Americans Surprised that Milosevic Was Still Alive

The Watley Review ^ | March 14, 2005

[stm]

I wonder what percentage gave a crap? One less murderer in the world. Good riddence Slobo.

[okstate]

Ha ha

[RichInOC]

This is apparently satire...but a lot of truth is said in jest.

[joan]

Yes it is a parody piece with a lot of funny quotes, though it is true that the trial was forgotten about after being hyped as the "trial of the century".

[proud_yank]

a recent Gallup poll, 78% of the population had no idea Milosevic was still alive.

Why is this a little difficult to digest. How many people were surveyed, 100 high schoolers?

[A.A. Cunningham]

"The Watley Review is dedicated to the production of articles completely without journalistic merit or factual basis, as this would entail leaving our chairs or actually working. Names, places and events are generally fictitious, except for public figures about which we may have heard something down at the pub. All contents are intended as parody and should be construed as such. We have no agenda other than the depletion of Uncle Zeke's whaling trust fund and the dutiful appreciation of smooth, smooth liquor. The Review is updated every Tuesday or when the hangovers wear off, whichever comes first."

[nuconvert]

Why does it seem as though Scott McClellan is answering these questions as though the White House is as ignorant as the Gallup poll responders?

[RetiredArmy]

"He was that Slavic guy, right?" asked Joe Greene on a radio call-in show in the New York City area yesterday. "Yugoslavia was behind the Iron Curtain and all. I thought Reagan took care of all those guys." When informed that Milosevic was actually trying to expand Serbian power in the post-Cold War power vacuum, he asked, "Serbia? Was Milosevic the guy that killed Archduke Ferdinand?"

Another prime graduate/example of the Imperial Federal Government Indoctrination Centers formerly called public schools! What a stupid fool. Absolutely a fool. Make mama and daddy proud with those statements!

[nuconvert]

Oh, it's satire. Never mind.

[proud_yank]

LOL, perhaps I need to be a little bit more critical in my reading!! Thanks for the info.

[SmoothTalker]

I'd be surprised if more than a third of Americans knew who he was. I'd be shocked if more than 20% could name his country.

[Cementjungle]

78% of the population had no idea Milosevic was still alive

Now that's truly scary.

[Enchante]

Satire alert!

[but I agree with you about the state of our public education system - even if this article does not represent specific, actual people it captures the state of knowledge in our country rather well]

[Jim_Curtis]

They swept a war under the rug. Amazing trick.

[Jo Nuvark]

Question? Correct my impression if I am wrong, but wasn't Milosovic trying to purge his country of invading Muslims who were trying to claim Bosnia for Islam? If so, wasn't Clinton on the wrong side?

[Joey Silvera]

You're wrong. Check out the story "Serbs Snub Milosevic For Ruining Nation" on Yahoo right now.

[Jo Nuvark]

Thanks. I'll check out the story. This is what I've been trying to find. Appreciate it.

[Jo Nuvark]

Can you get the url for me please?

[infidel_and_proud]

Joey, some news.

In the Bosnian war, the Bosnian Serbs biggest ally was ISRAEL (with Greece a close second).

The Bosnian Muslim's biggest supporter was IRAN.

And poor Joey is unable to draw any conclusions from that.

Poor Joey.