Originally Posted by
Slaninar
As a local, I can say that what Serbs have been doing to Albanians since 1990 has been really bad - apartheid.
But that doesn't justify doing the same thing to Serbian civilians. NATO bombing was aimed to terrorize civilians, targeting civilian infrastructure, 500+ km from the "front lines". I blame Serbian politicians the most for all the crap that happened in Yugoslavia, but they weren't the ones dropping bombs on my city - it was the US army. Not EU, not even the Germans - it was the US.
I went on many protests against the politics. Beaten by the regime's police. Cities that were the most heavily bombed (Novi Sad and Nis) were the ones where the regime didn't get much support - always lost in ellections there (but never in total - though counting was often rigged).
Indeed. The politics, injustices and corruption are inexcusable and to acknowledge that both sides are not innocent is really important in moving forward. Blind nationalism is an enemy of peace. I was protesting here in the U.S. during the bombing campaign as well. What Serbs and Albanians did to each other during the war(s) is atrocious. What the U.S. did in Serbia was an atrocity, and that must be acknowledged as well.