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someone has the guts to stand up to them and do what is necessary

Murdering over 7,000 is to "do what is necessary?" In Christian theology, murder is wrong. And the definition or right and wrong is not based on the ethnicity or religion of the perp or of the victim.

Although you use the word "Republican" in your screen name, let's see what a real Republican says about Srebrenica:

U.S. Forces in the NATO-led Stabilization Force in Bosnia (SFOR) participated today in the apprehension of Colonel Dragan Obrenovic, who is indicted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal for his involvement in the July 1995 attack on Srebrenica. … Srebrenica represents one of the darkest episodes in the recent tragedy that befell Bosnia. … This barbaric operation was conducted under the overall command of Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic, who are also indicted by the UN and who also deserve to face justice in The Hague.

I also welcome the decision of the Tribunal convicting General Radislav Krstic of genocide in the 1995 massacre of Muslims from Srebrenica. I welcome and fully support the Tribunal's judgment. Those who commit war crimes must face justice.

It is estimated that over 200,000 people died from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (from the initial bombing and it's after effects) Should Harry Truman have been prosecuted for war crimes?

Those were mostly innocent civilians ....

Or did he just do what was necessary in a time of war?

There's a saying that if you fight a war like WW2 you will win like WW2. If you fight a war like Vietnam you will lose like Vietnam.

War isn't pretty, it's awful. Everyone likes peace, everyone would like to live in peace. But in order to have peace and enjoy the benefits thereof, war must end. By definition peace is the time between wars. If you want to have a long period of peace then you must do what is necessary to make the inevitable wars as short as possible. There is no glory to be had from prolonging a war, no honor to be gained from needlessly throwing away the lives of our best and brightest to spare the enemies families and homes.

War is horrible, but we are trying to make it painless to our enemies and we wonder why they continue to attack us. If they feared for their families... if they feared for their cities, if they feared that their very way of life would be wiped from the face of the earth if they dared attack us ... then they wouldn't.

But what have they to fear from us? seizure of their bank accounts? a trial that they will probably win if caught? an extended vacation in Cuba? world condemnation? laughable.