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To: kronos77; Kolokotronis; A. Pole; Bokababe
both the Rs and the Ds are quite clearly behind our government's move to crush Serbia and Orthodox Christianity, or at a minimum, stand aside and gaze on benignly while the Mohammedans try to do it for them.

never, ever to admitt that US could possibly do wrong.

Its a complicated story and not very pretty. In the Balkans you have the experience of having dealt at first hand with muslims for the last 500 years, and have bitter experience of muslim atrocities within living memory even before the breakup of Yugoslavia.

We had never experienced that until relatively recently.

In the early nineties, the Cold War was just ending. For us, Milosevic was just another communist trying to expand his power. The Bosnians, in our view, were bravely trying to gain their liberty from Serbs who were still ruled by the communists. In other words, for us the breakup of a communist country was a good thing, as it insured that communism would not be able to re-constitute itself.

We saw the Chechen revolt in much the same light in the early nineties, as far as we knew Chechens were just freedom-loving Estonians trying to break out of the Soviet Empire.

This is a geography lesson that you have had 500 years to learn, and we are learning on the fly.

During the Cold War, Turkey and Saudi Arabia were key allies for us, and key ambassadors to the muslim world. For our dealings with the muslim world we have tended over the years to rely on their view. So, again, as the Turks and Saudis supported such groups as the Chechens and other restive groups in Central Asia, and the Bosnians and Kosovars in Europe, we were inclined to accept their view.

So it was only after the Chechens gained de facto independence in the mid-nineties under Yeltsin, and yet continued to launch attacks into neighboring territories, that we began to change our view of them.

And it was only after 911 that we began to question what we had done in the Balkans. Because of Cold War sensibilities we have never thought for a moment of Serbs as being Orthodox Christians, but rather as communists and ex-communists. That is changing now, but it is rather late.

Once a policy has been laid down, it is very difficult to change course. This is especially true when our war against Islamists depends upon some of the very countries that are supporting the Bosnian and Kosovar muslims. So, since the damage is already done, its very easy in the interest of maintaining relations with the muslim countries we still depend upon, to prefer to leave things as they are in the Balkans, if at all possible, push the problem off onto the Europeans, if at all possible, and hope for the best.

We are starting to figure out that we were lied to, and we lied to ourselves, about the Balkans, but we can only extract ourselves from this mess bit by bit. Turning this ship around is going to be very difficult.

I can predict that if the Serbs fight again, we will not take sides against them again. Its one thing to fight on behalf of muslim freedom fighters against Serb communists, its another to fight our Serb allies in the War on Terror on behalf of Islamists. The world has changed for us since 911 and since Beslan. Sadly it didn't change soon enough to do the Serbs any good during their wars in the nineties.

And no, we will never admit we were wrong. We will just slowly, ever so slowly, shift gears in the Balkans. We are beginning to see the Serbs in the same light we see the Israelis, so thats good for you. We sympathise with the Israelis, we love them in fact. Unfortunately, the Europeans see you in the same light, and thats bad for you. Our sympathies for muslims have pretty much worn out. The rest of Europe isn't quite there yet.

15 posted on 03/29/2007 5:55:36 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

Dear Marron,

The compunction in your heart is truly heart warming, and perhaps your statement is a beginning of the turning of the tide; where the true understanding of what is happening to the Orthodox in Serbia is going to come to light. The Lord does not leave his elected to be slandered and you are the beginning of those, once blinded, who are beginning to see the light. Please turn this understanding into action, into active support for the Serbian Peoples. Our D's and R's may be behind this effort to destroy the Serbian peoples but the American citizenry, can use their God-given free will to express another approach to this World crisis.

Please go to http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/905791187 and sign the petition, and encourage your American Friends to sign the petition as well. Although we've reached the 50,000 goal, we (a Serb friend in Seattle who has also been a great support is distributing petition to friends and family here and abroad) decided we wanted to continue to add names to it, in order that the pressure of the voice of the people continues to grow. The voice is predominantly Serbian, we should match those numbers with Americans who hearts are being touched by God to see clearly into this issue. We have sent the petition with 50,000 signatures and are planning to send it again when it reaches 100,000. With this support the Serbian people will see that American citizenry is in support of them, in the same spirit that the Serbian citizenry was an ally to us in WWII.

Also now is the time to call your congressmen and to write letters. Pre-formed letters can be accessed at
http://www.Serbianna.com and at serbian unity congress: suc.org. Urge your congressman to become a member of the Congressional Serbian Caucas in Washington. You can get a packet from Serbian Unity Congress showing how to go about this. I have found it very helpful. Also go to American Council for Kosovo to see what further ways you can help.

Also please go to Digg.com on Monday 2 of April and vote for the article written by Nebosja Malic from Antiwar.com. We are trying to counter the disinformation that the media continues to spew in support of this atrocity against the Serbian peoples. Word of Mouth is the only way now to counter it, and while we have freedom of the internet, we should use this medium to spread Truth.
May God Bless You On Your Journey.

I am so glad to see your testimony...for some time I was very worried if the citizens of the United States would ever see past the fog.


16 posted on 03/30/2007 12:30:40 AM PDT by xenia williams
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To: marron

That was a beautiful response, marron. Thank you, it really helps for us to see it from the other side!

BB


17 posted on 03/30/2007 1:51:37 PM PDT by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: marron
["I can predict that if the Serbs fight again, we will not take sides against them again. Its one thing to fight on behalf of muslim freedom fighters against Serb communists, its another to fight our Serb allies in the War on Terror on behalf of Islamists. The world has changed for us since 911 and since Beslan. Sadly it didn't change soon enough to do the Serbs any good during their wars in the nineties. "]


Interesting comments.

Ummm...How do you think the current status of General Mladic will play in the future roll of events?

Just thought I would ask a "sharp question."

18 posted on 03/31/2007 12:22:15 AM PDT by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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