Although I started off feeling that the Serbs were more guilty than others (even if all hands have blood on them), I have moved towards accepting that all of the various political groups and associated militia are equally guilty for the mess that is the Balkans. Equally I still feel that there are too many in influential positions who are agitating for a return to no-holds barred slaughter and who resent the interference of the West in preventing them.
So this has led to the idea that the West is part of the problem. Whilst I'm prepared to accept that some of those involved have vested interests and preferred winners, I still argue that our presence in the Balkans is a net benefit.
This is an unpopular view. Especially as I criticize all sides for being more prepared to indulge in macho chest-thumping than the jaw-jaw that leads to, if not peace, then a more stable cesefire.
I hate these gangster's (that's all sides) childish playground antics cos real people die as a result of them, real people are driven from their homes, real people are rounded up and walk off into woods and never seen again. And I say that and it annoys people. Grubby truth bluntly stated is offensive, I accept that. But it sure as heck ain't as offensive the pictures on the telly of people screaming and crying in grief and terror, of bodies rotting and houses burning as the generational hatreds advance one more notch.
So, yea, I'll take his criticism cos I point out where this goes and that makes me unpopular. keep to the Fen Causeway
Our presence might be rather more beneficial if it was a little more even-handed and not quite so quick to assign good guys and bad guys.
I honestly don't think there will ever be a story of what happened that can accurately reflect the aggressions and grievances of all sides.
And I am exasperated that there are too many, on all sides, who would rather ramp up the tensions and permit a return to slaughter than calm down and talk. In fact I am aghast that we seem to be moving towards the idea that it's all the West's fault. I ain't so sure. keep to the Fen Causeway
Read this and realize that this is a NATO general who was in command in the early days of the Yugo break-up:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8533
Now we have ethnic cleansing going on with certain EEU/NATO members having planned it. We have President's and PMs advising Bosnians and Albanians that a massacre must occur to turn the tide of public opinion, we have staged events such as Racak and the Markale Market massacre that do change public opinion. We have the USA bombing Iraq unapologetically and saying, "The deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children are worth it." All these events dovetail very nicely from an old playbook that's used to coerce the media into turning the tide of public opinion. Anytime Western actors get involved, the likes of ex-CIA William Walker show up, and such men are all too ready to preside over the sensational show that is a massacre such as the one at Racak.
