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Nal Caliber
Did you ever read this?
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Just a bit of mid-twentieth century history based on my father's experiences in World War II. He was in the OSS and part of Operation Halyard.
The Serbian villages and farmers saved the lives of many Allied flight crews shot down over Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Over 500 airmen were rescued in secret. It's really an amazing story.
Without getting into politics, the US soldiers (my father included) spoke very highly of General Draza Mihailovich, and many soldiers protested to the US government to intervene after Tito took over; he later executed Mihailovich.
The stories I've heard from my dad, as well as those that have been published, tell of some pretty selfless and heroic acts carried out by the Serbian people in their effort to help save lives.
Yugoslavia was one of the most Western friendly Eastern Bloc or European nations during the Cold War.
Then they dismantled it. Look what they did during WW2: http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-500-Greatest-Mission/dp/0451224957
Why would they want to create a terrorist safe house (Bosnia and Kosovo)?