Milosevic - 2 comments

Not a lot of coverage of Milosevic's death (or indeed his appalling life) on our blogs - despite the part our government played in hastening his downfall.

On what I unashamedly call the side of sanity, we have Oliver Kamm and, indeed, the content and tone of the BBC coverage.

On what can best be described as the side of insanity, we have Neil Clark:

Milosevic's only crime- as I have said no many occasions, was getting in the way of The Empire. For doing that, he has paid a very heavy price. May he Rest in Peace.

... and the most popular comments at the BBC's "Have your say" forum, where at least the top 26 (by "recommendation" entries - I had to stop counting) are supportive of the despot, with opinions ranging from the obseqious to the unhinged, through racist and paranoid:

I wish we had him on our side in Europe, as our nations fall under the trample of muslim extremists murdering European Citizens. The man was on trial for simply not being a pushover...

The greatest anti-terrorsist warrior and defender of christian values on Balkan dies...

However much western media and puppet politicians try to vilify this man, he will remain a hero to millions the world over. He simply wanted to maintain his country's rightful boundaries. Perhaps British political leaders will be meek and accepting one day, should Muslims decide that they want to partition, say, Bradford as their own separate state...

He was the victor's "War Criminal" of choice - they fail to indict Western Allies like Croatian President Franjo Tudjman who was also a "War Criminal". Shame Bush and Blair can prance around the world without being called "War Criminals" which they are...

Here was a man who saw his people under threat, promised to defend them from attack [from armed muslim terrorists within the nation's borders] and for that was branded a 'war criminal'. His actions were nowhere near as catastrophic as those of bush/blair, who illegally invaded a sovereign nation that was NOT in the process of harming their people, killed tens of thousands of civillians, etc. So, the question is : when will we see the more deserving war criminals facing justice in the Hague? ...

Islam in its present form is the biggest threat to this world peace,& Milosevic was its brave victim.RIP,Slobodan...

Frightening - just goes to show that some people's ethnic/religious/racial hatred is so strong, or political views so warped, they are prepared to tolerate mass-murder to support "their man" against "the other man". Europe is free of his spectre, though not of the views that brought him (and his ilk) to power.

As for the method of his passing, Harry's Place and Jon Worth are watching the conspiracy theories develop.