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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 17:11:03 GMT
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Post by riotgrrl on May 2, 2009 17:15:00 GMT
Thanks for that ARF. Interesting . . . although I'm not convinced that his 'peace in Bosnia' mission could really have been said to be successful in the long-term, as it seems as if Bosnia is about to tear itself apart any day now. Hopefully I'm wrong, and it will be a lasting achievement by this bloke. |
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Post by riotgrrl on May 3, 2009 11:40:48 GMT
Just browsing the Sundays online, and came across (FOR ONCE!) an article about what's actually going on in Bosnia. We've all been sold this fable of it as a successful multi-ethnic state, with the Muslim Bosniaks, the Croats and the Serbs all living happily ever after under the Pax Americana. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/03/bosnia-war-nationalism-poor-economy |
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Post by stephan on May 3, 2009 11:59:46 GMT
Bosnia?-didn`t something happen there?
Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low
Silently sifting through papers sealed with a crown
Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more Dreadnoughts
The houses in Hackney are all falling down
And my grandmother sits on the beach in the days before the war
Young girl writing her diary, while time seems to pause
Watching the waves as they come one by one to die on the shore
Kissing the feet of England
Oh the lights of Saint Petersburg come on as usual
Although the air seems charged with a strangeness of late, yet there's nothing to touch
And the Tsar in his great Winter Palace has called for the foreign news
An archduke was shot down in Bosnia, but nothing much
And my grandmother sits before the mirror in the days before the war
Smiling a secret smile as she goes to the door
And the young man rides off in his carriage, homeward once more
And the sun sets gently on England
Ah the day we decided to drive down to Worthing, it rained and rained
Giving us only a minute to stand by the sea
And crunching my way through the shingles, it seemed there was nothing changed
Though the jetty was maybe more scarred that I'd known it to be
And Mandi and I stood and stared at the overcast sky
Where ten years ago we had stood, my Grandfather and I
And the waves still rushed in as they had the year that he died
And it seemed that my lifetime was shrunken and lost in the tide
As it rose and fell on the side of England
Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights
Al Stewart.
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Post by Patrick on May 3, 2009 13:01:48 GMT
My Mother has photographs of days at the beach in wartime - or just after when all the defences were still up. Like Hop - Poles all the way along.
It was the anniversary of Hitler's death on the first of May. Not something worth remembering really, but a momentous occasion in history nevertheless. Can't say I saw anything about it. My meaning being - it's all very well having more news sources than ever but we appear to be growing more ignorant as a result. Even with the 'net to provide us with all the information we desire - People are becoming more insular.
As I've oft cited, there was a period before all this latest shenannigans when everyone worked together in Yugoslavia as was. My Uncle was over there quite a lot in the eighties and when this current bout first started kicking off. He said that he was told that everyone integrated and lived happily alongside one another - it was the leaders, the politicians who had stirred things up.
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Post by Patrick on May 3, 2009 13:13:29 GMT
Just browsing the Sundays online, and came across (FOR ONCE!) an article about what's actually going on in Bosnia. We've all been sold this fable of it as a successful multi-ethnic state, with the Muslim Bosniaks, the Croats and the Serbs all living happily ever after under the Pax Americana. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/03/bosnia-war-nationalism-poor-economyIt is a good article. I wonder if the people can find the strength to overcome the trouble makers. A people's revolution. |
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