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Horrible things were done to the Serbs yes.

However, this doesn't excuse the brutality unleashed upon the Croatians by the Serbs in any way.

The Serbs screwed up in Vukovar, after that the diplomatic tide had turned. Individuals like James Baker III and Lawrence Eagleburger turned on their former protege Milosevic after assuring him of tacit support in keeping Communist Yugoslavia together in June of 1991.

The use of the Serb paramilitaries was Milosevic's way of creating "plausible deniability" which has insulated him from direct responsiblity to this day, no matter how Vojislav Seselj insists that Milosevic directed the entire operation.

However this use was a double-edged sword as the paramilitaries were criminals and their behaviour was atrocious.

The Croat-Serb gripes are at an end, as conservatives on both sides see that the larger enemy is foreign sponsorship of Islamic elements in Bosnia.

Liberals on both sides continue to work as puppets of the international community, exemplified by individuals such as Djindjic and Mesic.

There is no stomach for a fight with Croatia in Serbia, as the objective is and will remain Kosovo.

Be seeing you,

foreign policy wonk

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Horrible things were done to the Serbs yes.

Not that you really care either way.... Exactly what does person with your double standards consider sufficient atrocities inflicted on Serbs to warrant the right to defend themselves? Not that I really care for an answer, so if your schedule leaves you pressed for a response, don't bother.

However, this doesn't excuse the brutality unleashed upon the Croatians by the Serbs in any way.

That's one opinion. Another one identifies the Croats as having started a war, as in WWII, and leaves them alone to fight it out to the end. If you're truly appalled by either the Croatian genocide of WWII or their efforts to start a war in 1991, you would appreciate that the targets of their genocide have the right to defend themselves.

If you had any sense of common decency, you would certainly not come on here to defend treasonous Balkan terrorists for starting a war and then having the great moral courage to go running to the US and Germany for help.

First off- Lawrence Eagleburger had a substantial amount of money invested in Yugoslavia, and he LOST IT ALL. He lost all his investment and then blamed Milosevic. Larry didnt care about the breakup and the end result. He wanted to reward Slobo for his loss. FPW, that is where the problems began.

Hmmmm, money money money...It only lasts for so long, then principles win out in the end.