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FOX says Milosevic is dead....
Posted on 03/11/2006 4:07:10 AM PST by jmq
Edited on 03/11/2006 7:12:18 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: Madison Moose
"There were no good guys in that war, everyone committed atrocities against pretty much everyone else. All involved deserve painful deaths.
While I think that they shouldn't have focused on Milosevic as heavily as they did for the war crimes, he wasn't innocent and doesn't deserve any praise."
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Madison Moose, I couldn't have said it any better.
To: GSlob
Yep and there was also people on the far left, such as Ramsey Clark, Alan Colmes, Jesse Jackson, the National Council of Churches and a few members of the Congressional Black Caucus, that opposed Clinton's use of force in the Balkans.
To: claudiustg
Serbs did not "abandon Kosovo."
During WWII the Nazi-allied Albanians persecuted Serbs; half a million fled North. After the war, Tito (a communist) refused to grant them the right to return (buying political peace with the Albanian minority).
In 1989, of course, the communist Milosevic put on the nationalist mantle during a trip to Kosovo as a way of perpetuating himself in power.
His policy of repression in Kosovo worsened the problem beyond any capacity for a rational political solution. And, of course, when it became a detriment to continue supporting them, he pulled the rug from underneath the Kosovo Serbs as he had done in Croatia and then in Bosbia.
You're welcome.
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:37:29 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: annalex
You are disgusting. Milosevic lived as as atheist communist and died as an atheist communist. He is the supreme traitor of Serbian history - a man who destroyed his own country.
If you think that he was some kind of latter-day "El Cid" fighting the Islamists you demonstrate that you know nothing about Balkan history and are well-advised to keep your mouth shut instead of advertising your ignorance.
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:40:44 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Tommy-the-pissed-off-Brit
"Serb Freepers are the only people around here who favourably quote the likes of Living Marxism, antiwar.com and emperors-clothes."
a. You are wrong because many of the Slobo-trolls are ignorant non-Serbs; and
b. My posts are certainly not pro-Slobo - I have been saying since I got to FR in '99 that he should swing from a pole in Terazije Square.
None of my family in Serbia EVER voted for him and considered him to be a penultimate traitor from the beginning of his 'reign' in 1989. So please do not paint with such a wide brush unless of course you enjoy seeing all Brits lumped together too.
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:45:28 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Patriot from Philly
I demand a thorough Senate investigation........Oh, never mind, he was in UN custody...if Kofi "I made all my money on the oil for food program" Annan says there was nothing inappropriate, no one will utter a disparaging word.
EODGUY
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:48:50 PM PST
by
EODGUY
(Liberals hate it when you hold them accountable.)
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To: Tommy-the-pissed-off-Brit
No offense taken. I worked behind the scenes at the Dayton Peace talks as a US military liaison officer and interpreter with the 3 delegations and can tell you some interesting stories.
As far as I am concerned, Slobo and Slick are two sides of the same coin and BOTH should have been prosecuted for war crimes.
(Both Slick and Slobo were political opportunists and each one sold out his own country for his own personal interest).
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:54:07 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Revenge of Sith
If he was such a great leader for Serbia, why did he rig elections and why did the Serbs overthrow him in a popular uprising? The reason why many Serbs turned against him was that Serbia was impoverished by sanctions and war while the West promised prosperity if they vote the "right" way.
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:57:00 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Milosevic: "And when they behead your own people [...] then you will know what this was all about.")
To: claudiustg; Al Simmons; Hoplite
Here is a pretty good summary of the demographics of Kosovo. The Albanians became a majority by no later 1900, and it stayed that way.
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:58:38 PM PST
by
Torie
To: A. Pole
No, the reason that Serbs turned against him is that they realized that he was nothing but a communist who had destroyed their country for his own benefit. Oh, and lets not forget the internal repression and political assassinations commited WITHIN Serbia during his rule......
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posted on
03/11/2006 5:59:07 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: A. Pole
There was widespread opposition to him even before the Kosovo war. He was attacked for rigging elections in the 90's.
To: Al Simmons
As far as I am concerned, Slobo and Slick are two sides of the same coin and BOTH should have been prosecuted for war crimes. (Both Slick and Slobo were political opportunists and each one sold out his own country for his own personal interest). This might be true. Still it would be wrong to prosecute either of them for the crimes which they did not commit, or worse the crimes which did not take place at all.
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:01:38 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Exodus:20:16: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.")
To: Al Simmons
Also Slobo is just a symbol. It is Serbs as a nation who are the real target. Just wait and you will see that Slobo's death will not relieve the pressure.
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:04:24 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Exodus:20:16: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.")
To: Tommy-the-pissed-off-Brit
The way that you can tell the (few) rational and informed people on these Balkan threads is that they are alternately attacked by the nutburgers from BOTH sides.
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:04:32 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004...PROUD TO BE A BUSHBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Al Simmons
Us rationals have to stick together : )
Slobby may be gone, but his defenders will be forever, I'm afraid.
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:10:21 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The U.N. is an enabler of all things evil.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Us rationals have to stick together : ) How do you become a member of this Mutual Adoration Society? :)
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:12:57 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Second hand smoking is a major cause of global warming!)
To: Al Simmons
Milosevic did fight the Islamists in Kosovo, and it was very unfortunate that Clinton took the wrong side in that conflict.
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posted on
03/11/2006 6:18:08 PM PST
by
annalex
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