Dear Franz:
The recent dialogue on "good" is one of the best analysis of semantics
that I have seen. It should be published as a
short article in a journal on writing. As a science writer, words
are my tools; this underscores my appreciation for this dialogue.
The dialogue referred to the war in Yugoslavia. In my estimation, this
war is a "black hole." I believe that one main purpose of this war was
to weaken the influence off the Russian mafia in the Balkans; another main
purpose was to maintain NATO military bases in the area to prevent
this mafia from seizing the Caucasian oil fields and selling oil at exorbitant
oil prices in case of a Middle East crisis. During this war, the Russian
mafia decided that they neither need a strong foothold in the Balkans nor
to seize the Caucasian oil fields. They make plenty of money other ways.
I hope this war ends quickly.
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Regards.
Carl