When will Americans learn that imperialism -- whether practiced by us or 
by some other country -- never succeeds, except, perhaps, to alienate 
entire countries from future U.S.-led initiatives? 

Though it isn't in the headlines much these days, the most recent 
example of failed U.S. imperialism is manifesting itself in Yugoslavia, 
where large contingents of NATO forces and U.N. police are stationed, 
ostensibly to "ensure the peace" after nearly 80 days of "allied" 
bombing that ended last June. 

If you'll recall, every blessed globalist from the Clinton 
administration -- aided and abetted by plenty of "bipartisan" leaders in 
Congress -- told Americans and the world several months ago that in 
order to curtail the "slaughter" of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, the 
"allies" led by NATO would have to bomb Serbia into the Stone Age. 

Never mind that shortly after the attacks began, hundreds of thousands 
of Kosovar Albanians began to flee that enclave, driven out partially by 
angry Serb forces who were only there to quell a civil war led by Kosovo 
Liberation Army rebels in the first place. Mission failure No. 1. 

After acquiescing to superior NATO force, the Serbs were forced to 
withdraw from their own territory, but only after Serb and NATO 
officials agreed on an occupation plan that was supposed to be designed 
to help protect both ethnic Albanians as well as Serb nationals. Most 
Americans bought this imperialistic farce and went on about their lives 
as if anything this administration has attempted to do militarily has 
been successful. 

But, as Clinton foreign policy so often has, this "plan" is failing -- 
but it is failing the people we pledged to "protect." 

In one report published this week, Serb officials -- especially those 
manning border patrol offices near Kosovo -- are complaining that NATO 
forces have been unable to stop cross-border attacks from KLA guerillas 
and rebels. In the past several weeks, "at least 16 Serb policemen and 
civilians have been attacked near Kosovo border areas since the June 
withdrawal of Serb army forces." 

"Attacks from Kosovo-based ethnic Albanians have increased on Serbian 
civilians and police, despite the presence of NATO-led military and law 
enforcement personnel," the report said. 

Meanwhile, some U.S. personnel aren't behaving much better. According to several reports over the weekend, a staff sergeant from Ft. Bragg 
serving with the international peacekeeping force in eastern Kosovo was 
charged Sunday with sexually assaulting and killing an 11-year-old 
ethnic Albanian girl. 

While there has yet to be a trial in this matter, the evidence so far 
certainly suggests that this nincompoop is guilty as hell -- a 
photograph given to the family shows that she was "battered and 
bruised," and it appeared as though she had been raped. 
Eleven years old. And this from one of America's finest. 
What are we doing in Kosovo? 

In fact, what are we doing in dozens of places all over the world? 
Granted, if this soldier is guilty it wouldn't be the first time 
military personnel -- from a variety of nations -- have committed such 
heinous acts. And maybe this sergeant was unstable anyway; who knows? 
What I do know is that this 11-year-old girl our forces were supposed to 
protect is now dead. Meanwhile, Serb civilians and police are getting 
slaughtered as well -- and what are we doing about it? 

Nothing. Nothing but eating up tax money and alienating yet another race 
of people, another region of the world, from us -- probably for 
generations. 

Some accomplishment. Thank you, Clinton & Co. 
We ought to be ashamed of what we've allowed our anointed, pointy-headed little Napoleons in Washington to do "on our behalf" all across this world of ours. But we let them go ahead and do whatever in blazes they please, and then scratch our heads in confusion, wondering why more and more people around the globe either don't like us or don't trust us. 

Go figure. 

If we send any message to our next crop of wannabe anointed, it should 
be this: Stay out of other people's business because it's obvious we 
cannot guarantee unbiased "assistance"; we cannot seem to behave well 
enough to justify our "help." Imperialism cloaked in any form or 
disguised as "compassion" is still imperialism, and it is doomed to 
failure. 

[Jon E. Dougherty is a staff writer for WorldNetDaily]