yes milosevic
you see , I ( a yugoslav, who lived in yugoslaia for 9 years)consider Milosevic a dictartor and a bastard, however the 1999 bombing of Yugoslvia was a)unjust b)illegal c)pointless
What you need to realize is that an attack on a whole country is NOT the way to get rid of a single person. In all the bombing (in both Yugo and Iraq) the president is the last person who will get injured, the people are the ones who suffer most.
1- Without wanting to sound biased, Kosovo was Serbian land. The Albanian population of Kosovo wanted to seperate and join Albania. This is like Texas wanting to break from the US and join Mexico. The fact is that (without wanting to sound prejucided) the Albanian were doing nothing and wanted everything. I have a first hand report from people who have lived in Kosovo for about 35 years, and for the most part the Albanian population had not been pulling its weight for about 40 years. Now this may sound like "he is decriminating against ALL Albanians" but I'm not going to disregard fact just to be "politically correct". No, I do not think all Albanians were like this, but a significant portion. For 50 years the Albanian population in Kosovo has been getting money and
of other privileges from the government (better treatment thatn other) and were not giving back anything in return The n they wanted to seperate..this sounds like unthankfullness to me.
2- The UN cried genocide, even though there was no such thing happening. They just like to throw around that word becuase it sounds cool (it really is that simple/stupid), like weapons of mass distruction. The Albanians were killing the Serbs (military and civilian) and the Serbs were killing the Albanians(military and civilian). Thats what you would call a "war". Yes, civilians were being driven out, on both sides, but both sides were equally guilty of doing it. CNN never mentioned the hundreds of thousands of Serbs that were displaced and fled their homes. (the bombing actually cause
more people to flee (on both sides) then the Serb-Albanian conflict)
3- The bombing only entrenched Milosevic's postion in politics. When a country is under attack, the entire population tends to unite, which includes the President, regardless of his past crimes. The serbian deemed the US a bigger threat, and united as a country, inlcuding Milosevic, regardless of his past crimes. In a bombing attack, the President is the LAST person who will die. He lives in a bunker with food an water and electricity, while the population suffers. Thats like knocking over an anthill to kill the queen. The bombing attack did the exact opposite of what the US hoped, and it didnt even destroy Serbian military (of this is I am very proud, our military showed an amazing amount of creativity and resourcefullness in fooling the US).
4- Civlian targets WERE hit on purpouse. I dont know the final number but about 4000 civilians died in the bombing. THe US's excuse was "our maps are out of date, so that marketplace is where we thought a military bunker was". This is the lamest excuse eve, both since the US has satellite guided missles, which dont rely on maps, and since the "smart bombs" are supposed to be the most advanced piece of military hardware on earth.
I dont know about you, but somehow I dont see how 5 year of children running to a fall out shelter at 3am with AA fire and bombs exploding around them is helping anyone, though I may just be obtuse.
Aldo, I dont expect you to believe this until it turns around and bites you in the ass..you'll realize sooner or later, perhaps when London (uhm, I just assume all British people live in London hehe) is being bombed, you'll get it.
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