“The Community is now perceived as a major power, and not just an economic one. Much is expected of it. We must remember this and … shoulder our responsibilities.” — Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission, 23 January 1991
“Each of your officers and soldiers, just like yourself, has just one life. And I don’t believe you want to lose it here.” — General Ratko Mladic to Lt. Col Thom Karremans, head of Dutchbat, UN forces, Srebrenica, 11 July 1995
The path from Jacques Delors’ high-minded speech to Ratko Mladic’s villainous threat and the Serbs’ massacre of 8,000 …read more
Source: European Voice
