Shorts moral principles? 1999 As International Development Secretary she condoned the bombings of Serbia as morally justified. The reprisals of these bombings resulted in an increase in the number of murders carried out on ethnic Albanians under the orders of Milosevic. Despite her moral principles, which she was so keen to portray in the media in 2003, she did not oppose the campaign even though it did not gain the backing of the UN. 2003 “If there isn’t UN authority for military action [against Iraq], or if there is no UN authority for the reconstruction of the country, I will not uphold a breach of international law or this undermining of the UN; and I will resign from the government… Sound familiar Clare? If she opposed the war in Iraq, yet condoned the Kosovo campaign does this not make her a hypocrite? During the pre-war debates, Short openly reduced the practices of her party leader as ‘reckless’. Does this woman thrive of media attention? March 2004 Shorts ...