War crimes tribunals and their real worth

I believe this was mentioned in a comment on a previous thread - I should in justice find who first bought it up but

The chief Prosecutor for the ICTY the august body that has been trying individuals for war crimes during the series of wars that resulted from the breakup of Yugoslavia has made this claim.

KOSOVO Albanian leaders have been implicated in the war-time trafficking of organs taken from hundreds of Serbs, according to a book by former UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte.

In the lead up to that war many atrocities were committed in that province but when the legal and recognized government of that territory tried to restore order Nato stepped in.  The real ethnic cleansers were turned into victims and the province was seized by Nato.

Of course the Serbs have been demonized as a matter of political convenience  but the fact that Karla Del Ponte is now speaking out shows that Nato's involvement in this was wrong, probably criminal and was really about expanding the EU's control over the Balkans rather than having any humanitarian goal.

I am fairly sure though that the west and the EU in particular will come to regret this particular action.

And that Bill Clinton's major legacy will be his role in the destruction of Yugoslavia to enhance German and French interests.

The war crimes trials are of course a farce and have been from day one.

Comments

[peter]

Andrei - your introduction is pure fundamentalist Christian propaganda.

Yugoslavia has always been unstable - not always overtly, but it was never going to be stable.

Tell me - was Milosevich guilty or not guilty of crimes? Was he actually meant to be Christian?

[andrei]

Peter,

Europe has always been unstable. the relative peace that Western Europe has enjoyed over the past sixty years or so has a lot to do with well over a quarter of a million American troops stationed there.

But do need I remind you of the IRA or ETA? Or that Scotland is seriously discussing separating from England - a issue there right now is having a referendum on the matter. A much more civilized way than how it happened in Yugoslavia.

Belgium is unlikely to exist as a single Nation for much longer either.

Czechoslovakia is now the Czech republic and Slovakia, two tiny nations with little say in the EU parliament.

What is really happening here is that France and Germany are partitioning Europe and because they are the dominant members of the EU this is the way they will rule over the new empire.

As for Slobodan Milošević's religious opinions, I have no idea but do note that he was a stalwart of the Communist party for most of his adult life and communists tend to be Atheists as you well know. His parents were avowed atheists so the chances are very good he was also.

As for his guilt as a war criminal that is in the eye of the beholder. The atrocities committed during the wars that destroyed Yugoslavia were committed by all factions but generally speaking the perpetrators were resident of the area where they occurred.

[CM]

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