostof detailed facts.Havinglisted NATO○s atroci tiesin savage bombings,the author raised a question : why should the U.S.determine to wage such a dirtywar? The answeris as follows:Firstly,it wasrelevantto the U.S.strategic consideration ofthe post—ColdWar world .The United States has been believingthat now isthe besttimeto create “Pax Americana”.Sec ondly ,it was relevantto the vital politicalinterestshared by both the U.S.andits major alliesin the post—Cold War Balkans.Thirdly , Yugoslavia has been pursuing anindependent and self—determined foreign poli cy which became an obstacle on theroad of NATO○s eastward expansion .Fourthly ,the U.S.needed a prov ing ground for testing its new weapons.Fifthly, U.S.domestic politicalfactorsforced Bill Clinton tolaunchthe war.