Serbia's shame -- Yugoslavia's shame -- one of the monsters of our modern times, is dead. Slobodan Milosevic's body was found in the detention centre at the Hague, where he was standing trial for the genocide he was responsible for inciting and perpetrating.
I remember when I was in university, this animal was considered a hero by some Serb students. He was held up as the man who protected all Serbians. Turned out that Milosevic's protection meant the destruction of everyone who wasn't a Serb. Even as the reports came out of the atrocities the Serbian army was committing in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. He may be dead, but I hope Serbians never forget their shame. They made this man. They gave him power. They are guilty for letting him loose on innocents. (Yes, the Bosnians and Croats weren't that nice either -- but Serbia was the first to start beating the drums of war.)
Update: March 12/06
I remember when I was in university, this animal was considered a hero by some Serb students. He was held up as the man who protected all Serbians. Turned out that Milosevic's protection meant the destruction of everyone who wasn't a Serb. Even as the reports came out of the atrocities the Serbian army was committing in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. He may be dead, but I hope Serbians never forget their shame. They made this man. They gave him power. They are guilty for letting him loose on innocents. (Yes, the Bosnians and Croats weren't that nice either -- but Serbia was the first to start beating the drums of war.)
Update: March 12/06
- Reuters has a report on the reaction to Milosevic's death. The reaction in Serbia is mixed, with hardline nationlists using the victim complex to their advantage -- suggesting that Milosevic was a martyr to the greater Serbian cause.
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