tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post8277991831996597855..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: InvictusCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-17638144472158707442014-02-17T23:04:04.739-05:002014-02-17T23:04:04.739-05:00The Yugoslav army leadership was against the capit...The Yugoslav army leadership was against the capitulation in 1999. The KLA was soundly defeated (the troups sent from Albania were annihilated on the border), the army controlled Kosovo and Metohija, and the loses were light.<br /><br /><br />Milosevic and the Serbian government hoped that Serbia would get diplomatic help from Russia, but Chernomyrdin reduced those hopes to dust. <br /><br />In his last book, Jelena Guskova reveals the inner workings of the negotiations, with the help of two insiders: gen. Leonid Ivashov and Zivadin Jovanovic. She confirms what has been rumored 15 years ago: that Ahtisaari and Chernomyrdin had threatened that Belgrade would be razed to the ground.<br /><br /><br /><br />David Steinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720393239013776189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-15127004718386394142013-05-27T22:01:49.683-04:002013-05-27T22:01:49.683-04:00International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yug...International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: The 20th Anniversary of an Illegal Court http://www.globalresearch.ca/international-criminal-tribunal-for-the-former-yugoslavia-the-20th-anniversary-of-an-illegal-court/5336597Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637446222774302599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-50970608365143242862013-03-21T14:30:31.147-04:002013-03-21T14:30:31.147-04:00if milosevic had fought to defend krajina and repu...if milosevic had fought to defend krajina and republika srpska, NATO would have bombed and slaughtered over god knows how many serbs. I'm thinking now he did the right thing, even though I hated him for it in the 90. I have more respect for Milosevic than I ever did back in the 90s.. you can't ignore the fact that everything he said and predicted in his last speech warning what would happen if Djindjic and his gang took over came true.Zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892614819916522150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-1878193610610021572013-03-19T23:46:24.138-04:002013-03-19T23:46:24.138-04:00Dad Longworth,
Have you ever heard of the Republ...Dad Longworth,<br /><br /><br />Have you ever heard of the Republika Srpska Krajina? <br /><br />The Serbs there controlled 33% of disputed territory in Croatia <br /><br />Where did all their aircraft, helicopters, artillery, tanks, weapons, supplies "technical help" etc., come from???<br /><br /><br />Have you ever heard of Republika Srpska? <br /><br />The Serbs & their Muslim allies there controlled over 70& of disputed territory in Bosnia.<br /><br />Where did all their aircraft, helicopters, artillery, tanks, weapons, supplies "technical help" etc., come from???<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So to recap:<br /><br />The Serbs controlled:<br /><br />33% of Croatia<br /><br />70%+ of Bosnia<br /><br />100& of Serbia<br /><br />100% of Montenegro<br /><br />That's a pretty big land mass with a lot of manpower, arms, etc.,<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-39567621218079935792013-03-18T06:30:51.504-04:002013-03-18T06:30:51.504-04:00@Meezer
Let us agree that that not just I but nob...@Meezer<br /><br />Let us agree that that not just I but nobody is entitled to their own facts.<br /><br />You, evidently have a set of YOUR own facts regarding Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Mr. Milosevic.<br /><br />Manpower, arms, land mass etc., you bring up are "your" facts. <br /><br />When the war broke out Mr. Milosevic was President of the Republic of Serbia, one of six republics of SFR of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia President was Stipe Mesic, Prime Minister Ante Narkovic, Defense Minister Veljko Kadijevic, Foreign Minister Vladimir Velebit, all either Croats or married into Croatian families.<br /><br />Mr. Milosevic's powers at the time were limited to the Republic of Serbia.<br /><br />Mr. Milosevic was elected President of Yugoslavia way after Croatia and Slovenia were recognised as independent countries.<br /><br />From all that you said it seems to have a tenuous grasp, at best, on the relationship of nationalities, republics, and functions of the State and republics (territories) of Yugoslavia, when the war broke out.<br />Dad Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233271699935627273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-40626905911417404782013-03-17T01:23:10.776-04:002013-03-17T01:23:10.776-04:00@unknown
