"Govts. need to discuss genocide suits"

Croatia, Prepare to Repent

The issue of genocide is not one for negotiation. Croatia has falsely tarnished the name of Serbia for two decades, accusing Serbs of a genocide that not only never took place but inventing the entire 1990s genocide tale in the hope of sweeping under the carpet the very real Croatian genocide against hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies during World War Two.

Croatia must apologize, compensate and and return home the hundreds of thousands of surviving Serbs who have been victims of Croatia's two generations of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Croatia must also do the same for those few Jews and Gypsies who managed to survive its death camps in WWII.

If the Tadic government withdraws its lawsuit against Croatia, it would be a sign that the entire suit was nothing more than an act played merely to allow a subsequent deal. The lives of our dead would then be erased twice: once by the clerico-racist NDH (WWII Croat state) and once again now by the communist era offspring now ruling Serbia (who would only be continuing their own fathers' silence about the Jasenovac death camp system).

But no matter what they do, the truth will come out in the end.

Croatia, prepare to repent.

Sincerely,

John Bosnitch
Journalist
Belgrade
john.b@imcnews.com

If the Croats had this attitude of solving problems without outside mediation (read: INTERFERENCE), the Yugoslav Wars could've been avoided. Oh well, let's hope Tadic pushes the envelope toward autonomy for Krajina in any future negotiations, starting with an apology for them holocausting Serbs in WW2 & 1995.

John Bosnitch
Journalist
Belgrade
john.b@imcnews.com
(John Bosnitch, 31 March 2010 10:25)

I think you are very naive to bring the issue of WW2, with Balkan war in 1990 . How can Serbia file a genocide law suite against Croatia for 1990, yet at same time adopt the resolution for genocide in Bosnia as a crime ,ONLY???

John,

Whether or not you agree with Serbia is irrelevant in it's attempt to offer an apology of a nation for the "crimes" of a few. The obvious truth is that it takes a proud nation to offer an apology, like a man, but it also takes the receiving nation to accept the apology and offer one back as acceptance of one's own responsibility in the mass murder of Serbian citizens as well.

We all suffered, have we not in this war? Are the deaths of Serbian women and children any less than Croatian? Did Bosnian children deserve the barrel of the rifle any more or less than the Serbian child? I hope we can all agree that the answer is obviously NO! We repeated the mistakes of our collective history in the 1990 and we continue to pay with with blood of all the innocent people, Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian Muslim.

Unless BOTH sides admit to their responsibilities, then this "apology" will remain political and not express the will of the people from each respective community. Either choose to move forward in the present, or expect the same results of the past for the future. Either we stand as ONE, or we die as three.

Genocide lawsuit? Re-name it to "Crimes Lawsuit". because since yesterday we know that there was no genocide, not 1995 and not 1941-45. So Croatia should apologize for the "crimes" in the 1940s which, of course, have been committed by individuels, but also stressing that ALL sides committed "crimes" and noone is the victim or perpetrator nation. And before we forget, we also include Germany which committed many crimes, and Turkey which committed the crime against Armenians, and of course the crimes against the Indians committed by the Spaniards and Americans.

I think you are very naive to bring the issue of WW2, with Balkan war in 1990 . How can Serbia file a genocide law suite against Croatia for 1990, yet at same time adopt the resolution for genocide in Bosnia as a crime ,ONLY???
(Kosova-USA, 31 March 2010 13:20)
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Let's see. 700,000 killed in a death camp which includes Jews and Roma as well. Women and children killed.

Then we have 8000? (debatable) killed who were only males and considered fighters.
Women and children put on buses and allowed to leave.

Which one sounds more like genocide?

That's how.

John Bosnitch
Journalist
Belgrade
john.b@imcnews.com
(John Bosnitch, 31 March 2010 10:25)

I think you are very naive to bring the issue of WW2, with Balkan war in 1990 . How can Serbia file a genocide law suite against Croatia for 1990, yet at same time adopt the resolution for genocide in Bosnia as a crime ,ONLY???

Croatia, Prepare to Repent

The issue of genocide is not one for negotiation. Croatia has falsely tarnished the name of Serbia for two decades, accusing Serbs of a genocide that not only never took place but inventing the entire 1990s genocide tale in the hope of sweeping under the carpet the very real Croatian genocide against hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies during World War Two.

Croatia must apologize, compensate and and return home the hundreds of thousands of surviving Serbs who have been victims of Croatia's two generations of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Croatia must also do the same for those few Jews and Gypsies who managed to survive its death camps in WWII.

If the Tadic government withdraws its lawsuit against Croatia, it would be a sign that the entire suit was nothing more than an act played merely to allow a subsequent deal. The lives of our dead would then be erased twice: once by the clerico-racist NDH (WWII Croat state) and once again now by the communist era offspring now ruling Serbia (who would only be continuing their own fathers' silence about the Jasenovac death camp system).

But no matter what they do, the truth will come out in the end.

Croatia, prepare to repent.

Sincerely,

John Bosnitch
Journalist
Belgrade
john.b@imcnews.com

If the Croats had this attitude of solving problems without outside mediation (read: INTERFERENCE), the Yugoslav Wars could've been avoided. Oh well, let's hope Tadic pushes the envelope toward autonomy for Krajina in any future negotiations, starting with an apology for them holocausting Serbs in WW2 & 1995.

Genocide lawsuit? Re-name it to "Crimes Lawsuit". because since yesterday we know that there was no genocide, not 1995 and not 1941-45. So Croatia should apologize for the "crimes" in the 1940s which, of course, have been committed by individuels, but also stressing that ALL sides committed "crimes" and noone is the victim or perpetrator nation. And before we forget, we also include Germany which committed many crimes, and Turkey which committed the crime against Armenians, and of course the crimes against the Indians committed by the Spaniards and Americans.

John,

Whether or not you agree with Serbia is irrelevant in it's attempt to offer an apology of a nation for the "crimes" of a few. The obvious truth is that it takes a proud nation to offer an apology, like a man, but it also takes the receiving nation to accept the apology and offer one back as acceptance of one's own responsibility in the mass murder of Serbian citizens as well.

We all suffered, have we not in this war? Are the deaths of Serbian women and children any less than Croatian? Did Bosnian children deserve the barrel of the rifle any more or less than the Serbian child? I hope we can all agree that the answer is obviously NO! We repeated the mistakes of our collective history in the 1990 and we continue to pay with with blood of all the innocent people, Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian Muslim.

Unless BOTH sides admit to their responsibilities, then this "apology" will remain political and not express the will of the people from each respective community. Either choose to move forward in the present, or expect the same results of the past for the future. Either we stand as ONE, or we die as three.

I think you are very naive to bring the issue of WW2, with Balkan war in 1990 . How can Serbia file a genocide law suite against Croatia for 1990, yet at same time adopt the resolution for genocide in Bosnia as a crime ,ONLY???
(Kosova-USA, 31 March 2010 13:20)
=======================

Let's see. 700,000 killed in a death camp which includes Jews and Roma as well. Women and children killed.

Then we have 8000? (debatable) killed who were only males and considered fighters.
Women and children put on buses and allowed to leave.

Which one sounds more like genocide?

That's how.