Probably isn't worth a thread bump, but just to illustrate few things I posted earlier.
Gotovina and Markac have been welcomed as heroes in Croatia. A little reminder. Ante Gotovina is Croatian general that has been accused and found guilty of ethnic cleansing of Serbs during so called "Operation Storm" in August 1995. In 2011 Gotovina was sentenced to 24 years in prison, Markac -- 18 years, Cermak -- acquitted. This year Gotovina and Markac were fully acquitted by ICTY and realeased. Oh, ICTY... no bias... at all :D
Here's long quote of Kusturica on the recent release of Ante Gotovina. My not full and probably not very accurate translation (do not forget to turn your sarcasm detectors on):
Those people are wrong, who think that the release of general Gotovina by ICTY has put an end to the whole story. I'm afraid we can expect new surprises here. First of all thanks to humanistic qualities of international community, it educated us about humanitarian bombings and peacekeeping wars, international community knows how to award peackeepers around the world!
I don't know what has happened to the judge who sentenced Gotovina to 24 years in prison. I believe there were some solid proofs of serious crimes, but another judge who released Gotovina is obviously way more farsighted. But why half-measures? Let's take it further. If deportation of 200 000 Serbs from Croatia is not a crime -- he's been released after all -- therefore "Operation Storm" should been acknowledged as a humane act, which has been blessed upon us by international community. Gotovina could have kill everyone, but didn't!
*Rant about how American soldiers kill everyone left and right in Afghanistan and ridiculous Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Obama, few words about Croatian radical nationalists Starcevic and Pavelic*
English Encyclopedia says that there's about 700 000 civilians killed in Jasenovac concentration camps, mostly Serbs. But very few Croatioans actually believe that. And very little actually believe that "Operation Storm" is a final act of Starcevic-Pavelic tandem plan! Court has decided that Gotovina is not guilty after all! So who cares?
One of the most important arguments in the whole story is confession of US ambasaddor Galbraith did, the fact that deportation of Serbs from Croatia was inevitable, and the fact that international community has been working on this plan. He said that "Operation Storm" has been put on the agenda due to Srebrenica!
Among Serbs there're people who went too far, turning it upside-down and suggesting that Srebrenica was merely a distraction from Serbs deportation from Croatia. What silly thoughts might come to our heads?! Strange people we are! We're not very good at logic. This could make it harder for Gotovina to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Milan Martic, an officer of Serbian police, is still in prison, he has fought in Krajina for sake of survival of Serbs in Croatia. He was against the idea of ethnic cleansings, yet he is accused of those cleansings! After Gotovina cleaned Croatia from Serbs, Martic is accused of ethnic cleansings of Croatians, who are like 95% of Croatia's population now?..
