Looking Back at NATO's ‘Humanitarian’ Bombing of Yugoslavia

[Bit_Happy]

Exactly 15 years ago, on March 24, NATO began its 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia. The alliance bypassed the UN under a “humanitarian” pretext, launching aggression that claimed hundreds of civilian lives and caused a much larger catastrophe than it averted.

Years on, Serbia still bears deep scars of the NATO bombings which, as the alliance put it, were aimed at “preventing instability spreading” in Kosovo. Questions remain on the very legality of the offense, which caused casualties and mass destruction in the Balkan republic.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/03/russia-today/when-nato-bombed-yugoslavia/

...It was also the first time that NATO used military force without the approval of the UN Security Council and against a sovereign nation that did not pose a real threat to any member of the alliance.

War is Peace?
May peace be with you.

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[Balthazar]

Almost all of these doctrines could be seen in this subforum without any problem. Doublethink is frequently practiced by some individuals here.

[bryant.coleman]

The UN must prosecute the perpetrators behind this grave crime against humanity (Hillary, Bill, Wesley Clarke.etc). And they should declare that the USA is a terrorist state and the no.1 threat to world peace.

[Bit_Happy]

The UN must prosecute the perpetrators behind this grave crime against humanity (Hillary, Bill, Wesley Clarke.etc). And they should declare that the USA is a terrorist state and the no.1 threat to world peace.

I don't know if the UN will help, and...
I'm not looking forward to Queen Hillary expecting to "win" her crown jewels.

[giletto]

Sometimes i ask myself: if obviously everybody (or let's say many ppl) know where the real enemy are, why they don't do anything against? Laziness? Dullness? accommodativeness?

I mean how many million victims of this terrible politic day by day...and no one stand up? Who gonna win millions or billions against this few authority assholes?

I guess the answer is easy. But the real enemy is within the crowd... Laziness - Dullness - accommodativeness.

[Balthazar]

Sometimes i ask myself: if obviously everybody (or let's say many ppl) know where the real enemy are, why they don't do anything against? Laziness? Dullness? accommodativeness?

Because they can't do anything. There is no so-called "democracy" exists in the "liberal" society, because money in combination with administrative power will always be a winner of any elections.

[giletto]

Of course they can. But if everybody believe: "I can't change nothing alone"...no one will begin.

There are millions of millions people worldwide, who strongly believe that: "I can't change nothing alone". But they don't imagine, they are not alone.

[Nemo1024]

Here is a link to my prior thread on the topic:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528730.0

Zashto? - Why? A video documentary.
http://rt.com/news/yugoslavia-nato-war-documentary-417/

Part 1 of the documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M42BAJAk84

Part 2 of the documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tX8onPsnM


Sadly, the history shows that conformism leads to a small group of people concentrating huge amount of power, until a dam bursts, usually resulting in a large-scale war.

[Kiki112]

Serbia was trying to get a hold on Kosovo and NATO made an intervention boming bridges and making Serbs know they will not take the region which is 97% populated with Albanians, a lot of nations had enough of serbian agression, it has been enough

nothing stopped them, they ethnicaly cleansed Srebrenica (8000 civilians) in Bosnia&Herzegovina, ethnically cleansed Vukovar from over a 1000 people, who said they wouldn't do the same in Kosovo as they realized the Albanians are making them trouble?

The intervention was necessary, after they did this to Croatia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvuH8HUiLo4

they had to be stopped in the beginning of their attack on Kosovo so it does not repeat again

[Nemo1024]

Serbia was trying to get a hold on Kosovo? Am I mis-reading your statement? Anyway, let's have some facts strait. Kosovo was a part of Serbia with a large Serbian population, with a UN-banned terrorist organisation KLA operating on its territory (much like ETA or IRA). Serbian forces tried to contain that organisation. I don't see NATO bombing Spain or UK for fighting ETA and IRA back.

The bombing resulted in a humanitarian disaster (read genocide) with hundreds of thousands of Serbs killed or driven from their homes. On the upside, NATO got some land to place their base on.

"Executed" Muslims rise from the dead after the footage of their execution has been shot (pun intended)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa34bnh1Oas

This is the full version of a video clip, a part of which prominently featured in Western media 15 years ago.

[AtomTom]

Sue people can react. But same way people in Russia support Crimea war. Americans supported Iraq war. UK citizens support Falkland war and so on and on.

People love war. So democracy love war too.

[Nemo1024]

...people in Russia support Crimea war...

Just to make sure we are on the same wavelength, the only Crimean War was in 1853-1856.

People love war. So democracy love war too.

You'd see a lot of people in Russia and America trying to avoid war, urging people to talk.

[bryant.coleman]

Serbia was trying to get a hold on Kosovo and NATO made an intervention boming bridges and making Serbs know they will not take the region which is 97% populated with Albanians, a lot of nations had enough of serbian agression, it has been enough

Serbia was trying to get a hold on Kosovo? This is like saying that the US was trying to get hold of the Texas. Kosovo has been an integral part of Serbia ever since AD 1200. Even now, according to the UN, it is a part of Serbia. Missing something?