Ratko Mladic

[moon1969]

When will a serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic be arrested like Radovan Karadzic. If Serbia wants to become part of the EU it must arrest Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic.

 

[Cleon]

Well, they have to find them, first. There's also the possibility that Mladic died a couple years ago from a stroke, which would make him a wee bit difficult to arrest.

 

[moon1969]

Worst part is when Mladic said this:

"All who wish to go will be transported, large and small, young and old. Don't be afraid, just take it easy. Let the women and children go first ... No one will harm you."
-Ratko Mladic to Srebrenica residents on 12 July 1995-

He must be arrested and held accountable for what he did.

 

[Darth Rotor]

Worst part is when Mladic said this:

"All who wish to go will be transported, large and small, young and old. Don't be afraid, just take it easy. Let the women and children go first ... No one will harm you."
-Ratko Mladic to Srebrenica residents on 12 July 1995-

He must be arrested and held accountable for what he did.

No, moon, the worst part is what happened after he said that. Ya know, the slaughter.

The Srebrenica Massacre, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in the region of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...The United Nations had declared Srebrenica a UN-protected "safe area", but that did not prevent the massacre, even though 400 armed Dutch peacekeepers were present at the time .. (Darth note: but thanks to dual key RoE and the usual UN damnedfoolishness, left with few options to intervene in order to prevent the slaughter) ... The Srebrenica massacre is the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II

Screw the trial, a bullet to the back of the head would be just fine. Get Tony Soprano on the line ...

DR

 

[ddt]

The Srebrenica Massacre, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in the region of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...The United Nations had declared Srebrenica a UN-protected "safe area", but that did not prevent the massacre, even though 400 armed Dutch peacekeepers were present at the time .. (Darth note: but thanks to dual key RoE and the usual UN damnedfoolishness, left with few options to intervene in order to prevent the slaughter)

Don't forget the lack of French air support. That's something the French haven't really been willing to answer on. But in general, I agree with you that such UN troops are sent out with far too restrictive rules of engagement.

Screw the trial, a bullet to the back of the head would be just fine. Get Tony Soprano on the line ...

Apart from his ultimate fate, I do think a trial is the right way to establish his crimes. Nuremberg, Tokyo, Eichmann - should they have just been shot? I do think the trials help to get us closer to a more just world. Baby steps, granted, but without those precedents, there wouldn't be a Yugoslavia tribunal or a Rwanda tribunal.

 

[Ryokan]

Don't forget the lack of French air support. That's something the French haven't really been willing to answer on. But in general, I agree with you that such UN troops are sent out with far too restrictive rules of engagement.

That's why UN troops have never been effective. They're just observers with guns, and are only allowed to use them for self defence. This is why the UN blustered about for years while the conflict in former Yugoslavia kept escalating, and NATO could create peace in such a short time - and enforce it!

Anyway, I had a personal celebration the day they got Karadzic. Mladic is the last of the big rats left. I'm looking forward to having to buy another bottle of champagne.

 

[ComsatAngel2017]

I recommend reading Dr David Owen's book on the peace process in Former Yugoslavia. Not a quick or easy read, but it does give a strong flavour of how complicated* the whole situation was.

Karadzic and Mladic both had substantial public support immediately after the war, which enabled them to vanish, or vanish from the outside world at least. Over time this support has evapourated, and both men have had to literally hide, most especially as new governments look to rejoin Europe and hence genuinely try to catch war criminals . The last I checked on Mladic, he was reduced to penury, had a single bodyguard/escort/friend and was in poor health.

*"Complicated" is a mild understatement.

 

[Darth Rotor]

I recommend reading Dr David Owen's book on the peace process in Former Yugoslavia. Not a quick or easy read, but it does give a strong flavour of how complicated* the whole situation was.

Karadzic and Mladic both had substantial public support immediately after the war, which enabled them to vanish, or vanish from the outside world at least. Over time this support has evapourated, and both men have had to literally hide, most especially as new governments look to rejoin Europe and hence genuinely try to catch war criminals . The last I checked on Mladic, he was reduced to penury, had a single bodyguard/escort/friend and was in poor health.

*"Complicated" is a mild understatement.

David Owen of Vance-Owen fame? I think you just gave me a Christmas gift idea.

DR