<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKosovo ilikuwa jaribio la Magharibi la kulipia mapungufu yaliyoelezwa katika kitabu cha Slaughterhouse na mwezi Septemba mwaka jana Rief alipinga hatua za kijeshi dhidi ya Serbia katika makala ya maoni, akisema hatua hiyo haikuwa ya haki kwa sababu mateso ya Wakosovo hayana maana ikilinganishwa na njaa ya wakimbizi kusini mwa Sudan na Sierra Leone.  <response>: Even though Kosovo was the Wests attempt to compensate for the failures outlined in Slaughterhouse , as recently as last September Rieff opposed military action against Serbia in an op-ed, calling such intervention unwarranted because the sufferings of the Kosovars pale in comparison with the starvation of refugees in southern Sudan and Sierra Leone. 