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Subject: Just One Question, for now... From: Amergin Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:37 PM This is a question that has been bugging the shit out of me for a while now...why the hell is Milosevic running around free instead of hanging in the gallows for all the crimes he has committed against his countrymen? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: mousethief Date: 28 Sep 00 - 05:29 PM Up until now he was supported by the military and it made it rather difficult to get anywhere near him. But I heard on the radio this AM that the military was going to stand by the results of the election, although it is unclear whether that means the election as it really happened, or the election as Milosevic's cronies would like to THINK it happened. His days in power in Serbia are numbered, but the path between here and his successor looks very unpleasant now matter how you slice it.
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: khandu Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:05 PM Wag the Dog |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: Gary T Date: 29 Sep 00 - 08:39 AM Well, Amergin, I'd say it's because they haven't put you or me in charge of things over there. We could probably do some good in Iraq, as well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: Grab Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:03 AM Be nice, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, with the police and army behind him, the opposition is slightly screwed. The trouble with "wouldn't it be nice if..." is that it tends to believe two wrongs make a right. Such as "wouldn't it be nice if someone shot Slobodan Milosevic/Saddam Hussein/Muammar Gaddhafi?" Whilst this would generally be a service to humanity, someone's got to go and do it. Without organised opposition in that country (think particularly of Iraq), that requires outside assistance - in other words, get the CIA/SAS to go in and assassinate them. This is great if you assume we know who the enemy is, and that he's in the wrong, and that killing him is justified. This is the "benevolent dictator" model of someone standing on high and passing down judgement. But if you get it wrong - oh boy, we're back in the Cold War, with the CIA trying to assassinate people and the US starting wars bcos they don't agree with the political ideology of the elected government. The film GI Jane gave me the jitters, bcos it assumed the Americans had the right to invade Libya and kill any Libyan soldiers who stopped them in their mission to retrieve a satellite. If this is any reflection on public opinion, that's hugely scarey. So whilst we would like them to die quietly, could we stand the consequences of actively sending ppl out there to do them in? And it also assumes that the person in question is purely doing it out of evil. But consider the PLO - they had a very real grievance, and their terrorism was motivated by principle, not by mere power-grabbing. Would Yasser Arafat have been a legitimate target? If so, where would that leave the Middle East now? Grab. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:07 AM I think Milosevic is a puppet, and his wife is really running things. Have you ever seen her in interviews? She's scary, and obviously wears the pants in the household. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just One Question, for now... From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:13 AM I believe in Karma - if a lot of bad things happen to you then eventually a lot of good things make up for it, if its the other way round - well as far as he is concerned it can't come quick enough for me Patrish |