Folk useta junk out cars for spare parts. Boy, how times have change! (now ya murder the neighbors for parts)

So, short answer no, long answer I don't want to live in this world anymore?

Truly an inspirational post.

"The Hunt: Me and War Criminals"

And, of course, that should be War Criminals and I. War crimes and organ harvesting pale to insignificance compared to crimes against grammar.

Wait a second, the Serbs aren't the devils? The Albanians aren't angelic victims? Uh oh, you mean wars are complex, awful, atrocities which never have any real winners? Who would've thunk it.

And the point of connecting HRC to this is what, exactly?

Did all of you posting your tsk-tsks read the whole post, including the sentence that ends "the evidence del Ponte provides doesn't seem anywhere near conclusive"? And how this story resembles organ harvesting stories that have popped up in so many places (and usually turned out not to be true)? Then why are you folks reacting to this story like it's a fact?

And as grumpygus points out, what is the point of connecting HRC to this story, which may or may not even be true? Remember, that there was quite conclusive evidence of Serb atrocities at the time of the Kosovo intervention.

what is the point of connecting HRC to this story, which may or may not even be true? Remember, that there was quite conclusive evidence of Serb atrocities at the time of the Kosovo intervention.

There was also conclusive evidence of KLA atrocities at the time. The point of connecting Hillary Clinton to this is that what she said is complete bullshit. Our actions had nothing to do with "standing up against evil," and everything to do with US and NATO power. One measure of this is the fact that if were "standing up against evil," we would have some interest in finding out whether this particular incident actually happened.

God, the point you make is wholly valid--that the US pushed a simple war myth in order to assault the Serbs, taking sides in a complex conflict for our own reasons and selling it as a humanitarian gesture, rather than a military exercise. I can't argue with you there.

But did you have to post this like some god-damned Fox News or CNN report?

"Did the KLA kidnap and murder Serbs for their organs?"

Well, it seems pretty lurid, and similar to stock nationalist hysteria. But then what do you say? Well, I guess we'll never know for sure.

It's tragic, and it's criminal, that the US' allies mirrored our enemies, that we took sides with nationalist militias against other nationalist militias. It's also tragic when our governmental critics come to mirror the same state press they fervently oppose.

"Is it true? Well, fuck, I don't know. But let's report it anyway."

But did you have to post this like some god-damned Fox News or CNN report?

What would you like me to do? This is news by any criteria. Carla del Ponte is about as establishment as people get. She also does not have a history of being unfair to NATO, to put it mildly. That's why it's been reported all over Europe by regular news organizations.

Beyond that, it's also important blogg fodder for several reasons. First, it's important to point out how these things work -- if it had been del Ponte accusing an Official Enemy of this, there would be screaming headlines for days in the US, and we'd spend millions of dollars investigating it. The fact that we'll never know, and why, really matters.

Second, it's interesting for exactly the reasons I say -- it's a standard war atrocity story. It's worth discussing that wars always generate stories like this, and they're usually false, but sometimes they actually are true.

More money and more mileage than just eating YOUR enemy's heart.

In my book, Carla Del Ponte has lost credibility long ago, so anything that she puts out is highly suspect.

Additionally, it is quite common that an author wanting to appear impartial and independently credible, when all evidence points to the contrary, suddenly starts to demonstrate a willingness to approach both sides in a humane manner.

I wouldn't trust a fucking thing Carla says, just like I have trouble believing anything from McLellan's mouth, even when it dovetails with my beliefs. And since I haven't totally lost my mind, I believe that linking Hillary here is correct and appropriate -- she is a power hungry liar that would bomb places just to show the size of her cajones and solidify grasp on power.

If there was the space of a generation, I may believe revisionist shit/apologia, but fundamentally, it's only been 9 years since Kosovo, 5 years since Iraq. I can remember that far back and the daily news conferences by Jamie Shea and Scott McLellan.