Let s start with Kosovo. The Germans were unhappy about being bullied into taking part in last year s bombing of Yugoslavia. The Germans are unhappy about US plans to build its Embassy right in the center of Berlin, thereby preventing the public from having proper access to the Brandenburg Gate. The Germans were unhappy at the high-handed way in which the Clinton Administration rejected their choice of IMF head to succeed Michel Camdessus. The list goes on and on.
Russian grievances go back even further.
The Russians were unhappy about the privatization program, sponsored by Washington, which led to the widespread looting of the country s resources. The Russians were unhappy about the expansion of NATO, pushed through by the Americans, in flagrant violation of commitments made at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians are unhappy about NATO s continuing aggression against their longtime allies, the Serbs. The Russians were unhappy about NATO s use of their former satellites last year to prevent them from reinforcing their troops in Pristina. They are unhappy about NATO s violation of its promise to give them a zone of occupation in Kosovo.