Re: Yugoslavia discussion?

Stuart Wilkes wrote:
> 
> "Stuart Wilkes' mom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > "--= Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñ0ßí =--" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, BrianE
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just popped back to this ng to see if there was any sensible
> > > > debate re Yugoslavia.
> > > >
> > > > Clearly not.
> > > >
> > > > Oh well.
> > >
> > > Yugoslavia was the stepping stone to Afghanistan and Iraq. Yugoslavia was
> >  an
> > > illegal war of aggression by the U$ that prepared the world for further
> > > ILLEGAL U$ interventions on behalf of "God". That is why the main
> >  discussion
> > > is now about Iraq. But soon it shall be about another country...
> > >
> >
> > Yep. And now both Yugoslavs and Iraqis have something in common...they both
> > now have freedom of speech courtesy of the USA...as do the Afghanis.
> > Of course, in both moments of history, France and Russia were completely
> > impotent.
> 
> Wrong, Mark.  A Russian diplomatic intervention lifted the siege of
> Sarajevo.  Of course, the US Government squawked, but the bombardment
> of Sarajevo stopped, and that's what was important.
> 
> And I've always wondered why the US government criticized the
> Vance-Owen Plan for giving the Serbs 43% of Bosnia, but wound up
> giving them almost 49% at Dayton.

Nobody "gave" Serbs anything.  Serbs resided in rural areas and farmed lands
comprising about 64% of "Bosnia".   The Bosnian Muslims had a large birth
rate that gave them the majority in many towns and cities but not in the
countryside.   Maybe the USA and the rest of NATO should be sliced up on
the basis of religion, there won't be much left.