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Milosevic found dead in prison
BillieTheBot
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The evil architecht of the ethnic cleansing policy in the Balkans during the 1990s has been under arrest for years. He was being held by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. He ensured the legal process would drag out for years and years, just like Saddam is now keen to do. And it looks like his tactic has worked. For the former Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic, is dead.
According to Sky News, he "has died in prison in The Hague, it has been confirmed. His death has robbed his opponents of the chance to see his trial completed. The War Crimes Tribunal has ordered an inquiry into his death. Officials said he appeared to have died from natural causes." :: Details ::
I can't help but feel that some of the truths about the conflict will be following him into his grave.
And before you ask, I have no sympathy for his death. I believe him to be a war criminal, I'm shedding no tears. Over to you...
According to Sky News, he "has died in prison in The Hague, it has been confirmed. His death has robbed his opponents of the chance to see his trial completed. The War Crimes Tribunal has ordered an inquiry into his death. Officials said he appeared to have died from natural causes." :: Details ::
I can't help but feel that some of the truths about the conflict will be following him into his grave.
And before you ask, I have no sympathy for his death. I believe him to be a war criminal, I'm shedding no tears. Over to you... Beep boop. I'm a bot.
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He was entertaining in his trials though.
In seriousness, it's unfortunate that justice will never be seen to be done; but it'd be hard to be saddened by his death.
I have an open-door policy on my jigs; but it would be wrong of me to turn this into a party...
:yeees:
he certainly hasn't been found guilty has he?
it's now looking like he may well have been poisoned ...to save red faces should the TRUTH come out.
With out a doubt, i think he was poisoned because it looked every moe likely he was been successful in his defence of himself.
He was undoubtedley guilty of War Crimes and made decisions that related to Serb-Bosnians ethnic cleansing policies. Makes no difference if he had lived and been found guilty or not. He woul dhave still lived in a Dictator Prison in reasonable comfort, it is not like they lock them up in real prisons like ordinary criminals have to go.
Personally i think if Saddam had been put on trial at the Hague instead of Iraq, he would already have been found guilty, because it would be hard for to do what he is doing in the Iraq court now in the Hague.
I know all about the student protest that was not put down by force but which Milosevic personally became involved and talked the situation out peacefully, but i also know all about the smuggled weapons the Serbs got into Bosnia via JNA (Yugoslav national army) officers sympathetic to the cause. i know both sides of Milosevic and what a good politician he was from more then just what the media reported or what i viewed from afar.
I also do not cast total blame on him, which is pretty obvious to anybody who can read, simply by looking at my original post! The croats were horrifically brutal and manipulative, forcing the Bosnian government into a situation where they had no choice but to declare independence which lead to the conflict in the first place. The muslims and there amazingly savage tactics, armed by the americans illegally also did not help the situation. But frankly, all the sides were guilty, and so i shall pass judgement, it is my opinion and perogative to do so.
Milosevic was guilty, in the same way Saddam Hussein will be found guilty and the same way Adolf Hitler would have been found guilty had he lived and been forced into the Nuremberg trials.
Hitler was innocent too you know... :rolleyes:
Four wars - all lost
Greater Serbia - a shadow of it's former self
National Leader - kicked out by "his" people and he never saw freedom again...
Does any "leader" hold a gun to the head of those forces ? Why do they do what they do ? Following orders ? Perhaps a world of spin and misinformation ?
"His" ??? I think you are spoilt for choice.
Oops...
All very true, however the results of Serbia been weakened came more from America and outside involvement then it ever did with his internal actions.
And to say he was kicked out, is true if you mean office, not so true of his nation as it was more the Americans and UN threatening a full on bombing campaign unless he was handed over by the Serb Government. Milosevic was never arrested in Serbia for war crimes, only for tampering with elections.
Still, Justice done, i think in cases like this were it is clear no Martyrdom shall occur, the Death penality should be considered you know, for brutal tyrants i mean.