You are certainly entitled to your opini...@unknown<br /><br />You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts.<br /><br />It is a fact that:<br /><br />At the beginning of the break up of the SFRY, the Serbs had many advantages: More territory, more manpower, more tanks, more artillery, more helicopters, more aircraft, basically more of EVERYTHING except 1 major thing, a competent head of state that was willing to fight for his people. <br /><br />Despite favorable circumstances, military superiority, etc., Slobo squandered, appeased, etc.,all of it away. <br /><br />Slobo chose NOT to fight. That is a FACT. <br /><br /><br />You conveniently ignore the FACT that Slobo did absolutely NOTHING when hundreds of thousands of fellow Serbs were being murdered & ethnically cleansed. (Some of those ethnically cleansed happen to be relatives & friends of mine.) <br /><br />Again, Slobo Chose NOT to fight. <br /><br />A now familiar pattern now continued by the all quislings in power.<br /><br />Slobo was a terrible leader.<br /><br />ALL the Quislings after him are worse.<br /><br />Just because all the quislings after Slobo are worse, doesn't change the FACT that every last one of them from Slobo on down are terrible.<br /><br />I would agree with Nebojsa that the quislings days are numbered.<br /><br />Btw, The Serbs don't have a monopoly on terrible leaders: <br /><br />Bush 41, Clinton, George W Bush, Obama<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-2532395876405448842013-03-16T13:21:48.525-04:002013-03-16T13:21:48.525-04:00I wouldn't call the Serbs fickle as much as de...I wouldn't call the Serbs fickle as much as deliberately confused into not knowing the difference between what's good for them and what's fatal. <br /><br />I <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/03/land-of-not-so-much-free.html" rel="nofollow">read</a> something wise the other day: "people get the government they are willing to tolerate." The Empire focused on shifting the blame for everything that was wrong in Serbia onto Milosevic, and by October 2000, conned enough Serbs into no longer tolerating him. <br /><br />How long the Serbs will tolerate the present cabal of quislings, however, is anybody's guess. I have a feeling it won't be for much longer.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-25663443284903281612013-03-16T07:09:52.506-04:002013-03-16T07:09:52.506-04:00@Meezer:
"....This of course led to the event...@Meezer:<br />"....This of course led to the events of 99, 00 (& today.) In the Empires twisted minds, the Serbs have & will always capitulate no matter how outrageous & vile the Western demands are. Why, mainly because of TERRIBLE "leaders"...."<br /><br />You, Sir, I think are quite wrong on many counts, least of all is not your argument about the "TERRIBLE "leaders"".<br /><br />Jimmy Carter said, famously, that he would give the American people as good a government as they deserve(d). And he did. His presidency was on many counts a manifest failure. He did launch one major neocolonial enterprise, that the West is indebted to, and now uses against Russia, former Yugoslavia and any other place that does not toe the line - "the human rights" "concept."<br /><br />Terrible leaders lead terrible people. Philippines Marcos is accused of being, and may have been corrupt. But he was repeatedly elected. Corrupt people do not mind corrupt leaders. Milosevic was elected repeatedly! Serbian people did not deem him terrible. Last election he not only he could have, but most likely he DID win, and then got overthrown.<br /><br />You Serbs are, essentially, fickle culture, as Mr. Milosevic found out.<br /><br />I find Mr. Milosevich's pronouncements on the West's and NATO's attacks on Yugoslavia nothing short of prophetic.<br /><br />For you to complain that Milosevic did not fight enough is a little self-serving. Those that replaced him (Kostunica, - to a lesser extent Djindjich - Tadic, and Nikolic) are falling all over each other trying to please the West and assure them how they will not defend Kosovo. In the light of this to find fault with Milosevich not fighting enough, I think, is absurd.<br /><br />Mr. Malic is correct about the Serbs from Serbia: they are the last ones to cast the stone. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699535878614298295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-71105084478127781002013-03-15T17:10:17.530-04:002013-03-15T17:10:17.530-04:00James et al,
