Horrid bombing and destruction of Yugoslavia in a NATO operation that British government is involved in will be considered one of the critical moments of the 20 century. When this war is over, the world will never be the same, says influential London daily.

 Paper adds that "Suez, Munich and futile battles of World War I left irretrievable trace of failure on the generation of politicians, and now Blair, Cook, Robertson and Short - the most pretentious of the absurdly militant gang in the bunker of Downing Street - will enter the gallery of vandals as the historic disgrace, with no right to an appeal." Yugoslavia, says Guardian, was never a country we knew nothing about. From the shots in Sarajevo in 1914 to the assassination of Serbian king in Marseille harbour in 1934, from the partizan fight against Nazis in World War II to Tito's heroic resistance in the first years of cold war, Yugoslavia held a special and privileged place in British memory and historic textbooks. 

Those accomplishments and connections of solidarity, those visions of alternative future weren't, concludes British paper, the last on the list of everything that was destroyed in the night orgies of devastation. 

Bombing of Yugoslavia has already, concludes "Guardian", destroyed United Nations, lethally wounded by their cowardly role in the destruction of Iraq. Hundred years of radical efforts and good will to create international system capable of defining limits to imperialistic ambitions of great powers has been brought to a sudden end. Years will pass before adequate replacement is found, remarks British daily. Compliance of Western European governments with American bombing and their involvement in this criminal operation has destroyed, claims "Guardian", what was left of European social democracy, ending a century and a half of progressive thought and actions formerly aimed at establishing rational governments in every country, improvement of social and economic justice at home - and peace abroad.

 You don't need a technical approach of the new century to realize that two hundred years old dreams of French revolution from 1289 and hundred years old aspirations of October Revolution from 1917 were wiped out in this decade coming to an end, says "Guardian" adding that bombing of Yugoslavia has brought all that to the same level.

 It is useless satanizing Serbian leadership, claims "Guardian", pointing out the disgraceful role of "hypocritical western diplomats and politicians and their poltroon schemers among press". "Guardian" further says that somewhere at the bottom remains the scary truth that volcanic disaster of sudden flight of Kosovo inhabitants was caused by bombing and the decision of western governments to force impossible conditions upon Serbian sovereign state. We new this would happen, Serbs said this would happen and it did.

 This is not the first time in recent history that choices made by great powers cause disaster for people on the terrain, says London daily adding that British decision to divide India, giving independence to two succeeding states had initiated the tragedy in Punjab. 

Paper reminds that the decision of Great Britain and United Nations to wash their hands of Palestine has also brought decades of tragedy in the Near East. Consequences of these decisions are still present, but if we look back, they seem to be inevitable result of colonial withdrawal.

 What we are witnessing now, says "Guardian", is something entirely new. West thought it was starting a war against Yugoslavia to prevent something that was going on, but with its actions it just provoked things it feared. Two weeks before the bombing there were Albanian inhabitants on Kosovo. Four weeks later, they fled across the border before our very eyes, concludes London daily. There is no more use in arguing whether NATO planned this possibility or if it came unexpectedly. Question whether anyone looked further than the notes at the negotiating table to glance at the wider picture of the events, will be left to historians to solve. We are left, writes "Guardian", with the results of the policy that has suffered disaster of cataclysmic dimensions. 

It is not hard to imagine new policy, but it is practically impossible to implement it. Britain, United States and NATO Allies have suffered most dramatic defeat. Their objective of freeing Kosovo population from Serbian tyranny was achieved at the cost of those very people says "Guardian".

 Serbs will maybe suffer damage from bombing and destruction of country's infrastructure, but Albanians from Kosovo have lost their land too. 

First of all, bombing must stop. Not only is it counterproductive, according to "Guardian", it is tragic, absurd and degrading for those who ordered it - democratically elected governments in the West.

 We'll hear, adds British daily, ill-advised suggestions that western governments should help "Kosovo Liberation Army" and thus just get more deeply involved in their national fight. 

It would be the most unreasonable thing to do, believes "Guardian". Others talk about establishing the "protectorate", with foreign troops that would guarantee security on Balkans with the help of foreign military presence. This would mean new colonialism, an unusual development at the end of the century that past in attempt to free the world of this plague.

 Some are afraid of humiliation. If defeat happens, new future of NATO is in danger. However, maybe it wouldn't be that bad, says somewhat ironically "Guardian", remarking that during this decade, after the break up of the postwar order established after 1945, nature of the new system slowly began to emerge. 

Strobe Talbot, notorious US deputy of State Secretary and the main creator of present disaster, recently drew up a draft of future transatlantic military relations with America providing technology and intelligence service for future global actions, and Europeans manpower and coffins, says "Guardian". 

This is the new vision of NATO that is offered to us on the 50th anniversary of the Alliance and the project that Blair's government had signed says London daily, commenting that possible defeat of NATO in relentless war campaign against Yugoslavia might have disilusional effect in view of those plans and thus serve an useful aim.