From: cicic@cc.uow.edu.au (muris cicic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: Re: Canada's voice in Bosnia Conflict (General Lewis MacKenzie)
Date: 31 Aug 92 02:11:28 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong

sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes:

>Muris Cicic (cicic@cc.uow.edu.au) writes:
>)Gen. Mackenzie has done
>)everything in his power to save the Serbs.  Why he's  done that, history
>)will tell us, hopefully.  No human being after month spent in Sarajevo would
>)claim what he claims.

>And yet he has spent a month a Sarajevo this summer. Have you?

So what?  I don't get your point.  My mother is there, and my father, and 
sister, and many other people.  And let me tell you that my soul is there.
All of them told me about being considered white mices or experimental ants
from General and his people.  Who were well protected, fed, and totally
ignorant for civilian sufferings.  they played politicians all the time .

>)And don't forget, in one moment he was a "prisoner"
>)in Lukavica barracks  for 72 hours.  He later stated being forcefully kept
>)due to security reasons.  What that period produced, some compromising photos,
>)or large amount of money,

>Sure. And this is true for any other military advisor as well
>who are discouraging military operations?

There is no need for you being cynical.  Every day in Sarajevo ten, twenty,
sometimes hundred are killed.  It appears General and you are quite happy
with it.  Or, you are doing exactly what is necessary to prevent any 
efficient solution for that.  With your position, you participate in what is
going on there. 

General MacKenzie's position is unattainable from any human or political
consideration.  He is allegedly suspicious for:
- he never accused Serbs for ruthless shelling of civilian targets,
- he kept talking about "waring sides" for situation which whole world
  (UN, CSNA, media) defined as a brutal agression against basically unarmed
  people,
- he tried to justify Serbian position from "military" point of view, 
  claiming that being provoked, they must respond,
- he activelly helped in spreading rubbish propaganda about "new Vietnam",
  Serbian brave fighters holding ten German divisions in WWII, and other
  lies and myts, ( I reffered you to TIME, you seemed to ignore it)
- he participated in for that war designed propganda about unbelivable hatred
  as a trait of region and people there.  The proofs were typical Serbian
  stupidities, anyway designed for TV Belgrade auditorium, since its logic
  is hardly holding any sense in.  Our hatred is not in any sense differnt 
  from your hatred for people that kill your brother, sister...
- he didn't spare ability, time and all effort to advertise futility of any
  EFFICIENT help to Bosnia all along world media. His appearence before US
  Congress didn't contain anything Milosevic's appearence would'nt claim too,

And so on.  What you definitely don't understand is that we are all faced
with political concept.  That concept is very close to Hitler's fascism,
with some specific hystorical and circumstantial elements.  And this war
has nothing with Serbs, Croats and Moslems.  Who are all good and bad like
anyone else.  Why they didn't negotiate with Hitler in 1943, 1944... That
would have saved many lives.  I would like someone rape your daughter, kill
your parents, occupy your house.  And then having me advise you about 
peacefull solution, negotiation, sincere motives of killer and rapist...
Sorry, I wouldn't like that happen to anyone.

The situation couldn't be resolved without total defeat of political concept
that originated current war on Balkan.  Idiots like Chamberlaine, Carington,
Bush, Mitterand, Major, MacKenzie and others are not on the level of
hystorical responsibility, they are wrong people on right positions.  Apart
from fate of Bosnian people, that will be directed by their will, the
political madness in Belgrade have to be crushed forcefully.  That madness
is vulnerable, for it is based on evil sensations, urge for violence, 
killing, raping, looting.  It can be destroyed easylly.  But, every time
some Cutillero claims that intervention is unacceptable, the killers around
Sarajevo use to celebrate it in their way.  With hundreds of new shells.  And
you are outraged again, but refusing military intervention.  Because of it
means new killing; like with 'old' killing you used to live.

Muris Cicic

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