There is an old saying here in the U...James et al,<br /><br />There is an old saying here in the US:<br /><br />"Sometimes you make your own hell"<br /><br />That is what happened to Slobo & the Serbian people.<br /><br />All of the squandered opportunities, bone headed mistakes, appeasement/cowardice/treason, etc., of the early 90's (at a time where militarily, tactically, strategically & many circumstances were in favor of the Serbs) only emboldened our enemies.<br /><br />This of course led to the events of 99, 00 (& today.) In the Empires twisted minds, the Serbs have & will always capitulate no matter how outrageous & vile the Western demands are. Why, mainly because of TERRIBLE "leaders"<br /><br />Do you think any leader of Israel would sit back & do absolutely nothing while fellow Jews are being murdered & ethnically cleansed AGAIN by fascists right next door??? <br /><br />Yet, a Serbian "leader" did sit back & did absolutely nothing. <br /><br />Now compare that to another Serbian leader:<br /><br />"You, O comrades and brothers, lords and nobles, soldiers and vojvodas—great and small. You yourselves are witnesses and observers of that great goodness God has given us in this life... But if the sword, if wounds, or if the darkness of death comes to us, we accept it sweetly for Christ and for the godliness of our homeland. It is better to die in battle than to live in shame. Better it is for us to accept death from the sword in battle than to offer our shoulders to the enemy. We have lived a long time for the world; in the end we seek to accept the martyr's struggle and to live forever in heaven. We call ourselves Christian soldiers, martyrs for godliness to be recorded in the Book of Life. We do not spare our bodies in fighting in order that we may accept the holy wreathes from that One who judges all accomplishments. Sufferings beget glory and labours lead to peace"<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-11582092387406962042013-03-14T23:19:13.226-04:002013-03-14T23:19:13.226-04:00In 1969, Marshal Tito put in a law which called fo...<i>In 1969, Marshal Tito put in a law which called for a nation-in-arms strategy for defending the nation. <br /><br />This entailed compulsory participation in civilian defense organizations, militias, and reserve and paramilitary forces, as well as rapid mobilization. The goal of Tito's strategy was to make any intervention prohibitively protracted and costly</i><br /><br />Tito did not even expect Yugoslavia to continue to exist after his death. I found it in an old encyclopedia on him and Yugoslavia from the early 1970's. It was a blunt statement in a detailed entry on Yugoslavia.<br /><br />He made changes to the Yugoslav constitution in 1974 which helped set it up for the break-up. Those TO (territorial defense) units were to be used to by the republics to break up and off from Yugoslavia. I believe Tito and the communists knew that and they strengthened the republics and non-Serbs and weakened Serbia gradually. <br /><br />Also, under Tito and his government, they were dismantling and moving industries started in Serbia to Slovenia and Croatia, and heavy industries to Bosnia (this was done in the 50's &/or 60's). The claim was that they were being moved west in case of an attack from the east (Soviets), but perhaps along with that excuse (or disguised by that excuse) was more of to weaken Serbia or make the other republics (non-Serbs) stronger.<br /><br />Also, it should be pointed out that it was the Serbian army leadership which wanted to stop the NATO bombing or at least they were in full agreement with Serbia. They were willing and waited to fight a NATO invasion but it didn't come - instead Serbia was being pulverized and they all felt that it couldn't take much more. <br /><br />There were heating plants, electric plants, power grids, etc. that needed to be repaired before the winter.<br /><br />If NATO bombing had continued through the summer, there wouldn't have been time to repair the heating plants and people would have died massively of hypothermia in the apartments. You can't burn wood and coal to keep many of those places warm. <br /><br />Milosevic and his government of 1999 and 2000 should also be praised for the ENORMOUS REBUILDING they got done in only 16 months: bridges, heating plants, factories, apartments, schools, etc. <br /><br />Actually, even before NATO stopped bombing, they were, underground, starting to build segments for the bridge repairs. This came to a screeching halt with the DOS.