Milosevic: 'no link to genocide found'

The Observer ^ | Sunday October 10, 2004 | Chris Stephen

[Jane_N]

'In our report, which is about 7,000 pages long, we come to the conclusion that Milosevic had no foreknowledge of the subsequent massacres,' he says in a radio programme, The Real Slobodan Milosevic, to be broadcast by BBC Five Live tonight. 'What we did find, however, was evidence to the contrary. Milosevic was very upset when he learnt about the massacres.'

[thoughtomator]

But hey, we gave Islam a foothold in Europe, so it wasn't a total loss.

[Hoplite]

And Slobo was so upset he did absolutely nothing about it.

Which, by virtue of command responsibility, makes him guilty of a crime.

Furthermore, Slobo's genocide charge in Bosnia is based upon the conduct of the war there starting in 1992 - he's guilty, he knows it, and that's exactly why he's kicking and screaming about having to mount a defence rather than continuing his legally moot posturing.

[judywillow]

This is Slobodan Milosevic, an innocent man being tried by a so-called International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, Holland, presumably for attempting to deport (or ethnically cleanse) albanian islammites from a Serbian province for barbaric conduct over a protracted period of time.

One assumes that the Dutch are practicing to try themselves for ethnic cleansing and genocide, since they themselves are now beginning to expell muslims from their own country, also for barbaric conduct over a protracted period of time.

One can only assume that barbaric conduct over protracted periods of time is a sort of an islammite specialty.

Now, one way to prevent yourself from being charged with hypocricy, is to start torturing people. For the same reason that nobody would ever charge Al Capone with shoplifting, nobody would ever charge somebody like Adolf Eichman or Joseph Mengele with hypocrisy.

Thus it comes out that a prosecutioni witness in this trial of Slobodan Milosevic stood up in the courtroom and stated that prosecutors had attempted to torture an accusation against Milosevic out of him.

Now, in an American courtroom, that would be the instantaneous end of the trial and the prosecutor's career (doing anything other than washing dishes in the courtroom cafeteria) right there.

Thus there should be a question of how Americans would want to be associated with this process even before you consider the fact that Americans soundly reject the entire premise of the ICC and have gone as far as to pass a law requiring the president of the United States to use military force to rescue any American being held by that "tribunal". In other words, Holland would face the armed might of the United States military were it to try to do to any American what it is doing to Milosevic.

[Jane_N]

Oh, I see our resident expert on the Balkans (who is more of an expert than the experts quoted in many sources) is still around. Was wondering where you've been hiding lately as I haven't seen anything from you. Nice to know somethings never change.

[F-117A]

...Slobo's genocide charge in Bosnia is based upon the conduct of the war there starting in 1992...

Yeah, right! Then slobo clinton should be in the dock too!

[Hoplite]

Given you can't dispute that Slobo didn't do anything once he found out about what happened at Srebrenica, your response is understandable.

Not worth a damn, but understandable.

[meyer]

Maybe this was the Wrong war at the Wrong place at the Wrong time....

Democrats are very incompetant warriors.

[Jane_N]

Well according to Wesley Clark's testimony Milosevic did try to stop it...

Guess that makes your response "Not worth a damn, but understandable".

[Jane_N]

"Maybe this was the Wrong war at the Wrong place at the Wrong time...."

IMHO It's not a question of maybe.

As to your "Democrats are very incompetant warriors", I couldn't have put it better myself.

[Hoplite]

Well according to Wesley Clark's testimony Milosevic did try to stop it...

No, Jane. Slobo attempted to absolve himself of responsibility to placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of Mladic, who has to this day received no adverse consequences for his actions from any government of Serbia.

Mladic worked for Slobo, ergo, Milosevic bears ultimate responsibility.

Too hard for one such as you to understand, I know.

[Mike Darancette]

Saddam, no link to terror and Milosevic, no link to genocide.

It's all good.

[Incorrigible]

[A. Pole]

But hey, we gave Islam a foothold in Europe, so it wasn't a total loss.

Kerry if elected might bring Mr. Holbrook and Mrs. Albright back so radical Muslims can be supported in the south of Russia.

[Dr.Deth]

HA HA HA HA You're still such a clown.

[Destro]

Milosevic is not "kicking and screaming" at all - he calmly walked out from the so called court for it not allowing his right to mount his own defense.

And the UN Court position of "command responsibilty" you support is garbage. Is Bush guilty of Abu-Gahrib then by virture of his "command responsibilty"?

[Hoplite]

You know about as much about legal matters as you do about economics.

Go bother someone else with your clueless prattling.

[Jane_N]

"And the UN Court position of "command responsibilty" you support is garbage. Is Bush guilty of Abu-Gahrib then by virture of his "command responsibilty"?"

According to Hoplite logic: "Mladic worked for Slobo, ergo, Milosevic bears ultimate responsibility."

That means: American prison guards in AbuGhraib prison worked for Bush, ergo, Bush bears ultimate responsibility for the crimes they committed.