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2004-06-25 Europe

Srebrenica relatives to sue Dutch State over massacre

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Posted by Steve 2004-06-25 9:57:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Talk about self-destructive. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that nobody will even bother to send peacekeepers, who at the very least, can witness the slaughter.

I agree that the Dutch response was horrific, yet, these lawsuits will only assure that next time they won't be there to watch.

Maybe it's good. This whole peace-keeping thing has always been a wishful thinking sham.

Posted by Anonymous5333 2004-06-25 10:41:28 AM|| 2004-06-25 10:41:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Another waste of my tax money coming up......Dutch courage is a costly thing.

Posted by Dutchgeek 2004-06-25 10:59:29 AM|| 2004-06-25 10:59:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Can I assume they'll use the vaunted ICC? Or better than sueing, why not just bring the guilty Dutch soldiers before the ICC for their crimes?

Or is that only for Americans?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-25 11:02:43 AM|| 2004-06-25 11:02:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank allen they weren't humiliated before they were slaughtered. That really would have been expensive.

Ms. Skolaut I'm named after a small Blue Ridge town.... :)

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-25 11:27:57 AM|| 2004-06-25 11:27:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree that they (Peace Keepers) are mostly useless. The Dutch did not have a strong enough force to stop the Serbs nor was there a Quick Reaction Force to call for help (Dutch problem). This is an example of another NATO country that canât live up to its responsibilities. This was why the U.S. intervened (in force) and once again saved Europe from itself. Not the French, Germans, or Russians the U.S. had to send troops and equipment to stop a third-rate tyrant from killing his neighbors (in Europe). The Dutch never should have been there and it was NATOs fault for putting them in that position. Wonder how the EU is doing on their âJoint Military Forceâ and how affective will that be?

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-25 11:56:15 AM|| 2004-06-25 11:56:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Right on, Barbara. This is just a taste of the what's to come with the ICC-a tsunami of wild accusations and trials.

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-25 12:09:40 PM|| 2004-06-25 12:09:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If the ICC gets too frisky with too many nations, the nations will just pull their share off the money tree and the ICC or whatever tribnal will be like a crab shell without any meat.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-25 12:46:00 PM|| 2004-06-25 12:46:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It's funny in a way. The Europeans say that they won't fight an "aggressive" war like Iraq but that they will fight to prevent genocide. In Srebrenica, their stated goal, their most dearly held belief was put to the test and they failed to act on it. They wouldn't shed blood to save the lives of innocents.

If I was an Islamist, I would fill four or five freighters with Jihadis. I'd fill the decks with women and children and sail them into Marseilles or Amsterdam. Then I'd march to city hall and declare the Caliphate of ____. You know what, I don't think that the Euros would do anything. I really don't.

Posted by 11A5S 2004-06-25 1:13:31 PM|| 2004-06-25 1:13:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 11A5S - sure they would. They'd form a commission.

Posted by PBMcL 2004-06-25 3:03:54 PM|| 2004-06-25 3:03:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 PBMcL - LOL! You nailed it.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-25 3:33:07 PM|| 2004-06-25 3:33:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 #4 shipman - can you say which one?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-25 3:34:07 PM|| 2004-06-25 3:34:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Ms. Skolaut.... LOL
sure!
shipman!

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-25 4:03:32 PM|| 2004-06-25 4:03:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Clinton and General Clarke were certainly far more successful than the Dutch in protecting the Muslims...so much so that now the Muslims are doing back to the Serbs what was done to them...fyi this mutual internecine slaughter had been going on for hundreds of years before communism put a temporary lid on it]Anyways, now that the Serbs have had their butts kicked by us, I read that the region has become a nice safe haven for Muslim jihadists in training.

Posted by rex 2004-06-25 4:25:12 PM|| 2004-06-25 4:25:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Anyways, now that the Serbs have had their butts kicked by us, I read that the region has become a nice safe haven for Muslim jihadists in training.

And look at what thanks we get from the Muslims for it.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-25 5:05:25 PM|| 2004-06-25 5:05:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 To substantiate my point in #13, everyone should read the new article posting by T.S. vicegirl entitled:
"US, European intelligence agencies hunt for terrorists in Bosnia"
Bosnia has become a way station for Islamic extremists, and a possible refuge

Posted by rex 2004-06-25 5:14:51 PM|| 2004-06-25 5:14:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 #12 Shipman - I'll be danged. Didn't know you meant the name you post with. :-p

I'd never heard of it, & I lived in the VA mountains for 15 years. (Escaped after high school, thank the C&O Railroad!) I had to look it up on Mapquest.

I'm from further west.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-25 6:12:10 PM|| 2004-06-25 6:12:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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