<br /><br />It was also the Milosevic government, which in 2000, signed the free-trade agreement with Russia which could have really helped Serbia and been exploited IF the DOS wasn't brought to power so soon after that.<br /><br />So Serbia was never able to take advantage of that before it was taken over by the puppets. It was also the Milosevic government which managed to mostly repair the Zastava car manufacturing plant after it was bombed by NATO. Of course the new government sold that to the Italians who were interested in it mainly due to that free trade agreement implemented under Milosevic. <br /><br />I think Milosevic thought the Russians would eventually help to some degree or try to put a stop to it, or even some good people or politicians in the U.S. would take sway. I guess he was someone naively optimistic if so.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637446222774302599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-4334378336087981742013-03-14T22:35:18.329-04:002013-03-14T22:35:18.329-04:00William told me that long ago he heard a radio dra...William told me that long ago he heard a radio dramatization of the historical event in which the English ordered the Acadian French to leave Canada, and as we know they ended up in Louisiana. The French tried to negotiate with the English authority and one of them pleaded, "Please sir, don't talk to him. He has no authority to speak for the people -- I have the authority. We've been here for generations; we'll be loyal. Just let us stay where we are, in our own place." The British authority was adamant: "You have to go." One by one the other Frenchmen kept trying to convince the British that he himself was the only one who should negotiate. It took them time to realise that negotiation wouldn't help. Always in history, the defeated tried to negotiate in order to lighten their fate. People like Milosevic, like Father Sava, tried to negotiate to the last moment because there was no other solution in view. There is a Polish saying, "The drowning one will grab at an open razor to save himself." Those people who negotiated lost causes are not traitors; they are as good as they can be. Especially when they finally understand their mistake.<br /> Nikolekuklahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399047281076326906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-32438926127940565242013-03-14T00:40:36.693-04:002013-03-14T00:40:36.693-04:00Nebosjsa,
I understand being cautious about the s...Nebosjsa,<br /><br />I understand being cautious about the should haves & judging in hindsight. <br /><br />However, I could be wrong but I don't think Slobo was living in cave or spider hole somewhere without getting any news local or international when the breakup of the SFRY began.<br /><br />He was branded the next Hitler (& the "evil Serbs are Nazi's & must be stopped, etc.,") from the get go. Where I come, those are fighting words. It shouldn't take years to figure out that they want to take you out.<br /><br />Zman,<br /><br />The JNA was stationed through out the country. They were the ones being attacked. Ever hear of Ejup Ganic & his exploits???<br /><br />With regards to the SFRY & the JNA:<br /><br />In 1969, Marshal Tito put in a law which called for a nation-in-arms strategy for defending the nation. <br /><br />This entailed compulsory participation in civilian defense organizations, militias, and reserve and paramilitary forces, as well as rapid mobilization. The goal of Tito's strategy was to make any intervention prohibitively protracted and costly<br /><br />The JNA, the citizen militias, etc., was to be involved in various forms of resistance in case of attack, defending each factory, village, school, housing complex, etc.,<br /><br />So knowing & having all of this in place Slobo chickened out. Some leader, eh???<br /><br />Btw,<br />It was no secret back then nor is it a secret now that the US public, as well as, it's NATO members public are very squeamish about taking any heavy casualties. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-23761303293829555392013-03-13T21:40:16.651-04:002013-03-13T21:40:16.651-04:00The Empire asserted itself gradually. In 1992, an ...The Empire asserted itself gradually. In 1992, an overt military intervention outside the UN was inconceivable. But bit by bit, by 1999, it became "the new normal." <br />My thinking is that he tried appeasing the beast as long as he could, and started fighting back in earnest the moment he realized appeasement was futile. <br />Even if he was late in realizing that (as Meezer argues, not entirely without merit), at least he did realize it. All too many Serbs still don't.