Very bad things happened in Kosovo, and we are going to pay for that. The quotation starts off with the strong we have to accept the facts , a seemingly forthright acceptance of responsibility. But the blurry next sentence is the real heart of the message. In fact by the end it has rhetorically set up Serbs as victims, not aggressors. Politics is full of such obfuscation.
Education takes place.
That chillingly bland statement could be Exhibit 1 in how to duck moral responsibility for one's actions. Hackett Publishing, 2001. All rights reserved.