Seanus: You know my take on that, Torny. I don't defend wrongdoing. It's rather ironic that we were hit when the Brits did little for the peace process and much for stirring things up. Well the stiring up didn't happen on the ground, well as far as i know and have been informed, if the politicians want to play willy waving games with the Serbs then so be it.
Seanus: There are Scots and Welshmen in the British Army so I don't see any enslaving going on, unless we enslave ourselves ;0 ;) i think you know what i was driving at :)
Seanus: The point is, you ruffle their feathers in the Balkans and they'll react. i think a lot of shite had already hit alot of fans before we went anywhere near the Balkans, that is for sure, if they want to blame us or any other outside influence then let them, theya re searching for scape goats.
Seanus: Just don't believe all the media accounts you read I haven't actually read that many, most of the stuff i hear about what went on was from people who were actually there, granted they are all British but at least they were on the ground. They heard and had to stand and watch some of the worst abuse of humans your ever likely to see, they've been involved in near scrapes (life threatening) and encounters with Serbian forces who were supposed to be 'giving them right of passage'
I cannot name anybody involved for obvious reasons, Somebody i know still has his blue helmet with UN written on it in white letters with a dent in it where a deflected bullet hit it. Anothe guy still has and always will have a dodgy knee because of Serb soldiers dressed like Partizans attacked a UN roadblock, i also have a family member who witnessed alot of the clensing. So sorry if i'm a little one sided now and again, its just one of the reasons i hate to hear 'your taking in all the media propaganda'
szkotja2007: Well actually............ now hang on a second :) were talking about the Serbs in the past 15 years, not the English god knows how long ago :) The world was a much much different place when what your talking about occured. I mean the best tactics were to line up in a field and run at each other with axes, swords and shields :):)
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