Thanks for the kind words.
I'm trying to be a realist in my assessment of the whole situation. It seems to me that everyone who comments on the Balkans either harbors illusions that Milosevic was a misunderstood patriot, or that Tudjman wasn't a neo-Nazi whackjob that he was, or that Izetbegovic is a democrat instead of the Zarqawi in a business suit that he is, or some other fantasy.
What I see is millions of people run roughshod over by three different kinds of totalitarian ideologues and slick opportunists, and a useless-as-usual UN making things worse.
What I cannot abide is the suggestion that US troops deployed to the region were bad actors and war criminals in some kind of sinister plot.
That is not how the US operates, and it enrages me when people blame America for the consequences of Milosevic's actions.
Being a Serb and an American first, it did pain me that we as Americans in general were so duped into believing the Clinton lies.
The troops are a great group of guys, mainly bunch of kids in their early, mid 20s that believe what they are told. There are ignorant morons, but many know the deal but they can't change a thing.
Slobo brought it upon himself. Everyone is responsible and has to be held accountable for their own actions. i.e I or someone kills your mom or dad because 'they' shot or poisened 'my' family member. Does that give me the green light and absolve me of my retribution? No, I still am accountable for my actions regardless of emotions.
Regarding Handke, I don't buy his genuine nature at all. A commie pig will always find fault with US policy regardless how great a decision or outcome came about.
You have to admit that Clinton's interventionist policies were boneheaded, he helped create the current Bosnian mess, it's another attempt at creating another mini-Yugo State with a bunch of unwilling participants forced to live together.
The original Yugo experiment didn't work, why should this one?