Posted on 05/08/2008 1:08:33 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Interesting that they call an ultranationalist a “far-right” candidate.
I think I like this Tomislav Nikolic.
GO SERBS!
Note the exact words.. the guy is saying being a communist and or a socialist is a good thing. He's a leftist.
He actually makes a very good point. Milosevic was not that effective in dealing with Serbia’s enemies. He didn’t intervene militarily in Bosnia - which would have easily given the Serbs the victory. He pretty much betrayed the Serbs in Krajina. And he pulled his forces out of Kosovo when Russia began pressuring him to make nice with the United States.
I have never seen much of a difference between statist facism and statist socialism - they are both oppressive totalitarian political ideologies.
I think you are misinterpreting his statement. He is just describing Milosevic’s political journey. Milosevic started out as a communist then after the fall of the Soviet Union he defined himself as a socialist. However, while he fought to protect Kosovo he never was a strong nationalist who was willing to use the full might of Serbia’s army to win the Yugoslav wars.
I won’t slam you. I think you’re right.
I agree, but then again, I think Franco was ahead of his time for dealing with the commies.
OK perhaps.. thanks.
Thanks. I was getting worried there for a minute. I thought maybe my evil side was posting. lol
I think Franco was ahead of his time for dealing with the commies.
I agree.
Thank you. I’m glad I’m not alone in thinking that.
And just think, if McCain had gotten his way, we’d have gone into Kosovo with ground troops and done even more damage.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, insists the United States should be preparing its troops for a ground war in case that option became necessary. McCain was one of a number of members of Congress traveling to Brussels and Aviano, Italy with Defense Secretary William Cohen in the next three days to meet top NATO leaders and visit U.S. forces involved in the operations.
http://www.alb-net.com/kcc/index24-1.htm
March 25, 1999
‘’These bombs are not going to do the job,’’ said Senator John McCain of Arizona, a Republican who was a naval pilot in the Vietnam War. ‘’It’s almost pathetic. You’re just going to solidify the determination of the Serbs to resist a peace agreement.
‘’You’d have to drop the bridges and turn off the lights in Belgrade to have even a remote chance of changing Milosevic’s mind,’’ he said. ‘’What you’ll get is all the old Vietnam stuff, bombing pauses, escalation, negotiations, trouble.’’
Mr. McCain, who is expected to announce his candidacy for President next month, said the Administration was caught with unpalatable alternatives — bombing, which he said ‘’has never worked without ground forces,’’ and the use of ground forces, which he said had little support on Capitol Hill or in the nation as a whole.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E6DB1F38F930A25757C0A96F958260
Wow, thanks, AuntB, we narrowly missed a bullet on that.
Chalk up another reason why we won't be voting in this presidential election.
I'm so damned disgusted with our his being the GOP nominee. Makes me just want to vomit.
Just pinging you to this article as I think you and the rest of the Balkan ping group would find it of interest.
I think guys like us are a dying breed.
And gals. ;)
I'm glad I'm in my mid 50's. More of my life is behind me than in front. My pop fought in two wars to pass to me a great country. I've come up very short compared to him when passing it to my kids and grandkids.
I agree, a dying breed.
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