Re: Right of Knin to self determination

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> Chris
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> I accept that the Croatian attack should be criticised but it probably
> could not have been stopped. What could still be stopped is active
> atrocities by the Croat forces.
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> Paul
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> No you are right it could not be stopped, backed as it was by massive
> covert military supplies and training from Croatia's backers ( in breach
> of UN sanctions of course). Now we see its result, 150,000 people forced
> to flee as a result of shelling of towns and cities. One more step in
> the rewriting of history and the rehabilitation of european fascism.

  Jerry
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  Yes, it is true that Croatia was backed with massive covert military
  supplies and training. That does not mean that, had other powers acted
  decisively, that the attack could not have been stopped.

  Sadly, all too much of the reportage in Paul C.'s post concerning
  developments within Croatia is accurate. Now we see what the failure of
  the major imperialist powers (and other UN forces) to intervene to
  prevent the continued slaughter of the Bosnians by the military forces of
  Serbia and their supporters in Bosnia has resulted in. This was clearly a
  "no win" situation, but hasn't the failure to intervene made things worse?


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