Posted on 06/02/2008 1:46:11 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
If Yugoslavia was the laboratory of Communism, then Communism would breathe its last dying breath here in Belgrade. And to judge by what [Slobodan] Milosevic was turning into by early 1989, Communism would exit the world stage revealed for what it truly was: fascism, without fascism's ability to make the trains run on time. - Robert D. Kaplan
You bombed my country. These were the nearly first words I heard after clearing passport control on arrival in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from a taxi driver who flagged me down inside the airport. Fifteen countries bombed my country.
I didn't know what to say. Neither did my American friend and traveling companion Sean LaFreniere.
Why are you here in Serbia? the driver said.
We're tourists, I lied. I didn't want to say I was an American journalist on a trip through the former Yugoslavia with an end destination in Kosovo. Serbia's last war of ethnic-cleansing was fought there, and it only ended when NATO, led by the United States, bombed Belgrade's tyrant Slobodan Milosevic into submission. That was nine years ago, but just three months ago Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. A mob of Serbian nationalists answered by fire-bombing the American embassy. The U.S. responded by evacuating its non-essential employees.
If people ask what two tourists are doing here, the driver said, where you are from, you say you're from Holland.
From a distance, the latest news out of Belgrade made the place look like a reactionary Middle East capital on a bad day, but this was still Europe. How dangerous could Serbia possibly be? Tensions are higher now than at any time since the 1999 war, but I wasn't going to lie about where I'm from. Whatever ails the country right now, it hardly compares to Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at michaeltotten.com ...
What, besides all the folks making policy in the US and Europe (outside of Serbia) you mean?
You seriously need to take stock of how the whole "Black is white and white is black" paradigm regarding events in the Balkans during the 1990's has worked and continues to work out for you and Serbia, Boka.
What a moron. Obvioulsy he didn`t hear of Roma people, most scattered people all over Europe.
And this is veeery amusing:
“Serbia likes to show off its military hardware in public”
?????????? Comment under the picture of Military museum at Kalemegdan (Battle-hill in Turkish) fortress, that holds guns of all the agressors on Belgrade from both WW, and most of it are austrian cannon guns from WWI. Somebody should`ve told him how ended Black-Yellow empire.
I wouldn`t even comment on all BS over “Why?” monument! Yes, it`s their fault for got killed. NOT ONE WORD OF REGRET. Also Filip David could introduce him to their families!
“...gave orders to put people there” ??????????????
Everybody was under work obligation these days!!! EVERYONE! I went to university, my parents had to work. No hiding. We had to do our best in due to survive and have surreal “normal” lives under bombs.
OUTRAGE
Lefty lied and righty cried.
Yes, we are all quite aware of your deficiencies.
Don’t forget that Hoplite dodged sniping rioters in LA by hiding out in a Popeye’s Chicken restaurant. Tuzla would have been too much for him.
Dry is good, wind is better????something like that
Your first error, you assumed he had even one to start with.
Hoppy, you’re back! How’s Nicky? That immunity thing still working out for him? I heard those folks down in Greece were real close to coming out with something that, well lets just say it could be interesting! :)
How’s that embracing of Dhimmitude working out for you?
Yeah. Totten is a nickel-plated Serbophobe. He goes to Belgrade and sees what he wants to see. What comes back is nothing but propaganda.
I used to have some frustrating exchanges with Fusion. But he at least was interesting, in his myth-spinning ways. Some of his posts—and dialogues with pro-Serbian Freepers—qualify as classics.
That’s a lot better than our remaining Dhimmwits, who simply spew out the same tired excuses for oppression of Christians, in a way that is reminiscent of commie aparachniks. And it’s also a lot better than the late unlamented Ronly Bonly Jones, who spun out lie after lie from his grab-bag of bogus sources in a disruptive way.
And very dangerous propaganda. I wonder for what now? Is this stil going on? What Serbs should do next to please west? Is this just another justification for nato agression and sanctions? Or is it a introduce chapter for new bloody history book? When enough is enough?
And guy is also a racist. Look how`s he checking Serb`s blood corpuscles to “proove” how they don`t belong to western civilisation. How much and why is bad to him to have dark skin and eyes??? Why doesn`t he go to Bulgaria or Romania? Will he do DNA researches to prove Serbs are not from this planet? This is pure Goebels bloodthirsty propaganda.
Really...
And his last incarnation, he also quoted Totten, profusely.
Complete CNN BS. “Journalist” I eye. You were in Serbia and Kosovo and still you were blind to the truth no matter how many trips you take.
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