“Yes, I do. Siege them, starve them, and if that doesn't get them out, then blast them to oblivion. Strategic war 101.”
Hah, we are getting nasty, are we? By the way, it is exactly what the Serbs did to Sarajevo and all agreed it was a war crime, at this time. You encircled a town, deprived them from food and water, stop humanitarian help and shell them from above: Falluja or Sarajevo?
“Just handed them over on a silver platter”: You have no idea what was happening in Bosnia, do you? First, the pocket wasn’t without defence (for your information, the Muslim Officer in charge of Srebrenica is actually in The Hague for war crimes against the Serbs). The Dutch wouldn’t and couldn’t help the fall of the town, as they couldn’t stop Muslim Offensive from Srebrenica against Serbs village (the town was all except disarmed). They were not equipped for the fight. And the American forces which let the Croats to ethnically cleansing the Knin area can’t really give moral lessons, nor the French, the British who did the same. The only one who retained a little bit of honour are the Canadians…
Yes, but Red Harvest seems to suggest that the soldiers themselves could, but deliberately didn't prevent the tragedy: No, they couldn’t. I was there when the first offensive, the one stopped by Morillon. The Serbs were thirsty for revenge because what happened (and reason why the Muslim officer is in The Hague). Slaughter of entire villages, rapes etc. Do you know how the Serbs held in Srebrenic were treated by the Muslim? I do.
And honestly, the Serbs evacuated the young children and women. Who could have suppose they would killed thousands men and teenagers? Not me, and I was there (before), not at the time...
Reasons like that are why I think the USA and uk should handle most the world police stuff: Right, you see the result in Iraq…