Photographs emerge of Mladić in custody

Listen, let´s straighten out the facts, forensic evidence tells us that 2000 (not 7000, 8000 or NATO´s first propaganda figures about some 50,000, obviously for American consumption) died at Srebrenica.That is a fact. Western media and Otpor-commentators (Hallo Bganon!)here engaged in photo-porn, may note like it but it is an established fact. only some 20 of them had been shot at close range. The rest, a mix of soldiers and other combatants and civilians from both sides. That is not "genocide" in a civil war, mind you, killing Afghans and Iraqis and 1800 Gazans with white phosphorous is.

About the pictures: He is a handsome man in whatever condition and a legend in his own time, war heroes always is, soon to be "suicided" in the now NATO, former Nazi, dungeon in Haag

Lets see if the Hague can provide Mladic with better medical treatment, stay open for a few more years and cost the NATO countries at the forefront of its funding another 1 billion euros. It will be an expensive trial and I suspect he will likely die during it.

FREEDOM

It's too bad that Mladic wasn't down in Kosovo keeping the peace between the Albanians and Serbians.

That's not Mladic, it's Dennis Hopper....

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhVuFruvP4bsRCUEl2fDgLMuFzfSwhSMCaIiV3Sjld2H-zIYug

From a realpolitik perspective its vital that Serbia sends him to the Hague now and that the Hague begins the prosecution process against Mladic.

To both the Serbian government and the Hague Mladic's health is irrelevent.

To clarify I'm not saying Mladic is too ill to stand trial, I don't know how fit or not he is. What I am stating is the minimum that is 'expected' of Serbia and the tribunal.

I do find it unlikely that the trial will be completed though.

BTW anybody care to comment on the picture?

Many people in the Serbian section (the majority of whom do not support him) say they wouldn't recognise him if they saw him in public.

To my mind he does look like him, but if I saw him I would more than likely think it was a man that looked like him rather than the man himself.

It is odd the way that age has mellowed his features. The pictures we have from wartime show a man with cunning, piercing eyes and well fed face. He seemed strong, powerful and merciless.

This Ratko Mladic seems to lack authority and strength (even in the eyes where one can usually still see steely determination in the elderly).

Perhaps it (the war) really is 'long gone' in his mind and he doesn't think of it, or that it feels as if it happened to somebody else. Or maybe he has lost something of his mental faculties?

It will be interesting to see more pictures...

Seeing him in this situation makes you believe that there's a God after all.

Looking the way he does, I can see why he didn't need any disguises. Being out of the spotlight for 16 years not only makes people forget about him, but the aging itself makes him look like any ordinary deda walking down the street.

As just stated in my comment "Tadić calls claims govt. knew where Mladić was "rubbish""

That he is to ill to be treated in Belgrade and therefor (for money) handed over to the EU.

The EU & US kept their pressure on Belgrade and they gave in, twice (Milosevis & Mladic).

Treason, good politics, no healt care in Belgrade, ...

Whatever the reason, the butcher of Srebrenica is/will be standing trial.

Tung

Or maybe he has lost something of his mental faculties?
(bganon, 27 May 2011 13:25)
It appears this would be the reason he looks the way he does. If it is true what his son told reporters that Mladic had two strokes than I would not be surprised with his looks. He does indeed look demented in comparison with the war general.
It would be ironic if he did not even remember what he did in the nineties.
Nature can be cruel to all, even the victims of Mladic...

Lets see if the Hague can provide Mladic with better medical treatment, stay open for a few more years and cost the NATO countries at the forefront of its funding another 1 billion euros. It will be an expensive trial and I suspect he will likely die during it.
(Zoran, 27 May 2011 11:06)

Yes Zoran, let us hope he does not make it to trial. However, no matter how long the trial lasts, let the costs be passed on to Serbia. This can be made another condition for joining the EU. You see, two can play the same game.

''Listen, let´s straighten out the facts, forensic evidence tells us that 2000 (not 7000, 8000 or NATO´s first propaganda figures about some 50,000, obviously for American consumption) died at Srebrenica.That is a fact. ''

Do you read your post? It does not actually matter how many you kill, if you kill them in front of the entire village and worldwide broadcast, it is both an act of terror and genocide or ethnical cleansing. Killing 2000 men of the SAME village is still an obvious act of genocide.

Yes Zoran, let us hope he does not make it to trial. However, no matter how long the trial lasts, let the costs be passed on to Serbia. This can be made another condition for joining the EU. You see, two can play the same game.
(Thomas Hanks, 27 May 2011 21:03)
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You'd like that wouldn't you?
No, it's going to cost them and they will squeeze more out of all of us to pay for it and if you live in a western country that means you as well.
I am guessing you will be more than happy to even lose your house to pay for this trial. You might get your wish as global crisis continues.

It's too bad that Mladic wasn't down in Kosovo keeping the peace between the Albanians and Serbians.
(Another Canadian Serb, 27 May 2011 15:16)

It's too bad all the Serb drafter dodgers in Canada were not sent to Kosovo along with Mladic so there would be no need for a trial.

