Dear GK,
Jonathan here, the author of this piece.
A quick response to your two posts:
There is no dispute that the Serbs were Ethnically Cleansed from the Krajina . Unlike the temporarily displaced Kosovar Albanians, the Serbs of Eastern Croatia and Kosovo have been permanently expelled.
Since you cite Wikipedia, please note the definition of “Ethnic Cleansing” below and the fact that the Ethnic Cleansing of the Krajina Serbs is a listed instance:
“Ethnic cleansing defies easy definition. At one end it is virtually indistinguishable from forced emigration and population exchange while at the other it merges with deportation and genocide. At the most general level, however, ethnic cleansing can be understood as the expulsion of a population from a given territory. (See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing#Definitions )
Regarding the Yugoslav wars, it is a common claim that Serbia “started” 4 wars. This betrays a fundamental ignorance about what actually happened.
I invite you review this article, one of a great series, that gives a quick overview of what happened:
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/media_analysis/2006/03/18/the_origin.html
You invite us to remember war crimes and massacres committed by Serbs – the same crimes everyone knows about – yet you fail to remind us that Serbs were also victims of massacres, Ethnic Cleansing and unjust bombardment. You are living proof of the widespread success of anti-Serbian propaganda and the Western public’s widespread ignorance of what really happened in Yugoslavia.
If you are claiming that ALL Serbs are somehow culpable for the acts of Bosnian Serb forces then I invite you to support that with arguments. As to my “dishonesty”, I invite you to show me a single instance where I am even factually wrong, not to mention penning falsehoods.
You might ask yourself how sure you are what you think you now about Serbs and Serbia. Could it be that you are just another victim of the Flat Earth News? I sure was about Serbia and I am damned sure I am about many matters where my information is based only on press reports. Is it possible that it is you, not me, who is signed up to the false version of history? Have the courage to ask yourself these questions honestly and educate yourself on these matters. I suspect what you learn may shock you.
