Bosnian official cancels trip over prison visit

let Silazdic make his prison visit- and keep him there for the next 35 years as a war criminal.

What a nonsense, to cancel a state visit because of not being allowed to visit a war criminal in prison.

But that's Bosnia, the country where war criminals are even returned home with an official aircraft after their stay in prison has ended.

Boris Tadic be very careful how you deal with this issue. To allow a head of State of another country to visit a convicted war criminal legitimizing that criminal’s actions in Tuzla for the murder of JNA soldiers during the war of the 1990s.
If the Serb authorities allow this to take place then Serbia is not worth defending on any front.

So now we know the reason why...

Silajdzic never learned the proper democratic attitude and it looks like he will never change.

Is it more important to improve links with your neighbours, to represent your country and all its people.

Or it is more important to satisfy some desire to justify your position from more than a decade ago and to impress 'patriotic' Bosnian Muslum voters at home?

You have to question the justification for a head of state visiting a convicted war criminal. It's unacceptable and gives the message that Silajdzic in some way condones the crime.

"There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era."

Nonsense. Serbia is the balkan country that changed most, compared to some neighbour countries/"country" like especially Bosnia, to some extend Croatia, and of course not to forget the independent dream state of Kosovo.

I'm talking about the current Serbian government, not for every political party there.

Unbelievable. A head of state cancels an official state visit because he cannot visit a convicted war criminal. This can only come out of Bosniak muslims, or some third world black hole. Keep glorifying your criminals, Haris, your true colors evident.

There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era. Both are hardline nationalists fighting a regional war but with different mean to make every place where there Is a Serbian grave Serbian. About time world wake up and realize who Tadic and Jeremic really are. No Bosnjak official should visit Serbia until Serbia have arrested and sentenced all those who have committed war crimes and genocide against innocent Bosnjaks. I must say it was a very bad idea for Haris Silajdžić to even make an appointment for a visit.

I've never heard of such a thing in my life. Such a permission should have been forbidden from the beginning.

# There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era. Both are hardline nationalists fighting a regional war but with different mean to make every place where there Is a Serbian grave Serbian. About time world wake up and realize who Tadic and Jeremic really are. No Bosnjak official should visit Serbia until Serbia have arrested and sentenced all those who have committed war crimes and genocide against innocent Bosnjaks. I must say it was a very bad idea for Haris Silajdžić to even make an appointment for a visit.
(A, 26 May 2010 12:52)

tadic and jeremic are both rigid nationalists, probably more authentic nationalists than slobo. but then like most politicians, they say what they think will be well accepted. they more or less (actually, less) moderate their messages to the intl's, and go full throttle to the home audience. rev up the masses, to keep them from asking too many questions, like: what are you doing for us, aside from force feeding nationalism? most serbs go along, w more or less enthusiasm, sad to say, along w their media. intellectual dissidents and others are simply marginalized, made invisible and fairly powerless. sad.

during the aggression against bosnia, the other side always said "bad things on all sides." "equal, schmequal." (yes, there is such a word :)) by the time these "JNA" (serbian terror troops) were killed, the jna and their various associates had been ramming genocide throughout bosnia (and of course croatia), and these troops were heading to join them. after the "JNA" were gone from tuzla, the city was surrounded, under fire for years (not as consistently as sarajevo) and in just one day some 70+ young people were murdered with one of those nice "jna" shells. and on and on and on.

but why talk about that when you can hide behind "all sides did bad things"?

there is no question that these troops were victims but the blood lies directly on the hands of milosevic and his many willing executioners.

the great transformation of serbia that we were praying and fighting for has yet to take place, i prefer to say it that way. meanwhile they harbor the worst mass murdering war criminals, and cover up mass graves, whenever possible. thanks, A, for not giving up or giving in, despite the odds and the utterly unequal playing field. keep it up!

roberto
frisco

There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era. Both are hardline nationalists fighting a regional war but with different mean to make every place where there Is a Serbian grave Serbian. About time world wake up and realize who Tadic and Jeremic really are. No Bosnjak official should visit Serbia until Serbia have arrested and sentenced all those who have committed war crimes and genocide against innocent Bosnjaks. I must say it was a very bad idea for Haris Silajdžić to even make an appointment for a visit.

let Silazdic make his prison visit- and keep him there for the next 35 years as a war criminal.

What a nonsense, to cancel a state visit because of not being allowed to visit a war criminal in prison.

But that's Bosnia, the country where war criminals are even returned home with an official aircraft after their stay in prison has ended.

Boris Tadic be very careful how you deal with this issue. To allow a head of State of another country to visit a convicted war criminal legitimizing that criminal’s actions in Tuzla for the murder of JNA soldiers during the war of the 1990s.
If the Serb authorities allow this to take place then Serbia is not worth defending on any front.

So now we know the reason why...

Silajdzic never learned the proper democratic attitude and it looks like he will never change.

Is it more important to improve links with your neighbours, to represent your country and all its people.

Or it is more important to satisfy some desire to justify your position from more than a decade ago and to impress 'patriotic' Bosnian Muslum voters at home?

"There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era."

Nonsense. Serbia is the balkan country that changed most, compared to some neighbour countries/"country" like especially Bosnia, to some extend Croatia, and of course not to forget the independent dream state of Kosovo.

I'm talking about the current Serbian government, not for every political party there.

Unbelievable. A head of state cancels an official state visit because he cannot visit a convicted war criminal. This can only come out of Bosniak muslims, or some third world black hole. Keep glorifying your criminals, Haris, your true colors evident.

You have to question the justification for a head of state visiting a convicted war criminal. It's unacceptable and gives the message that Silajdzic in some way condones the crime.

# There is no difference between today’s Serbia and the Serbia of Milosevic era. Both are hardline nationalists fighting a regional war but with different mean to make every place where there Is a Serbian grave Serbian. About time world wake up and realize who Tadic and Jeremic really are. No Bosnjak official should visit Serbia until Serbia have arrested and sentenced all those who have committed war crimes and genocide against innocent Bosnjaks. I must say it was a very bad idea for Haris Silajdžić to even make an appointment for a visit.
(A, 26 May 2010 12:52)

tadic and jeremic are both rigid nationalists, probably more authentic nationalists than slobo. but then like most politicians, they say what they think will be well accepted. they more or less (actually, less) moderate their messages to the intl's, and go full throttle to the home audience. rev up the masses, to keep them from asking too many questions, like: what are you doing for us, aside from force feeding nationalism? most serbs go along, w more or less enthusiasm, sad to say, along w their media. intellectual dissidents and others are simply marginalized, made invisible and fairly powerless. sad.

during the aggression against bosnia, the other side always said "bad things on all sides." "equal, schmequal." (yes, there is such a word :)) by the time these "JNA" (serbian terror troops) were killed, the jna and their various associates had been ramming genocide throughout bosnia (and of course croatia), and these troops were heading to join them. after the "JNA" were gone from tuzla, the city was surrounded, under fire for years (not as consistently as sarajevo) and in just one day some 70+ young people were murdered with one of those nice "jna" shells. and on and on and on.

but why talk about that when you can hide behind "all sides did bad things"?

there is no question that these troops were victims but the blood lies directly on the hands of milosevic and his many willing executioners.

the great transformation of serbia that we were praying and fighting for has yet to take place, i prefer to say it that way. meanwhile they harbor the worst mass murdering war criminals, and cover up mass graves, whenever possible. thanks, A, for not giving up or giving in, despite the odds and the utterly unequal playing field. keep it up!

roberto
frisco

I've never heard of such a thing in my life. Such a permission should have been forbidden from the beginning.