Tell me what are your thoughts by the fact that NATO, with Clinton in the lead, killed at least 2,000 innocent civilians in Serbia due to stray missiles and bombs? And how do you feel about the indictment of Clinton, his secretaries and all other NATO leaders to the Hague War Crimes Tribunal? During the campaign, President Clinton, Secretary Cohen, and Secretary Albright are on record with figures of between 10,000 and 100,000 missing and probably killed in consequence of the alleged plan by Milosevic, Operation Horseshoe. However, the Hague Tribunal has recently revealed that, so far, 2,108 bodies have been identified - of more than one ethnicity and dead from different causes; in short, not all Albanians massacred by Serbs. And given your defense of the past administration I guess you consider Miloševic a greater threat to his people than Saddam even though the former didn't have the weapons capability as the latter does. Did Clinton take on non-U.N.-approved military action in Kosovo? You betcha. But of course if the bombs that are falling have a "D" on them they are obviously good. If they have an "R" on them they are consequently bad. Lets display the blatant double-standard for all to see by a staunch Hollywood liberal. Mike Farrell on Kosovo: : "Think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene. I am in favor of an intervention." Mike Farrell on Iraq: "It is inappropriate for the administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war." Please. This president has made a greater effort than Clinton ever did to persuade the UN. BTW, didn't Bush recieve higher SAT scores than Al Gore?
XPac, I don't have time to delve into the meat of most of your post, but the last line appears to be invalid. An article apparently written in defense of Bush cites: But we do know that the young Bush registered a score of 1206 on the SAT, the most widely used test of college aptitude. (The more cerebral Al Gore obtained 1355.)
btw, I'm not interested in SAT/IQ scores... I think psychologists are a bunch of pedophiles, I was just curious about that particular point.
U.S., Clinton accused of war atrocities By Jeffrey T. Kuhner THE WASHINGTON TIMES The lawyer for a Croatian general indicted by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague says his client's case opens the possibility that former President Clinton will be charged with crimes against humanity for authorizing a Croatian military offensive in 1995 that recaptured territory from rebel Serbs. Top Stories "According to the unjust indictment brought against my client, there is a basis for an investigation and indictment of high-ranking Clinton administration officials who oversaw Operation Storm," said Luka Misetic, the defense attorney for Gen. Ante Gotovina. The high-ranking Croatian general was indicted in June 2001 by the prosecutor's office at the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague on charges that he exercised "command responsibility" over the military campaign in which 150 Serbian civilians were killed. Secretly supported by the Clinton administration, Croatian forces launched a three-day massive military offensive — known as "Operation Storm" — on Aug. 5, 1995 in which Croatia recovered territories occupied by rebel Serbs following Croatia's bloody drive for independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Gen. Gotovina was the military commander of Sector South of the operation, which was responsible for the capture of the rebel-held city of Knin. He is also accused of overseeing the ethnic cleansing of 150,000 Serbs who fled from Croatia during the military offensive. The United States provided military and technical assistance to Operation Storm in order to block then-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's goal of forging an ethnically pure "Greater Serbia." The Clinton administration viewed Croatia's military campaign as pivotal to tilting the strategic balance of power in the region against Serbian forces, paving the way for the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in neighboring Bosnia. However, Mr. Misetic said U.S. support and approval for the military offensive means the indictment against Gen. Gotovina could lead to the prosecution by The Hague tribunal of Mr. Clinton and other high-ranking U.S. officials on charges of having command responsibility for war crimes that were committed during the operation. "The theory against Gotovina can now be brought against Clinton, [Assistant Secretary of State Richard] Holbrooke and all the way down the U.S. chain of command. On the prosecution's logic, they should be indicted as well. They knew the attack was coming and gave it the green light," Mr. Misetic said. "The prosecutor's office is punting on an issue that is clearly there. They are claiming that ethnic cleansing took place during this operation. They are claiming that by virtue of his position, Gotovina had knowledge of war crimes. His knowledge was shared and given to him by the Pentagon," he said. Florence Hartmann, spokeswoman for chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte, said the tribunal is not challenging the legitimacy of Croatia's military offensive but individual atrocities carried out by Croatian soldiers whose actions fell under the responsibility of Gen. Gotovina. "It is not Operation Storm that is being indicted, but the crimes that were committed during and afterward," Mrs. Hartmann said. U.S. support for the operation "has to be established," she said. "I don't know that the [Clinton] administration was involved." Asked whether the prosecutor's office was planning to issue indictments against either Mr. Clinton or other administation officials, Mrs. Hartmann said: "We have no comment because there is no evidence to substantiate the charges of Gen. Gotovina's lawyers. They can make their case with evidence to the court." Mr. Misetic dismissed Mrs. Hartmann's comments as "blatant hypocrisy." -------------------------- Serbia Accuses NATO of War Crimes Published on Monday, September 18, 2000 by the Associated Press by Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE, Yugoslavia –– A Belgrade court accused President Clinton and other leaders of NATO nations of war crimes Monday in a trial intended to resurrect memories of the alliance's bombing campaign ahead of elections in Yugoslavia. Judge Veroljub Raketic faced a row of 14 empty chairs with plates bearing the names of the accused in a courtroom packed with 300 reporters and spectators. Diplomats from African countries, North Korea and Iran also attended. But it was a trial without defendants – and without witnesses. Belgrade district attorney Andrija Milutinovic opened the session by reading the names of 240 Yugoslav army soldiers, 147 Serbian policemen and 503 civilians killed in NATO airstrikes. "We have more than enough evidence for the case," he said. Yugoslavia suffered heavily in the bombing, launched last year to halt President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. The trial should serve to fan such feelings ahead of Yugoslavia's elections Sunday – a move that Milosevic supporters apparently hope will translate into votes for the incumbent president. "There is no expiration time for these crimes" Milutinovic said, meaning that if the court ordered prison terms against the accused, they could be apprehended if they come to Yugoslavia. It is unlikely, however, the trial could have any real impact on the leaders involved. No monetary damages are being sought. A group of 15 court-appointed attorneys represented the defense. Besides Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, those indicted include U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, as well as NATO's former Secretary-General Javier Solana and retired commander Gen. Wesley Clark. Last month, Milutinovic accused senior NATO officials and Western leaders of "inciting an aggressive war and committing war crimes against a civilian population." The 120-page indictment included charges of use of illegal means of warfare, attempted murder and "violation of the territorial integrity" of Yugoslavia. "The judge panel has decided to hold the trial in absentia," Raketic said in court Monday. Raketic said no witnesses would be called to testify since the list of plaintiffs included "all citizens of Yugoslavia and no courtroom was big enough to hold all witnesses." Yugoslav officials allege that NATO leaders violated international law when ordering the bombing of civilians – an act that resulted in numerous deaths, grievous bodily harm and destruction of homes and property. But discord appeared among defense attorneys Monday. "I shall demand the indictments be altered so as to separate each case – not all were equally guilty," said Miljko Zivojinovic, who is representing Solana. "Solana was only part of NATO's command chain." © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press -------------------------- Other References: International Criminal Tribunal to Investigate NATO Leaders http://arhiva.inet.co.yu/inet/d/19991110/ http://www.ihf-hr.org/kosova/ar_khc00.htm
