of the Civil War in the former Yugoslavia
>it's clear that
>only one side possessed the requisite material means to manifest their
>hatred in the form of mass murders/expulsions with regularity.
Not so. Both the Bosnian Muslims (themselves supported 'Arab Afghans') and Croats had armies that fought (and eventually won) the civil war. These too were involved in atrocities. In Krajina, Croat troops massacred thousands and expelled 200 000 Serbs.
In September 1995 Muslim and Croat forces pushed back the Bosnian-Serbs from central and Western Bosnia, supported by US air-power. 13 Tomahawk Cruise missiles were fired on Serbs in Banja Luka.
That Luke's history lesson has air-brushed out one side in the civil war (well, two sides, if you count the on-off war between Croats and Muslims) is pretty remarkable, and evidence of the one-sided account of the conflict that has been established as if it were fact.
It's all the more remarkable when one considers that this historical amnesia completely expunges the war Luke's own government made upon Bosnian Serbs from his recollection.
-- James Heartfield