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59. Those were our bombs. And they did not stop ethnic cleansing, they hastened it.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 05:32 PM
Apr 2016

Bernie voted to authorize that bombing. He is proud of it; he mentions it on his website:

I supported the use of force to stop the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. 
https://berniesanders.com/issues/war-and-peace/

It is nothing to be proud of.

The fighting finally stopped because the ethnic cleansing, put on steroids by the US/NATO bombing, was completed. There were no opposing ethnicities left to fight in the various rebel states.  

Why did we bomb the Belgrade TV station? Could it be they were showing embarrassing footage of hospitals and schools bombed by the US, with children's limbs strewn about the rubble? Ask those people if they think NATO overstepped their bounds. Amnesty International certainly thinks so; it declared the bombing of the Belgrade TV station a war crime. http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2009/04/amnesty_international_calls_na.html
And yet, we declared it a "legitimate target." http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/24/balkans3  We did not even issue a warning so civilians could leave before bombing the building: "Amnesty International said in the statement that NATO officials confirmed that no specific warning of the attack was given, even though they knew many civilians would be in the RTS building." http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2009/04/amnesty_international_calls_na.html

The scene was horrific:  

Reporters at the scene said they saw the almost decapitated body of one man dangling from the rubble, and the body of a make-up artist. Another man was trapped between two concrete blocks. Doctors amputated his legs at the site but he later died.  

The state-run news agency Tanjug said about 150 people were inside the building at the time of the attack. The minister without portfolio, Goran Matic, said that in addition to 10 dead and 18 wounded, at least 20 people were feared buried in the rubble. 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/24/balkans3  

It is this grotesque disregard of civilian lives that Sanders was proud to brag about on his campaign website.




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Yep. That was a big audience to hear his lie-tastic "Hillary is unqualified" blunder. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #20
Strangely, seems to be having the opposite effect. tabasco Apr 2016 #25
More delusion from Camp Sanders. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #41
So, Clinton has increased her lead in the polls recently? tabasco Apr 2016 #44
Sure the polls have been tightening, but Sanders's lying attack will not help his poll numbers. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #46
Well, you are speculating about the polls, tabasco Apr 2016 #48
No, he lied that Hillary said he was "quote unquote unqualified." SunSeeker Apr 2016 #49
in my world floppyboo Apr 2016 #52
Wow, that's a terrible mistake. tabasco Apr 2016 #53
You mean like when Bernie voted to bomb civilians in Belgrade? nt SunSeeker Apr 2016 #54
Last time I checked, that was a justified NATO military action, tabasco Apr 2016 #55
Those were our bombs. And they did not stop ethnic cleansing, they hastened it. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #59
The Kosovo intervention was a NATO operation, fully supported by all of our allies. tabasco Apr 2016 #78
Our allies did not bomb Belgrade. We did. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #79
Justified military operation. tabasco Apr 2016 #81
Amnesty International called it a war crime. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #83
Well, they called Iraq a war crime too, tabasco Apr 2016 #84
Clinton said Iraq was a mistake. Bernie didn't say bombing Belgrade was a mistake. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #87
Bombing in support of the Kosovo intervention was not a mistake. tabasco Apr 2016 #88
How is bombing civilians in a TV station in Belgrade not a mistake? SunSeeker Apr 2016 #89
The air support provided to the NATO Kosovo mission was necessary and justified. tabasco Apr 2016 #90
The building was a TV station, not a command post. No explicit warning was given. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #92
Tell it to the Court of Human Rights. tabasco Apr 2016 #93
The Court of Human Rights has no authority to prosecute the US. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #94
Are you unable to distinguish between NATO and the U.S.? tabasco Apr 2016 #95
It was our planes, our bombs. Acting under the fig leaf of NATO does not mean it was peachy keen. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #96
Reading is fundamental. You fail. tabasco Apr 2016 #97
Wow. Yes, reading is fundamental, but it is you who fail. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #98
What part of tabasco Apr 2016 #99
NATO bombed the building, after warnings to evacuate. tabasco Apr 2016 #91
And JDPriestly Apr 2016 #70
See post #69. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #76
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I see deflecting with more lies is all you've got. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #40
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Which went straight to an America Rising anti-Hillary tweet. nt SunSeeker Apr 2016 #45
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Actually, I think Hillary started this controversy about the qualifications. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #69
No she didn't. Sanders lied in asserting Clinton said he was "quote unquote unqualified." SunSeeker Apr 2016 #72
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