Case against Milosevic cut short

[Tony]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3485850.stm ..full article

Prosecutors in Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial have decided to rest their case early, because of the illnesses of the defendant and the presiding judge.
Prosecutors at The Hague tribunal were due to call their last witnesses in two final days of hearings this month.

But they have filed a motion with the panel of United Nations judges to end their case immediately.

Mr Milosevic has been ill for two weeks and Judge Richard May is due to resign in three months for health reasons.

Once the motion is accepted, the court will adjourn for three months to allow the former Yugoslav president to prepare his defence.

I know almost nothing about this case, but I have heard through the grape vine that this trail has turned out to be a major pooch screw due to the lack of evidence against Milosevic.

 

[corplinx]

There is a guy that works with me whose father took him and fled to america after we helped the muslims "liberate" their family farm upon which their family had lived for generations.

He said the ultimate insult was when he saw CNN instigator Ammanpour in his front yard on TV talking about how the area had been liberated.

Whenever he talks to me about Kosovo, he talks about a terrorist group called the MLA who became semi-legitimized through the international press. He talks about overstated claims of ethnic cleansing and a few overzealous acts being portrayed as he norm.

I hope to goodness his skewed viewpoint is wrong. America has enough screwups already without adding Kosovo to the list. Haiti now is a clusterfrog. Somalia is ruled by the warlords worse than ever. At this rate, Clinton's legacy as a strong military leader cound be in jeopardy.

 

[Sundog]

I hope to goodness his skewed viewpoint is wrong. America has enough screwups already without adding Kosovo to the list. Haiti now is a clusterfrog. Somalia is ruled by the warlords worse than ever. At this rate, Clinton's legacy as a strong military leader cound be in jeopardy.

Help me understand why this is an issue for conservatives. Is it really simply that this was a war that happened on Clinton's watch? I don't want to accuse anyone of such petty motives, but that's how it appears to me. It looks like conservatives will support ANY war for ANY reason as long as it didn't take place under a Democratic president.

To those of us shaking our heads over the Iraq debacle, it seems more than a little hypocritical.

 

[corplinx]

Help me understand why this is an issue for conservatives. Is it really simply that this was a war that happened on Clinton's watch? I don't want to accuse anyone of such petty motives, but that's how it appears to me. It looks like conservatives will support ANY war for ANY reason as long as it didn't take place under a Democratic president.

To those of us shaking our heads over the Iraq debacle, it seems more than a little hypocritical.

Why do you assume this Yugoslavian guy is a conservative?

As for me, I have stated on this forum before and now again the Bill Clinton was a good president in regards to his constitutional duties. He was right on international trade and he wasn't afraid to show his teeth to people like Saddam (regarding the assassination attempt retaliation).

I think his domestic agenda was flawed but it doesn't matter since thats a congressional issue.

Who are these anti-kosovo-conflict conservatives badmouthing clinton?

 

[Sundog]

Why do you assume this Yugoslavian guy is a conservative?

As for me, I have stated on this forum before and now again the Bill Clinton was a good president in regards to his constitutional duties. He was right on international trade and he wasn't afraid to show his teeth to people like Saddam (regarding the assassination attempt retaliation).

I think his domestic agenda was flawed but it doesn't matter since thats a congressional issue.

Who are these anti-kosovo-conflict conservatives badmouthing clinton?

Heh. Like I said I don't want to accuse anyone of this; I've just noticed that American conservatives in general seem to look for opportunities to trash this particular military adventure. The cynic in me wonders if it's simply because it wasn't a Republican war.

My apologies if this is not true.

(The skeptic in me demands to know if I SUPPORT it for the same reason. I don't THINK so.)

 

[corplinx]

Heh. Like I said I don't want to accuse anyone of this; I've just noticed that American conservatives in general seem to look for opportunities to trash this particular military adventure. The cynic in me wonders if it's simply because it wasn't a Republican war.

My apologies if this is not true.

(The skeptic in me demands to know if I SUPPORT it for the same reason. I don't THINK so.)

The two most vocal critics ive heard were some republican congressional rep and Michael Moore. I never heard many people speak bad about Kosovo.

I think the fact that ethnic cleansing was so overstated that people might have been afraid to dissent since nobody wants to be portrayed as favoring ethnic cleansing.

Now, what I really know about Kosovo could fill a thimble so I am the last person to ask about whether or not the ethnic cleansing claims were proved right after the conflict.

 

[Chaos]

Heh. Like I said I don't want to accuse anyone of this; I've just noticed that American conservatives in general seem to look for opportunities to trash this particular military adventure. The cynic in me wonders if it's simply because it wasn't a Republican war.

My apologies if this is not true.

(The skeptic in me demands to know if I SUPPORT it for the same reason. I don't THINK so.)

I remember that, too.

Interestingly, it is very similar here in Germany. I remember a VERY spirited (read: on the brink of multiple homicide) discussion on a German BB in March/April where the pro-war-in-Iraq crowd just went "yadda yadda Kosovo yadda yadda Bosnia yadda yadda STFU" over and over again.