The Myth:U.S. saved Bosnian Muslims
The European Courier
03-Jun-2011
on June 1st,2011 

Thrown around like small change,some US officials and politicians have tried to use as legitimizing currency the claim that US intervention saved “Bosnian Muslims” (Bosniaks.) (Plenty of forums nowadays were such claim may enhance the US Governments motives,and I leave that for others to debate.) Being less indifferent or even hostile to the plight of the citizens of Bosnia &Herzegovina (BiH) than the European powers though does not make the US Government a savior. To be fair and complete,NATO air and artillery strikes did substantively help the BiH and Croatian forces at the end of the conflict in 1995 to make some military gains. However,such firepower was also turned as a “threat” by at least one US official,Richard Holbrooke,against the Croatian and BiH forces to keep them from liberating much of the country immediately preceding the Dayton talks.  The UN and NATO protected “safe areas” were also never protected as was mandated and committed. The safe areas became killing grounds,Srebrenica only being more absolute in the murders and cleansing. The other 5 “UN safe areas” and “NATO protected zones,” (recall that NATO had the obligation as much as UN to defend,) suffered shelling,sniping and siege:Sarajevo,Bihac,Tuzla,Gorazde and Zepa. The latter was also completely obliterated after Srebrenica by Ratko Mladic’s forces with premeditated decision by US/EU officials to let it be overrun. From ... >>>

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