Friday, August 05, 2005
Torn Asunder
On the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbs, World War 4 Report has a different take http://www.ww4report.com./node/850 on the "genocide" than Z Magazine, and takes issue with noted scholars like Edward Herman, Noam Chomsky and Michel Chossudovsky. From my reading of the dispute, these perpetual critics of US foreign policy and actions have--according to WW4--at a minimum, overemphasized the role of imperialism in exacerbating ethnic and religious tensions, and at worst downplayed the role of local fascists in what they term acts of genocide.
Knowing a little about the Balkan conflict and the socioeconomic factors that contributed to this horror, I suspect there might be some truth on both sides of this historical debate, and encourage readers to take a look at the links provided by WW4 to develop an educated opinion on how modern civil wars are almost invariably connected to both global development institutions and national substrata seeking greater autonomy. It's an issue that will be played out in most modern states eventually, and promises to tear all societies asunder sooner or later.
Knowing a little about the Balkan conflict and the socioeconomic factors that contributed to this horror, I suspect there might be some truth on both sides of this historical debate, and encourage readers to take a look at the links provided by WW4 to develop an educated opinion on how modern civil wars are almost invariably connected to both global development institutions and national substrata seeking greater autonomy. It's an issue that will be played out in most modern states eventually, and promises to tear all societies asunder sooner or later.
