tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post228021489323681932..comments2023-10-28T05:02:10.442-04:00Comments on Americans For Bosnia: "The Bridge Betrayed" by Michael Sells [15]Kirk Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-65234107182793629252008-01-12T07:32:00.000-05:002008-01-12T07:32:00.000-05:00Kirk, apart from the sad reference to Henry Kissin...Kirk, apart from the sad reference to Henry Kissinger, that is probably the most inspiring of all the summaries of your reading you've posted for us here.<BR/><BR/>Kissinger was just one more of those intellectual giants who dismissed the devastation of Bosnia as an issue of little interest to the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>The quick-fix genius of David Owen and Douglas Hurd eventually reaped its most spectacular reward for us Londoners on 7 July 2005.<BR/><BR/>However looking back at the imperative for intervention in simply instrumental terms is to miss the point that Sells makes so about the real value of what was lost.<BR/><BR/>All the same, as you've reminded us, that awful time also left us with the inspiration of people like Vedran Smailovic who reminded us that life is lived in the light, not under stones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-1481169860873371322008-01-11T23:09:00.000-05:002008-01-11T23:09:00.000-05:00"No Bosnian culture"? Who can honestly believe thi..."No Bosnian culture"? Who can honestly believe this rubbish? I mean, come on. Henry Kissinger... what an idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com