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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders overpacks Philadelphia Arena as Pennsylvania poll shows him surging. [View all]SunSeeker
(58,333 posts)59. Those were our bombs. And they did not stop ethnic cleansing, they hastened it.
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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Bernie Sanders overpacks Philadelphia Arena as Pennsylvania poll shows him surging. [View all]
Divernan
Apr 2016
OP
Appreciate your work. We have longtime friends from Pgh. Go Keystone State of PA!
appalachiablue
Apr 2016
#36
Yep. That was a big audience to hear his lie-tastic "Hillary is unqualified" blunder.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#20
Sure the polls have been tightening, but Sanders's lying attack will not help his poll numbers.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#46
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
Clinton said Iraq was a mistake. Bernie didn't say bombing Belgrade was a mistake.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#87
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
It was our planes, our bombs. Acting under the fig leaf of NATO does not mean it was peachy keen.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#96
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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CountAllVotes
Apr 2016
#15
In the beginning, I'd admit to loving Bernie's character, his message, his persistence
passiveporcupine
Apr 2016
#75
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MisterP
Apr 2016
#86