I’ve wanted to hear and read opinions from Serbs or Serbians, but found mostly radical, egoistical information from people so full of xxxx. That’s why when I came across a post on Belgrade 2.0, I was immediately hooked because of the author’s sincerity and thoughtfulness.

I feel ashamed for the monsters that did it and who thought they are doing me a favour by doing it. But I can’t feel guilty instead of someone else. Best and least I can do is to say that I am sorry that it happened.

Those that voted for Milosevic back at the beginning of the nineties, because I truly believe that even they didn’t and couldn’t predict such evil coming to power at that time. Those that continued voting for him could plead insanity.

[The guilty verdict] would also allow for some paradox things when it comes to paying the war damage: Bosniaks living in Serbia would technically have to pay to the Serbs living in Republika Srpska.

Other comments on his posts are worth reading as well.

Comment #1

From a personal perspective that is understandable but what sickens me is the encouragement these people got from those who should know better to see the court ruling in these emotional terms. This includes members of the Bosniak government, certain liberal international journalists and so on. Those people will be nowhere to be seen as victims will feel let down again.

But let’s be honest, the reason Bosnia-Herzegovina pressed charges against Serbia was of pure political reasons, and you can see it from the reactions of Bosniak officials. They are pleased that Serbia is the first country on earth to be accused of not preventing genocide. How can such an attitude contribute to reconciliation? It seems that they were more worried on putting etiquette on Serbia, than to receive justice for their victims.

Comment #2

Serbia has failed to transfer Ratko Mladic to the Hague thus violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime of Genocide. There is no question on this. We (the people) were lied to time and again by the Serbian government post 2000 which said they didn’t know his whereabouts.

Now I would add that the decision in no way exonerates the role of the Bosnian Serbs. If anything the finger is most firmly pointed in their direction (but because of this stupid nation-state system nothing can be done under the concept of international justice).

In Serbia people tried to justify the bombardment of Sarajevo when they should have been protesting against it or at the very least trying to keep a little self respect by not supporting the bombardment. Many of these people have ‘melted away’. They do not continue the propaganda spewed at the time - that all Serbs in Sarajevo were being held hostage by Mujahadin or Turks

Read the post My Verdict and its comments.

 

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