Also: it appears that more prisoners have died in the UN's war crimes tribunal jails than have died in Guantanamo. Where's Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch? Imagine the protests if a Guantanamo prisoner conveniently died of "natural causes" before trial.

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That area of the world has been a disaster of perpetual warfare between rival ethnicities long before Slobodan came around, but he deserves condemnation for playing a role in it as do many others.

I give him credit for fighting Islamic terror before Americans realized it might affect us one day as well, and before most people knew Al-Qaeda even existed. I also wouldn't shed a tear for the "poor quiet muslims who couldn't spell Jihad", since that is the same stock which produced the 9/11 hijackers, mostly in Saudi Arabia. As I don't shed a tear for the rich plutocratic ones who produced Osama himself. I see no difference between Muslims and Muslims, but I embrace my political incorrectness.

Agreed on all the rest, and I did use the term Western pretty looseley when referring to Slobodan. He was pro-Russian beyond any doubt. However, his people were of European stock and practiced Western religion, which is the reason for my usage of Western.