As just stated in my comment "Tadić calls claims govt. knew where Mladić was "rubbish""

That he is to ill to be treated in Belgrade and therefor (for money) handed over to the EU.

The EU & US kept their pressure on Belgrade and they gave in, twice (Milosevis & Mladic).

Treason, good politics, no healt care in Belgrade, ...

Whatever the reason, the butcher of Srebrenica is/will be standing trial.

Tung

Seeing him in this situation makes you believe that there's a God after all.

FREEDOM

It's too bad that Mladic wasn't down in Kosovo keeping the peace between the Albanians and Serbians.

From a realpolitik perspective its vital that Serbia sends him to the Hague now and that the Hague begins the prosecution process against Mladic.

To both the Serbian government and the Hague Mladic's health is irrelevent.

To clarify I'm not saying Mladic is too ill to stand trial, I don't know how fit or not he is. What I am stating is the minimum that is 'expected' of Serbia and the tribunal.

I do find it unlikely that the trial will be completed though.

BTW anybody care to comment on the picture?

Many people in the Serbian section (the majority of whom do not support him) say they wouldn't recognise him if they saw him in public.

To my mind he does look like him, but if I saw him I would more than likely think it was a man that looked like him rather than the man himself.

It is odd the way that age has mellowed his features. The pictures we have from wartime show a man with cunning, piercing eyes and well fed face. He seemed strong, powerful and merciless.

This Ratko Mladic seems to lack authority and strength (even in the eyes where one can usually still see steely determination in the elderly).

Perhaps it (the war) really is 'long gone' in his mind and he doesn't think of it, or that it feels as if it happened to somebody else. Or maybe he has lost something of his mental faculties?

It will be interesting to see more pictures...

Lets see if the Hague can provide Mladic with better medical treatment, stay open for a few more years and cost the NATO countries at the forefront of its funding another 1 billion euros. It will be an expensive trial and I suspect he will likely die during it.
(Zoran, 27 May 2011 11:06)

Yes Zoran, let us hope he does not make it to trial. However, no matter how long the trial lasts, let the costs be passed on to Serbia. This can be made another condition for joining the EU. You see, two can play the same game.

Lets see if the Hague can provide Mladic with better medical treatment, stay open for a few more years and cost the NATO countries at the forefront of its funding another 1 billion euros. It will be an expensive trial and I suspect he will likely die during it.

Listen, let´s straighten out the facts, forensic evidence tells us that 2000 (not 7000, 8000 or NATO´s first propaganda figures about some 50,000, obviously for American consumption) died at Srebrenica.That is a fact. Western media and Otpor-commentators (Hallo Bganon!)here engaged in photo-porn, may note like it but it is an established fact. only some 20 of them had been shot at close range. The rest, a mix of soldiers and other combatants and civilians from both sides. That is not "genocide" in a civil war, mind you, killing Afghans and Iraqis and 1800 Gazans with white phosphorous is.

About the pictures: He is a handsome man in whatever condition and a legend in his own time, war heroes always is, soon to be "suicided" in the now NATO, former Nazi, dungeon in Haag

That's not Mladic, it's Dennis Hopper....

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhVuFruvP4bsRCUEl2fDgLMuFzfSwhSMCaIiV3Sjld2H-zIYug

Or maybe he has lost something of his mental faculties?
(bganon, 27 May 2011 13:25)
It appears this would be the reason he looks the way he does. If it is true what his son told reporters that Mladic had two strokes than I would not be surprised with his looks. He does indeed look demented in comparison with the war general.
It would be ironic if he did not even remember what he did in the nineties.
Nature can be cruel to all, even the victims of Mladic...

It's too bad that Mladic wasn't down in Kosovo keeping the peace between the Albanians and Serbians.
(Another Canadian Serb, 27 May 2011 15:16)

It's too bad all the Serb drafter dodgers in Canada were not sent to Kosovo along with Mladic so there would be no need for a trial.

Looking the way he does, I can see why he didn't need any disguises. Being out of the spotlight for 16 years not only makes people forget about him, but the aging itself makes him look like any ordinary deda walking down the street.

''Listen, let´s straighten out the facts, forensic evidence tells us that 2000 (not 7000, 8000 or NATO´s first propaganda figures about some 50,000, obviously for American consumption) died at Srebrenica.That is a fact. ''

Do you read your post? It does not actually matter how many you kill, if you kill them in front of the entire village and worldwide broadcast, it is both an act of terror and genocide or ethnical cleansing. Killing 2000 men of the SAME village is still an obvious act of genocide.

Yes Zoran, let us hope he does not make it to trial. However, no matter how long the trial lasts, let the costs be passed on to Serbia. This can be made another condition for joining the EU. You see, two can play the same game.
(Thomas Hanks, 27 May 2011 21:03)
===============================

You'd like that wouldn't you?
No, it's going to cost them and they will squeeze more out of all of us to pay for it and if you live in a western country that means you as well.
I am guessing you will be more than happy to even lose your house to pay for this trial. You might get your wish as global crisis continues.