Sunday, March 12, 2006
NOW AIN'T THAT A SERBIAN SHAME!
Slobodan Milosevic has died in prison without being convicted of a single crime against humanity despite the fact that over 200,000 former Yugoslavs died in his ethno-politico wars against his own citizenry. History will never record that the United States of America did anything significant to stay Milosevic's bloody hand .... which bloody hand has just flipped us the ultimate bird.
*****
As a nation, we do not appear to have any major issues with genocidal activies beyond our porous borders. Always too late ... with too little. And what's up with holierenthou PBS and the program about the Turkish genocide of the Armenians. PBS is said to be forcing a follow-on program to be aired that challenges whether or not this genocide really ever occured. When I was a child (some sixty years ago) it was known to have occured. In the intervening decades, Turkey has become some sort of ally of the U.S. and this 'knowing about the slaughter' has eroded away to the point where it flirts with becoming a fantasy. In this instance, PBS seems to be participating in the de-gutting of America.
And let us not forget the
As a nation, we do not appear to have any major issues with genocidal activies beyond our porous borders. Always too late ... with too little. And what's up with holierenthou PBS and the program about the Turkish genocide of the Armenians. PBS is said to be forcing a follow-on program to be aired that challenges whether or not this genocide really ever occured. When I was a child (some sixty years ago) it was known to have occured. In the intervening decades, Turkey has become some sort of ally of the U.S. and this 'knowing about the slaughter' has eroded away to the point where it flirts with becoming a fantasy. In this instance, PBS seems to be participating in the de-gutting of America.
And let us not forget the
JANJAWEED,
those fine Arab Sudanese militia fellows who are systematically cleansing the Darfur area of black tribes. There is a link here on this site to a blog that was being written by a young lady who was a relief worker in Darfur. Her organization has transferred her out of there and, with apologies, she has closed down her blogging. President George Bush has yet to pay noticeable attention to this on-going genocide. Nicholas Kristof is still writing about it in the New York Times and has just made another trip there. He writes today, "Bill O'Reilly refused to join me on this trip, passing up the $727,000 that my readers had pledged to sponsor his trip to Darfur. But Ann Curry of the "Today" show and a top-notch NBC crew did travel with me on this trip ..... If you want to break your heart, watch her reports beginning tomorrow."
Waiting for a Janjaweed bullet.
As a Nation, we are nowhere to be found on the issue of genocide. Maybe, like torture, it's a tool our Administration likes to keep handy under the table ... just in case we need it ourselves.
# posted by Clear Creek Girl : 10:39 AM
