Comments on: UPDATED: NATO Socks It To The Serbs, For a Change

By: George B

George B — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:46:43 +0000

See “The Weight of Chains”
http://www.weightofchains.com

“The Weight of Chains” is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state – Yugoslavia. The film, bursting with rare stock footage never before seen by Western audiences, is a creative first-hand look at why the West intervened in the Yugoslav conflict, with an impressive roster of interviews with academics, diplomats, media personalities and ordinary citizens of the former Yugoslav republics.

The film began with production in late 2009 in several cities throughout Canada including Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto, continued in early 2010 in the United States – Columbus, Dayton, New York and Washington, and was finalized in the Summer of 2010 in Slovenia – Ljubljana; Croatia – Vukovar, Djakovo, Jasenovac, Zagreb, Gospic, Knin; Bosnia-Herzegovina – Sarajevo, Trebinje; Serbia – Belgrade, Subotica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Trepca, Pristina, Orahovac, Prizren and Strpce. “The Weight Of Chains” was completed in October 2010.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:34:23 +0000

Thank you Dennis, 8PM on the west coast is ten in Oklahoma and I was a bit tired. Most people think of NAFTA as a treaty with Mexico, but forget that Canada is part of it. That said, I have to agree with Nebojsa Malic on the word ’empire’ Obama is now making ‘pronouncements on high’ “The King of Tunisa must go; The president of Egypt must go; The Leader of Libya must go. I think I missed a couple of other pronouncements about other countries. I know he made a pronouncement about the president of Syria but I don’t think he has guts enough to try kicking him out. Russia stands behind him, as they do Iran. But, the emperor still waxes strong. My apologies to the people of Serbia, this is not my desire for my country.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:47:27 +0000

Some additional information…

http://www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=2726

ps: Robert, I believe you’re thinking NAFTA – NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT – It was in additions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement – and it includes Mexico. More-over, yesterday on FOX, the intended pipeline route from Canada to Texas refineries was shown and it was stated that 40% of U.S. consumption could be supplied via the tar sand oil.

I’d prefer my money to go to Canada.

By: Nebojsa Malic

Nebojsa Malic — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:28:05 +0000

It’s not about money or natural resources; those are just icing on the cake, nice to have but unimportant. It’s about power. By dismantling Yugoslavia, the U.S. (or rather, Empire, as I prefer saying) sought to rid itself of the restraints of international law. The clear parallel is how the U.S. government always asserts new domestic powers in a crisis, and there constantly seems to be a crisis going on (what a remarkable “coincidence”!).
I think the Serbs were picked because they were tagged as surrogate Russians, and were the only people in Eastern Europe not to come running to NATO bowing and scraping, but rather insisted to be treated as a sovereign nation. That the lickspittles chosen as allies in the region had done the exact same thing for Hitler 70 years ago was conveniently ignored; after all, policymakers in Washington only care about the desired End of History, not the actual history…

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:59:04 +0000

Unfortunately, it is not about the money and the oil. If it were, we could define and understand what is happening. Those are red herrings; the US has for years been making strange decisions that don’t compute. We are fickle, one day Libya is our buddy, the next day, we are sending troops. Canada has offered us the Oil Sands at a reduced price. Obama and Congress are ignoring their NAPHA (I think) partner and it looks like China will get the contract while we keep buying oil from Saudi Arabia. The only reason I see for it is that the oil refineries are in Texas, a Republican state. Which begs the question; why are we so bound and determined to give Serbia to Albanians? It doesn’t make sense. If I were a citizen in another country and saw an American coming down the road, the first thing I would do is run.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:52:06 +0000

As far back as 1990 Congress apparently wanted to encourage the breakup of Yugoslavia. From HR5114, Congress prohibited funds to assist Yugoslavia until and unless they held elections in each of the Yugoslav republics presumably to encourage nationalists and separatists. This law was passed in 1990, six years after the LA Olympics in which Yugoslavia defied the Soviet led boycott and attended. Yugoslavia was routinely held up as a model nation and we even allowed them to export Yugos to us. Why the sudden turn against them?

By: Jacques Mare

Jacques Mare — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:43:17 +0000

mmm…

It is interesting how pariah-regimes are ‘allowed’ to exist and to ‘prosper’ with the ‘permission’ of the UN and its money-partners, until – of course – they either bite the hand that feeds them, or, they’ve overstay their welcome…

As an example:
Ghadaffi (Libie) and
the Afrikaners of South Africa…

It is said that when Ghadaffi visited South Africa, he was quoted saying:

“How could they (the Afrikaner) just give up all of this….(in reference to FW De Klerks treachery)

…today, we know why…

‘It’s all about the money..or the oil..’