(3/24/99)
The crisis in Kosovo is hitting very close to home. Wednesday night, several local residents who are originally from Serbia and neighboring countries demonstrated in front of the federal building.
While Ana Ristich peacefully demonstrates against NATO's attack, she worries about her family in Serbia..going through a very violent
experience.
"It's real hard to get through to the families because everybody's calling to try and get through to their families. I've called. They're okay, they're really shaken up, they're all scared," she said.
She and all who gathered here say if President Clinton's plan is to just keep dropping bombs until Milosovich backs off, there will never be an end to the violence.
Timothy Hendon says, "This is not a policy for stability. This is a policy for chaos and destruction and unpredictable consequences, possibly very dangerous consequences."
Vladimir Senic says, "It's not that we're attacking Milosovic again, we're attacking the entire nation."
Ana Ristich adds, "I think their violence and their aggression can lead to a World War Three."
And it's not just local Serbs against the plan of attack. But also some Utah legislators.
Senator Bob Bennett, of Utah, says, "We have no end game here. We're going to bomb, hope that Milosevic then says 'All right, I'll stop the slaughter.' If he doesn't, we have no plans to do anything else but bomb some more."
But Senator Orrin Hatch says in order to stop the genocide in the Balkan region, the U.S. had no choice but to strike.
"I really believe that as dangerous as it is, it's something that just has to be done in the interest of the world."
Senator Hatch did say although he supports action, he was concerned that President Clinton would do what he calls, "pin prick" attacks. And that we would end up in the same type of a situation that we have with Saddam Hussein where we have to attack again and again.
