'I will not shed any tears for him': Holbrooke on Milosevic

[Gman]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Richard Holbrooke, the former US negotiator for the ex-Yugoslavia, said he would not shed any tears for the late
Slobodan Milosevic, whom he called a "sociopath."


"I spent more time with Milosevic probably than any other westerner; I'm not going to shed any tears for him," he told CNN.

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"He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone," Holbrooke added.

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Negotiations between US special envoy Holbrooke, who helped broker the Dayton accords, and Milosevic failed to end the impasse over the situation in Kosovo and by the end of the 1990s the US and Britain were actively lobbying their partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to launch air strikes against Serbia.

With Milosevic refusing to budge,
NATO on March 23, 1999 gave the go-ahead for air strikes on Serbia which lasted 11 weeks and eventually led to Milosevic's ouster.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060311/pl_afp/warcrimesyugomilosevic_060311200747

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For anybody that wants a quick summary history of how and why we bombed Serbia and why it is not the same thing as going it alone as we did in Iraq, this article describes it.

[OKNancy]

1. Thanks for posting this

Holbrooke is one of the good guys.

[Terran1212]

2. "going it alone" BS rhetoric imo

Same Kerryish rhetoric that talks about war as a good thing as long as you have partners in crime.

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[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

4. Him and me both n/t

[pinniped]

5. No one is asking him to.

* and his buddies belong in the ficking Hague. They are killers that so far, have escaped justice.