MILOSEVIC "TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: WESLEY CLARK, A MAN IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - December 20, 2003 [Synopsis of December 16, 2003 proceedings]

As with day one of Clark’s “testimony”, much of day two was spent discussing Slobodan Milosevic’s roll at the Dayton peace negotiations.

In the most cynical display I’ve seen, Wesley Clark was trying to use Slobodan Milosevic’s leading roll in ending the bloodshed in Bosnia against him. The essence of Clark’s testimony was Milosevic took the leading roll in the negotiations; therefore he must have taken the leading roll on the battlefield.

The fact of the matter was that NATO wouldn’t deal with the Bosnian Serb leadership. As Clark himself explained, “they were indicted war criminals, and so it wasn't our desire to speak to either Karadzic or Mladic.”

Because the most senior Bosnian Serb leadership couldn’t attend the negotiations, lest they be arrested, the remedy was to form a single delegation joint delegation of Yugoslavia and Republika Srpska. The delegation consisted of three members from Republika Srpska and three from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and as he held the most senior position among the delegates Slobodan Milosevic led the delegation and was given the decisive vote. Without Slobodan Milosevic there would have been no way to negotiate and end to the war.

The agreement to form the single delegation was reached on August 29, 1995 at the Yugoslav army residence in Dobanovci. Present at the meeting were: The president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Zoran Lilic; the President of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic; the president of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic; the president of the federal government, Dr. Rade Kontic; federal Defence Minister Pavle Bulatovic; and the Yugoslav Army General Chief of Staff, Colonel General Momcilo Perisic. President of the Republic of Srpska, Dr. Radovan Karadzic; vice-president Dr. Nikola Koljevic and Dr. Biljana Plavsic; president of the Assembly of Republika Srpska, Momcilo Krajisnik; the president of the Republika Srpska, Dusan Kozic; Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Aleksa Buha; the Commander of the Main Staff of Republika Srpska Colonel-General Ratko Mladic with Generals Zdravko Tolimir, Milan Gvero, and Djordje Djukic.

Under the terms of the agreement reached by the Governments of Yugoslavia and Republika Srpska:

The leadership of Republika Srpska is in agreement with the complete coordination of its approach to the peace process with the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the interests of peace.

The leadership of Republika Srpska agrees that binding decisions for the delegation in relation to the peace plan be made by the delegation at a plenary session based on a majority of votes. In the event of an equal number of votes, the vote of President Slobodan Milosevic would be decisive.

Also present at the meeting were the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Pavle and Bishop Irinej Bulovic, who bestowed their blessings on the agreement.

So we can see that the single delegation came about on the basis of an agreement between the government of Yugoslavia on the one hand and the government of Republika Srpska on the other. The agreement was reached to coordinate the approach rather than any kind of alchemistry on the part of Milosevic.

The Republika Srpska leadership was locked out of the process by NATO and so President Milosevic had to go to Dayton in their place, and he went in their place only after he received their authorization.

He insisted on having this agreement and having the casting vote so that there wouldn’t be a repeat of what happened with the Vance-Owen plan.

President Milosevic worked for tirelessly for peace. He took the leading roll at Dayton and this stupid “court” is now trying to hold that against him.

Wesely Clark loves himself more than anybody I’ve ever seen. Slobodan Milosevic asked him a simple question about a criticism leveled against him by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Henry Shelton. Shelton says, in the November 17, 2003 issue of the New Yorker that “the reason he [Wesley Clark] came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character issues ... Wes won't get my vote”

Wesley Clark responded by saying “I want to, Your Honor, thoroughly disabuse the accused of the idea that there was any reflection on my character and integrity.” Then he proceeded to read out a 10 minute long speech about what a great guy he is. By the time he finished I was beginning to wonder if he would ever shut up.

I’m sure that after listening to Wesley Clark talking about what a great guy Wesley Clark is for 10 minutes that Slobodan Milosevic was quite disabused indeed.

All Clark had to say was that Shelton is a political opponent of his, and was only saying bad things about him for political reasons, sort of like what he was doing to Milosevic.

As if listening to him read a 10 minute long speech about how great he is wasn’t enough, Wesley Clark procured a fax from Bill Clinton calling him a great officer and calling Milosevic a liar.

Clinton calling Milosevic a liar that’s a good one; Bill Clinton the man who was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, because he lied to a grand-jury is calling Slobodan Milosevic a liar.

Of course, Clark couldn’t just hand the fax in to the “judges.” No, he had to read the whole damn thing out, and we had to listen to him going on again about what a great guy he is. It’s no wonder they call him the perfumed prince.

Wesley Clark also made his views on the KLA known. He said “I don't accept the definition of the KLA as a terrorist organization. I want to state that for the record.”

Very well Mr. Clark, you are now on record saying that these happy KLA members holding the severed Serbian heads in this photo aren’t terrorists.

Wesley Clark also said that “NATO had no relationship with the KLA, period.” Really? In this next photo we see the top NATO and KLA leadership posing for a friendly group photo. Clark himself is the one on the far right.

Slobodan Milosevic said, they looked like “[the] three Musketeers where he [Clark] is like D'Artagnan with the leaders of these terrorists”

Left to Right: Hashim Thachi (KLA Leader), Bernard Kouchner (UNMIK Chief), Sir Michael Jackson (NATO Command),
Agim Ceku (KLA Commander), Gen. Wesley Clark (Commanding NATO General)

It looks to me like, far from having no relationship, that NATO has a very friendly relationship with the KLA. It also appears to me that the KLA are terrorists. It's your choice, you can believe Wesley Clark or you can believe your eyes.

All together Wesley Clark’s testimony was pretty worthless. There was a lot of fanfare, but little substance. Clark really didn’t have anything to say. Aside from what a wonderful guy he thinks he is.

Wesley Clark’s “testimony” proves beyond any doubt that this so-called “trial” is a farce. The restrictions imposed on President Milosevic’s cross-examination were ridiculous. The whole thing was ridiculous.

This was an embarrassment for the “tribunal” and it was an embarrassment for the U.S. Government. They brought in this high-profile witness with a lot of fan fare. It attracted global attention and what did the world see? They saw a vainglorious jerk hiding from difficult questions behind the “presiding judge’s” skirts…um…I mean robes.

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