Posted by Repic on October 8, 2003, 8:48 pm, in reply to "Hero or traitor" Bog i Hrvati ==U== Za Dom Spremni
Hero, we do not need the EU as it is much easier for a nation of 4.5 million to call it's own shots, rather than listen to London, Paris or whom ever.
Where are Mladic and Karadzic. I don,t see the EU putting pressure on the Bosnian Serbs to hand them over to the Hague, as a matter of fact the Serbs have got the upper hand in Bosnia since Dayton.
Here is a thought since you want to sacrifice one person for the good of all, how about you change places with Gotovina.
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: I have a purely theoretical question. Since
: Croatia declared independence, the stated
: goal of both the HDZ government as well as
: the current one has been for Croatia to join
: the European Union. Additionally, while
: support for joining the EU has cooled
: slightly, the majority sentiment is still
: very positively tilted toward joining. For
: the sake of argument, lets set aside
: discussions about the pros and cons of
: joining the EU. We know that the Croatian
: constitution requires full cooperation with
: the Hague tribunal, just like any
: international treaty or agreement that it
: signs. So, if we look purely from the
: context of responsibility and accountability
: to the Croatian people and if the EU cites
: Gotovinas fugitive status as one of the main
: obstacles to Croatia joining the EU, does he
: have a responsibility to do whats best for
: Croatia? In that framework, does Gotovina
: hiding from the court actually turn him from
: a hero into a traitor? Is it the duty of
: someone who places himself in the service of
: his country to follow orders and do whats
: best for the country, putting aside any
: personal apprehensions or fears? Does he have
: a duty to march into this battle or can he
: hide from it? I fully recognize his service
: and sacrifice for his country during the
: war
my question refers to the current battle.
: If emotion is eliminated from the
: equation
is he a hero or a traitor? The
: question ultimately becomes where do we place
: the greatest value
the past or the
: future
service and sacrifice or economic
: expansion
the welfare of the nation or the
: welfare of one man?
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