[LjubivojeRadosavljevic]

Milosevic's "original sin" was that he was a socialist who resisted the West's push (led mainly by Germany and the US) for the breakup of Yugoslavia as far back as 1989. He didn't want to subject Yugoslavia to the painful economic reforms of privatization, strict IMF rules, etc. that were afflicting so many of the other former Eastern-Bloc countries under communist rule.

Because of his resistance to the West, the western media painted the conflicts in the Balkans as a war of good (The Muslims) against evil (The Serbs). As such, and with strong media support, it was easy for the Clinton administration to stigmatize Serbia as a rogue nation. Unfortunately, we're (Serbs) still paying the price for this negative stigmatization.

[tjwmason]

Unfortunately, we're (Serbs) still paying the price for this negative stigmatization.

Too true. This Englishman stands by the Serbs, who have traditionally been our allies. I also repudiate the Clinton-Blair invasion of Serbia, if any war has been illegal, it was that one.