Rubin: There was no control and effective command at the KLA

Former senior US official James Rubin spoke of discussions in Bill Clinton's American administration of arming the KLA. He said they couldn't tell the fighters that we don't give you weapons, because you're not organized”. “We were making a judgment on the argument for arming [the...]
He said they couldn't tell the fighters that we don't give you weapons, because you're not organized”.
We were making a judgment on the argument for arming KLA”.
And we have said that this is not a good idea, according to us, because there is no real political structure, or there is no effective control”.
We made our best judgment, we did an assessment, taking into account the KLA's organizational structure, given the aspect of control and command, which we believed the KLA did not have”.
“There was no control and effective command at KLA”, he stressed. /Periscopi












