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Right, US stood up for Bosnians for the goodness of their hearts, not to weaken Serbs, historically Russian allies, and to signal Turkey and middle eastern oil
by pacija 5y ago
Right, US stood up for Bosnians for the goodness of their hearts, not to weaken Serbs, historically Russian allies, and to signal
Turkey and middle eastern oil holders "we support your foothold in Europe".
- outside1234 5y agoProbably, but it was also the right thing to do. And it was also clear nobody in Europe cared or was going to do anything, even if it was also in their craven interest. Probably didn't align with their August vacation schedule plans or something.
- pydry 5y agoThey were a little more hesitant to engage in airstrikes because they knew that Serbia would step up the ethnic cleansing if they did. & they did. The US was more concerned with there being instability in Europe than any overriding moral concerns.
- pacija 5y ago300,000 of Serbs forced out of Croatia in period from 1991 to 1995. Where were US bombs to prevent that particular ethnic cleansing?
- throwaway21_ 5y agoUS bombs landed on Croatian Serbs on multiple occasions thus enabling ethnic cleansing. But no biggie, what's small ethnic cleansing between NATO friends?
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