Re: The joy of Democracy

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:52:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 19 Oct 2024 18:59:25 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

Yugoslavia was another one of those ill-advised creations after WWI.
"We'll draw a line around these people that hate each other and call it
a country."

 
In your case you fought a civil war that succeeded in forcing them back
together again. In Yugoslavia, the war went another way.
 
What common principle can you draw from both these cases?

Might makes right. While the Brits made a half-hearted attempt to support
the South the US Civil War didn't have Bill Clinton bombing one side.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/americas-forgotten-bullshit-
bombing-of-serbia/

To Clinton's credit he did put the Yugo out of its misery. Only communists
could try to create a Fiat 127 knockoff and fail so spectacularly.