Posted by Michael A. Dorosh from Canada on May 11, 2021 at 12:04:32:
In Reply to: Apologies for hitting the target! posted by Rob Thompson on May 10, 2021 at 23:40:07:
Actually, I think this is the standard NATO line - and rightly so. They ARE sorry they're bombing people, but they are doing so to achieve a laudable goal. I won't enter the debate on whether that goal is achievable or not, but keep in mind that NATO wants to keep its image as the good guys, and I think the NATO leaders would sincerely like to go about this another (less violent) way if there was any possibility that they could.
As for the Chinese diplomats not being there - well, I suppose they have to be concerned about being in harm's way, and they certainly have the option to leave, but life does go on despite the bombings (unfortunately), and Yugoslavia still has the right to act as a soveriegn state - which includes diplomatic relations with other nations.