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-47663199134839282942013-03-13T20:45:25.287-04:002013-03-13T20:45:25.287-04:00if you really think about it had milosevic sent th...if you really think about it had milosevic sent the army to help the serbians in bosnia and Kosovo NATO would have just bombed us even harder, claiming that Milosevic was commiting "agression".. same as kosovo. same maybe doing what he did was the best option.Zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892614819916522150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-37333656837973568522013-03-13T13:02:57.998-04:002013-03-13T13:02:57.998-04:00Zman, that's why "socialist" is a mo...Zman, that's why "socialist" is a more appropriate characterization of Milosevic's regime than "communist."<br /><br />Ognjen, I am glad you're finding this useful. Feel free to circulate it.<br /><br />Meezer, while I don't disagree with you, I am very cautious about the should-haves. It is very easy to judge in hindsight.<br /><br />Let's give him credit where credit is due, keeping in mind that all the Serb leaders that followed have not only managed <i>not</i> to do better, but actually pissed away the things Milosevic <i>did</i> manage to secure from the Empire, such as Kosovo's status under UNSCR1244. Not to mention the current campaign to dismantle Dayton.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-4000392453921242342013-03-13T03:23:10.182-04:002013-03-13T03:23:10.182-04:00With all due respect Nebosjsa, as a leader of men...With all due respect Nebosjsa, as a leader of men in combat, I know cowardice when I see it.<br /><br />Slobo & all that have followed him are cowards & traitors. <br /><br />To say "it is eminently unfair to call someone a "coward" for actually resisting the Empire by himself" misses the larger important points:<br /><br />What about the times prior to him being put in a cage? <br /><br />You know, the many times with all the capitulations to the Empire? Those were all acts of cowardice my friends. <br /><br />So we are supposed to glorify him for finally trying to do something right after being put in a cage & to totally ignore the many acts of cowardice committed prior to his caging???? <br /><br />There is a saying that goes:<br /><br />"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."<br /><br />When faced with bumbling, but lethal adversaries, Slobo had no clue in how to deal with them from the start & up to the end when they murdered him. <br /><br />He should have realized a lot sooner than he did that they were out to destroy him & all <br />the Serbs, regardless of where they lived, from DAY 1. <br /><br />It is better to die fighting while leading your military & people in battle against invaders than to be murdered like a caged animal in a NATO jail. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-50218641099796032292013-03-12T19:40:56.069-04:002013-03-12T19:40:56.069-04:00A very good article, Nebojsa, and I very much appr...A very good article, Nebojsa, and I very much appreciate it. It is a really good overview, and one which I will be forwarding to many of my foreign friends who do not have an in-depth background knowledge on the topic but are interested in learning more after hearing about it from me.Ognjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763197337173580070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-63006793259285932172013-03-12T18:24:10.805-04:002013-03-12T18:24:10.805-04:00it depends what you define socialism.. Milosevic w...it depends what you define socialism.. Milosevic was NOT hostile to honest businessmen. My parents worked for small business and they never faced any problems. Milosevic was half socialist and half capitalist; I guess that's the best way to describe him. The problem today in Serbia is the total domination of the allocation of resources by the IMF and foreign creditors and the corrupt leaders in the country who have gotten the country in massive debt, fraudulent privatizations(more like theft), crazy bureaucracy and rules and regulations that benefit the western heavily subsidized companies and make it impossible for new startups in Serbia and plus MASSIVE inflation, total devaluation of currency(something the US can relate now with the dollar being killed by the fed). I guess people can add more to that. The crooks that run the country have a deliberate policy of keeping it poor.Zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892614819916522150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-89384369081411578332013-03-12T16:11:28.998-04:002013-03-12T16:11:28.998-04:00Good points all. Let me address them in turn.
