What happened to the American "Just bomb them" approach?*
From Reuters, January 8:
Two F-16 fighter jets will fly over Bosnia on Monday to underline U.S. support for its territorial integrity against "secessionist activity" by Serbs at odds with the country's 1990s Dayton peace accords, the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo said.
The overflight will be part of bilateral air-to-ground training conducted along with Bosnia´s national armed forces in areas of the Balkan country's north not controlled by Serbs, the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo said in a statement.
An embassy statement referred to renewed separatist agitation by Milorad Dodik, the nationalist, pro-Russian leader of Bosnia's post-war Serb region who has long called for it to secede and join its neighbouring ally Serbia.....
The 78 day NATO bombathon of Yugoslavia that started on March 24, 1999 was a pretty big deal, at least for the people under the rubble. I admit I was a bit distracted by the historic 1995 - 2000 run in the Nasdaq and didn't see pictures like this at the time:
Last seen in March 2022's "Spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU Speaks on a Question Concerning NATO Leader’s Remarks on China"
From The Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union:
2022-03-17 03:16Q: According to reports, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that any support to Russia, military support or any other type of support, would actually help Russia conduct a brutal war against an independent sovereign nation, Ukraine, and help them to continue to wage war which is causing death, suffering and an enormous amount of destruction. He also claimed that China has an obligation as a member of the UN Security Council to actually support and uphold international law and join the rest of the world condemning Russia’s invasion. What is your comment?
A: We have taken note of relevant remarks. Chinese people can fully relate to the pains and sufferings of other countries because we will never forget who had bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We need no lecture on justice from the abuser of international law. As a Cold War remnant and the world’s largest military alliance, NATO continues to expand its geographical scope and range of operations. What kind of role it has played in world peace and stability? NATO needs to have good reflection.
http://www.chinamission.be/eng/fyrjh/202203/t20220317_10652463.htm
Note to self: don't ever let the Chinese take the moral high ground. They will take it and rub your nose in it. Forever.
