tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post1646596643386699611..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Srebrenica 15 years afterjams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-340266991079823632010-07-13T11:33:39.897+01:002010-07-13T11:33:39.897+01:00I hope they did Susan
Steve, I don't doubt th...I hope they did Susan<br /><br />Steve, I don't doubt that atrocities took place on all sides. This one sticks out in particular because of the spinelessness oif the UN who did nothing to stop the slaughter.<br /><br />Other atrocities do need to be known too. THat said the source you pointed to seems to me to be a revisionistjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-82704410741427280912010-07-13T04:09:13.249+01:002010-07-13T04:09:13.249+01:00In my comment, I did not say anything about dimini...In my comment, I did not say anything about diminishing the slaughter, but you asked what could be added, and so I pointed out what could be added. <br /><br />But since you ask about diminishing, this, perhaps <a href="http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2010/07/09/srebrenica-the-sacred-lie/" rel="nofollow">Srebrenica: The Sacred Lie by Nebojsa Malic -- Antiwar.com</a>.<br /><br />The media found it convenient to exaggerate some atrocities, like Srebrenica, and to downplay others.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-61170018504877902972010-07-13T04:04:15.518+01:002010-07-13T04:04:15.518+01:00My husband and I had been following a number of ve...My husband and I had been following a number of very creative visual artists who were living and working in Belgrade before that disaster struck. Strangely, a number of the pieces seemed to telegraph what was about to occur but couldn't stop it. We've often wondered if any of them survived the terrible tragedy.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-51086011995597139892010-07-12T21:12:27.289+01:002010-07-12T21:12:27.289+01:00And this diminishes the slaughter how?And this diminishes the slaughter how?jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-48308874012778236302010-07-12T06:56:11.973+01:002010-07-12T06:56:11.973+01:00One could add that in the Wars of the Yugoslav Suc...One could add that in the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession there were victims and perpetrators of atrocities on all sides, and that the Western media, for their own pruposes, gave a thoroughly distorted picture, and that the role of outside players, especially the former West Germany, in fanning the flames of the conflict has been underreported in the Western media.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-12517522441831227922010-07-11T21:51:10.290+01:002010-07-11T21:51:10.290+01:00It was an atrocity.. sad but appallingIt was an atrocity.. sad but appallingjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-73953419525473931602010-07-11T21:40:25.792+01:002010-07-11T21:40:25.792+01:00Those were such turbulent times. I visited the for...Those were such turbulent times. I visited the former Yugoslavia before it split so in a way the aftermath wasn't surprising to me, but it is still very sad.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.com