[Texas Fossil]

There are some here on FR who long ago discussed the problem of exposing the reality of the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina. My conclusion long ago was that the US and International Press lied about this conflict and no one ever made an effort to correct it. As a result recorded history poorly reflects the truth.

I do know that Roy Gutman won a Pulitzer prize for his coverage of this conflict, and what he presented was paid propaganda. He has done exactly that again more recently in the Middle East.

Now we have a student in a school in Chicago, whose parents immigrated from Serbia, who has made some real progress in exposing some of the inaccuracies (lies) that were propagated. It is a start.

It is a start that we will have to begin inside the US for our own lies by our media over the past 15 or more years. Are we brave enough to attempt that?

[Skywise]

This was one of the first major Clinton power movements and one of the major red flags that something was not right with the country.

“Ahh gotta go in and stop this guy or he’ll be another Hitler”

I never could figure out why we were there - it made no sense from a global security standpoint or a nationalist one.

Possibly makes sense if Hillary was working with Putin to re-establish communism - but at the time that wouldn’t have made sense.

[Glad2bnuts]

The hatred between the Serbians and Croatians is racial. The hatred between Muslims and both groups is religious bigotry.

My brother in law escaped from Communist Yugoslavia, and hates Serbs with a purple passion. The Croatians supported the Muslims destroying Serbia, because they hated the Serbians more.

In WW2, the Serbs supported the Allies. The Croatians supported Nazis. Early in the war they invited the forces of Serbians to a meeting to discuss how to best enter the war, it was a trap and they slaughtered many Serbians.

Long story short, that area is full of hate, centuries old and it has nothing to do with the color of the skin. It is Catholic versus Orthodox versus Muslim. Communist versus Liberty versus Islamic law.

Welcome to the Balkans America, it sounds just like here in 2020.

[Cowboy Bob]

When there were conflicts between Christians and Muslims, the US ALWAYS took the side of the Muslims. A knee jerk reaction.

[PIF]

Or she could have just gone to truthinmedia.org-Kosovo
The whole of it is documented with images

[BeauBo]

That is a rough neighborhood, and has been for every generation, going way back.

When they get to fighting, it is not going to be pretty.

[MacNaughton]

1 There are some here on FR who long ago discussed the problem of exposing the reality of the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina. My conclusion long ago was that the US and International Press lied about this conflict and no one ever made an effort to correct it. As a result recorded history poorly reflects the truth. ...

After Marshal Tito died and the former Yugoslavia began to break up, the heaviest fighting took place during WJC's watch during the early-mid-1990s. I could not tell Who was on 1st based upon print and TV mnedia. I came to realize that the media was lying or more likely, simply didn't know the history of the Balkans. Years later I did my own research.

The Balkans were the settled area from the last Islamic jihad into Europe which was crushed by Christians at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. The Balkans were a mishmash of Orthodox Christians (Serbs), Roman Catholics (Croats), and Muslims (Bosniaks). Tito kept them all suppressed after WWII until he died. Then the old rivalries resumed. Like today's media, the media 25 years ago never dug into the history.

A little WWII history ...

[zeugma]

I thought it was pretty clear at the time that it was the muslims that were the bad guys in this civil war. Of course, it’s not really a surprise to anyone that muslims are animals.

[nickcarraway]

Why do We in the US hate Serb so much? I’m not even close to being Serbian but I have noticed that.

[2CAVTrooper]

As someone who was in Bosnia, I can tell you that there were monsters on all sides of that fight.

[Albion Wilde]

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[Nailbiter]

flr

[lightman]

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