Posted on 11/29/2001, 6:38:07 PM by Michael2001
A few years ago under the Clinton administration, this country made IMHO one of the stupidest mistakes in its' history. We bombed a soveirgn Christian nation in Serbia, whose only crime was defending itself from militant Muslim extremists.
These same Muslim extremists later slaughtered many innocent Serbs (after we significantly weakened the Serbian army) while we did nothing to these Muslims aggressors. It has not been confirmed, but these same Bosnian Muslims who we protected have been linked to what happened in this country in 9/11.
Why did we do it? Did we really believe that we were doing the noble thing? Did we really believe that we were doing what was best for our country?- For humanity?
If I remember correctly, during the bombing polls showed that the majority of Americans supported our attacks. I wonder if now, after 9/11, the majority of Americans would admit that we made a grave mistake?
I don't see the connection. Those Balkan people have been brawling for centuries.
It was ridiculous to attack the Serbs while all-along claiming to be "neutral". We should not have used NATO troops because a NATO country was not attacked. NATO should never have asked the UN for permission to attack because it sets a bad precedence. The US should not have attack Yugoslavia because Yugoslavia was not a threat.
Nevertheless, I don't believe this has anything to do with 9-11.
All the more reason for us to have stayed out of it.
I have seen no connection between the Croatians/Bosnians and the Taliban. Nor have I seen any evidence that the Slavs/Serbians were innocent in the whole war over there. It was an all out brawl that every side has used for their own propaganda.
It would not shock me to see someone use 9/11 to justify their support for one side or the other. But I doubt there is a connection although a good conspiracy theorist could probably weave one.
The connection is simple. Although I don't like socialists, which Milosevich is, he was fighting Islamic terrorism.
The actions tied to BH/Serbia were about ethnic cleansing between all forces, Croat, Serb, Bosnian, Kosovars, and on and on.
That action, though there were religious overtones, was not strictly religion motivated as with our response and actions.
The current actions our forces are involved in are as well not rooted in religion, but terrorist fanaticism.
The religion of Islam is not the target now, as Christianity was not the target during the Kosovar/Serbia campaign.
Shortsightedness such as you are exhibiting is dangerous, don't forget the reason for this action it is TERRORISM not who is a Christian or who is a Muslim.
The Slovenians were Islamic terrorists? Say now, that is news!!
Why did we fight the Confederacy? Add that to heroin trafficking KLA terrorits and you get a damn good reason to root out hostility to Serbia, within your own country. The Serbians are the ones still terrorized in Kosovo, murdered, raped, etc.
There has never been a counter-terror, counter-insurgency campaign, anywhere in this world, that did not kill civilians. [The 19 that flew those jets into the twin towers were disguised as CIVILIANS, weren't they?
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