{"id":313,"date":"2010-10-24T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premesso.newcontrarian.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2010-10-24T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T11:20:09","slug":"two-more-bosnia-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premesso.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"More on Bosnia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s turning out to be a Bosnia-focused weekend here.<\/p>\n

Marko Hoare has an excellent and sober assessment of Angelina Jolie’s Bosnia “imbroglio” up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know, the British left often has an odd — to say the least — way of viewing the Balkan Wars. \u00a0Mainly it consists of lionizing Milosevic as some kind of “anti-imperialist” simply because he was able to get his country bombed by NATO. \u00a0This<\/a> is an old article from Indymedia Ireland <\/em>that explores some of the myths and flat-out denying that go on amongst some British leftists when they discuss the Balkans. \u00a0It should serve as a useful warning for a treacherous path to “sinister idiocy” that sadly continues to influence thinking on the region.<\/p>\n

Finally, it seems that Greek nationalists have managed to clean the internet of any photos of their paramilitary unit, the Greek Volunteer Guards, with Karadzic and the Bosnian Serb leadership. \u00a0But fear not, Takis Mikas’ intriguing book Unholy Alliance <\/a><\/em>is up on Google Books<\/a>. \u00a0 The above photo is from it. \u00a0It’s worth pointing out he’s being sued for <\/a>for stating that the Greeks were in Srebrenica, and it’s further worth pointing out what the name<\/a> of the organization that’s suing him is. And here’s Hoare on the same issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s turning out to be a Bosnia-focused weekend here. Marko Hoare has an excellent and sober assessment of Angelina Jolie’s Bosnia “imbroglio” up here. For those who don’t know, the British left often has an odd — to say the least — way of viewing the Balkan Wars. \u00a0Mainly it consists of lionizing Milosevic as … <\/p>\n

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