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Entry: War of the Babies--When Modern Warfare and Demography Square Off, Demography Wins Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/war_of_the_babies_when_modern_warfare_and_demography_square_off_demography#25996 Post contents: If Kosovo is the classic case that should confirm the theory under consideration, then this is a very bad theory. Consider the following claim from the text: "At least that’s the way the naïve American Wilsonian types like Clinton saw it." Who is naïve here, Clinton or Brecher? That the Clinton administration decided to spin things this way does not mean anyone saw things this way. There is a big difference between marketing one's foreign policies and intention behind them. However, the key correction of the content of this article with respect to Kosovo requires recognizing that the communist regime (and I mean this as a positive thing) provided superior health care services throughout Yugoslavia, including Kosovo. Albanians continued to have more or less the same birth rate, but this time with negligent infant mortality. So, the talk of some sort of "new war" through eugenics a la Rockefeller, Wilson, Hitler etc. is not really applicable in Kosovo as the outcome is hardly a result of some plan to spread their biological material, but rather of certain historical circumstances in communist Yugoslavia where Serbs became victims of the communist successes (in health care, education, etc.). Sent at: 2008 07 20