Alb...Good points all. Let me address them in turn.<br /><br />Albert, spot on. But I do think people give him too little credit for Dayton and Kumanovo.<br /><br />Which leads me to Meezer. Traitor? What does one call the people that replaced him, then? Calling him a Judas might make sense if the Serbs in Serbia - who hate him the most and the loudest - actually gave a damn about anyone but themselves. But they care even less for the Serbs of Krajina, Srpska (or the rest of Bosnia), or Kosovo, or Montenegro, or wherever it is they don't live. Forgive me if I don't think too highly of their judgment, given the gallery of "leaders" they've had since 2000.<br />And it is eminently unfair to call someone a "coward" for actually resisting the Empire by himself, and succeeding half the time (Dayton, Kumanovo). Again, how would you describe the "leaders" after him, then? With all due respect, I think some soul-searching is in order.<br /><br />Asteri, he was indeed a socialist. While I consider that wrong, I'm also cognizant that very few people back then weren't socialists of some kind. Just about everyone in Serbia still is. I've tried writing about economic philosophy before, but that' a bit like discussing tie choices with a gushing neck wound. Priorities, and all that. <br /><br />I chose "invictus" because of the original Latin, "undefeated," primarily because of Milosevic's conduct at the ICTY. They could kill him, but they could not vanquish him. I wish more Serbs would understand the distinction, and learn from it.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-78360241836636012022013-03-12T14:32:28.461-04:002013-03-12T14:32:28.461-04:00I think a more critical analysis of his life is in...I think a more critical analysis of his life is in order, putting aside, for now, that he abandoned the Krajina Serbs, let Serbia fall to the western forces and didn’t come down hard enough on Djukanovic once his treachery became evident. I think the time spent in the Hague salvaged his reputation. I would go as far to say that if he were alive he would be the one advocating EU membership.<br />One observation I’d like to make is about his western detractors. We all know the accusations of “ethno-fascist,” “Serbian Hitler” and “phony socialist” but the last one is interesting, what do they mean by this? It’s rather self-indicating. Milosevic was a socialist in the exact mould of any west European ‘socialist.’ He faithfully followed their example on economic issues and his party was every bit as ‘socialist’ as they were.* No wonder SPS is trying to join Socialist International – that is exactly where it belongs.<br />To think, so much time and energy when into defaming the likes of Nikolic and Dacic, doing anything to prevent them being elected and yet, they are the ones to have capitulated to the west the most and at considerable speed, outdoing the previous “pro-European” government.<br />Asterihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753296082976125114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-68736922686152085912013-03-12T12:25:31.660-04:002013-03-12T12:25:31.660-04:00With all due respect Nebosjsa, Invictus is hardly ...With all due respect Nebosjsa, Invictus is hardly a term many Serbs would use with Slobo. <br /><br />Traitor, Coward, Sellout, Judas are just a few things that come immediately to mind.<br /><br />In addition, he was punked & defeated time & time again by the West, so again, Invictus?? No way.<br /><br />In the end when he was caged like an animal it was then he decided to "fight". Too little, too late for Slobo & unfortunately, the Serbian people.<br /><br /><br /><br />Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731913495080613195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-74878171141172991452013-03-12T05:59:06.764-04:002013-03-12T05:59:06.764-04:00I think Milosevic's time as president was not ...I think Milosevic's time as president was not necessarily that great. His greatness lies in the way he exposed the dirty meddling of the international community in general and the bias of the Hague tribunal in particular during his trial.Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942942061729107617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-7967802922414073082013-03-11T20:49:59.444-04:002013-03-11T20:49:59.444-04:00Thank you Nebojsa. The day Milosevic died I feared...Thank you Nebojsa. The day Milosevic died I feared that all hope of the truth ever coming out was lost. It would have been so much easier to fight the lies if he were still here. How amazing he was. He showed them all up as the liars and cowards they are. Who could have guessed that inside this banker, so-called bureaucrat apparatchik there dwelt a hero. Thank you again for bringing his story back today. What a loss.kuklahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399047281076326906noreply@blogger.com