Serbia Not Guilty Of Genocide - Political Forum

CHUQ · #1 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 04:31 AM

After all the deaths--why?

The UN's highest court has cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide during the 1990s Bosnian war.

But the International Court of Justice did rule that Belgrade had violated international law by failing to prevent the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.

Bosnia brought the case and would have sought billions of dollars from Serbia in compensation if successful.

The case is the first of a state being charged with genocide. Individuals have been convicted of genocide in Bosnia.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Court clears Serbia of genocide

Brother Oz · #2 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 07:40 AM

I think this is the best verdict really. If Bosnia did extract loads of money from Serbia, it would fuel the ethnic tensions in the region even more. And as it says they're guilty of not preventing it, Serbia isn't let off the hook completely, so the Bosnians won't be too angry.
It's true really anyway. The massacre was the fault of Milosevic and his cronies, not the Serbian people.

francois60 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 12:22 PM

The people aren't legally responsible for their dictators' actions. I agree they may not be morally responsible, but a nation is legally and financially responsible for the crimes it commits.

While the Bosnians were fighting for their lives against Milosevic, his people picked their noses. Milosevic had plenty of support in Serbia until a few years later. Serbs owe reparations, IMO, just like the Germans owed the Jews.

Brother Oz · #4 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 12:28 PM

And just like the Germans owed the French and British after WW1? Which led to support for Hitler, and to WW2.

francois60 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 01:58 PM

You obviously don't want to extract reparations that would destroy the economy. I'm thinking more token reparations right now since Serbia is poor, followed by more substantial sums when they get wealthier.

CHUQ · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 06:25 AM

So what message would you like to send to the Bosnians that were killed? That it is somehow ok, because you do not want to upset the economy of the country?

Brother Oz · #7 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 08:18 AM

I'd rather do that than have another war.

But anyway, all the Serbian leaders who were involved are either dead or in jail.

Public_Enemy · #8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 04:19 PM

Wow, same international actors are playing an so-called armenian genocide game of 100 years ago, what a hypocratic world...

Here's when a 'mass killing' can be determined as a 'genocide' and when it cannot. It took me a lot of scientific research.

Killers: Muslims
Victims: Christians
Definiton: It’s definitely a Genocide

Killers: Christians
Victims: Muslims
Definiton: It’s definitely not a Genocide. Please refer to such events as “War” or “Civil Conflict”

Killers: Germans, French, Dutch, Poles, Greeks, Armenians, Slavs etc.
Victims: European Jews
Definiton: It’s a Genocide – But only the Germans are guilty

Killers: Muslims
Victims: Muslims
Definiton: It’s a Genocide (If the victims are the West’s allies or the killers are the West’s enemy)
It’s not a Genocide (If the killers are the West’s allies or the victims are the West’s enemy)

Killers: Christians
Victims: Christians
Definiton: Incomplete data. Unable to make a judgement. Please provide the skin colour of the killers and the victims.

Killers: The West
Victims: Peoples of the 3rd World
Definiton: Definitely not a Genocide. Use terms like Anti-Terrorism, Overseas conflict, War against oppressive regimes, etc

Brother Oz · #9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 05:16 PM

Well obviously. These labels are all determined by western institutions.

Although I should point out that it's not Christians, it's people who are like the west. Most Nazis were, technically, Christians.

Paratrooper · #10 (**permalink**) 03-06-2007, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother Oz

The massacre was the fault of Milosevic and his cronies, not the Serbian people.

This verdict actually says that Serbia (Milosevic) had no control over the Bosnian Serb Leadership and that is why it was a not guilty Verdict;

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Originally Posted by francois60

While the Bosnians were fighting for their lives against Milosevic, his people picked their noses. Milosevic had plenty of support in Serbia until a few years later. Serbs owe reparations, IMO, just like the Germans owed the Jews.

Really? Never thought about why did the war come about? Because "Serbia invaded Bosnia" (which was pushed in the media but subsequently found to be a complete lie) or because Bosnia decided to separate from Yugoslavia and in the proces denied the right to the Serbs to remain living in the contry that they created?

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Originally Posted by CHUQ

So what message would you like to send to the Bosnians that were killed? That it is somehow ok, because you do not want to upset the economy of the country?

The message is, you went into the war hoping to take something that never belonged to you, you picked a war against someone stronegr, 50 years prior to that you commited a recognized genocide over the Serbs in that area.... and now you've paid for it....... Quiet simple..... you didn't want to live with Serbs in Yugoslavia, now don't expect them to want to live with you in Bosnia.