Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
New York, NY.
March 5, 2002
Dear Editor:
The news article about Milosevic’s trial (March 2) mentions that Mr.
Bogdanic, the Serb director of the so-called “documentary” film:
“Yugoslavia, the Avoidable War” protested Milosevic’s selective use of
the film as part of his defense in his war crimes trial.
Mr. Bogdanic’s protests sound hollow, considering the content of his
film which portrays the republics of former Yugoslavia , Slovenia,
Croatia and Bosnia, as “armed separatists” which gave Milosevic the
right to attack them. The historic facts of the events are quite
different. The “armed separatists” were the ethnic Serbs in Croatia and
Bosnia, incited by Milosevic and armed by the Yugo/Serb army in order to
prevent the legitimate right of the Republics to secede.
Far from the Republics’ being “recognized too early”, – a point made in
Bogdanic’s film, – it was more than shameful that it took the West six
months of watching the vicious aggression on Croatia before acknowledging
its legal right to independence. The “tragic breakup” was only tragic
because of the aggression by Serbia, not because of the wish of the other
Republics to be free of Serb domination.
Sincerely,
Hilda M. Foley
National Federation of Croatian Americans
13272 Orange Knoll
Santa Ana, Ca. 92705
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