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2007-12-14 Europe

Serbia: War crimes defendant attacks witness

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In a truly civilized society, these mass murderers would not be allowed to have a platform such as this to remain on the world stage. For mass murderers, with overwhelming evidence of their guilt, the only platform they should be allowed to stand on is one with a swinging trap door.

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-14 04:46|| 2007-12-14 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 well since they where at war with muslims and seemed too be the first too notice that they where nothing but a bunch of shitheads let him go free

Posted by sinse 2007-12-14 09:02|| 2007-12-14 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Admit that you are no expert, that you are ignorant,

A best comment on Social Sciences I've heard this week.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-14 10:33|| 2007-12-14 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Whomong, are you saying it would make us civilized if we just hang him before making some attempt to determine whether or not he really is guilty? Sounds like something the Taleban would do and I don't think they are civilized at all. Hell, even Saddam got a trial before they stretched his neck.

In fact, the way I recall it, when they tried Milosevic at the Hague he was making a pretty good defense for himself too. People were actually beginning to wonder if all the news reports about him being such a monster were true. Unfortunately, he died before the trial could be concluded so we'll never know for sure. But I don't believe the MSM ever told us the whole truth about that war, especially in light of some of things we've learned about muslims since then.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-12-14 14:30|| 2007-12-14 14:30|| Front Page Top

#5 rape rooms, mass graves, genocide. While I have not seen the actual evidence, there are many good people who have. And once you have the evidence, and how hard can it really be to determine who was in charge of a building that kept women enslaved for prostitution or who was in charge when hundreds of males were gunned down.

Yes, you need a trial and review of evidence to be sure that they are not political assinations. But the idea that it is difficult to determine if Saddam or Milosovic or Hitler were monsters is just silly.

So we give them a platform and allow them to continue their feeling of power. No. Take good qualified individuals to conduct interviews and review the paperwork and then either imprison them for life or hang them.

You can wring your hands for them if you want to. But they never wrung their hands for the thousands of lives they destroyed and I won't wring my hands for them.

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-14 14:57|| 2007-12-14 14:57|| Front Page Top

#6 While I have not seen the actual evidence...

Neither have I so I won't pass judgment.

I wasn't there. I don't know what all happened. I don't even know how that war started. I'm not sure that anybody knows although I have an idea that those people have been at each others' throats for centuries.

Maybe you could enlighten me on that. Really. I'd read your response because I really don't know.

What I'm saying is I don't believe a lot of the reporters who toss around words like ethnic cleansing and genocide were there either. Looking back, especially in light of what we've learned since 9/11, I wonder if the news coverage might have been slanted. (The MSM wouldn't do that, would they? Dan Rather slant the news?)

The question that comes to my mind is what would have happened to the Serbs if they hadn't been winning that war? Would the muslims they were fighting have obeyed the Geneva Convention? Do they ever?

A super power like the US feels compelled to obey all the stipulations of the Geneva Convention when fighting much weaker enemies in far away countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. As a wealthy nation we can afford to set up POW camps and let the Red Cross inspect them to make sure everything is in order.

But what if our enemy was right next door, just as strong as us, and it took every resource we had just to keep them from killing us and annexing our territory? How would you feel about feeding enemy prisoners if you were about to starve yourself?

I'm not so sure it's all that easy for a little country like Serbia when they are fighting for their lives against an enemy who would gladly kill them if they could.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-12-14 16:44|| 2007-12-14 16:44|| Front Page Top

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