Dutch state liable for three Srebrenica deaths

[KenWats]

Hi Mike,

No, although I might have to give that a watch sometime. It was the History Channel's Battlefield Detectives: Alesia (https://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/B...7?trkid=438403). I found it pretty well done, although I don't have a lot of secondary exposure to actual history of the period- most of my exposure has been through historical novels. But your quote above struck a chord as the documentary mentioned a very similar tactic. IIRC, Caesar ordered his legionaries to drive the noncombatants back to the gates of the citadel and force the garrison to listen to their wives and kids starve. Eventually the Gauls let them back in the citadel- which consumed the food stores that much faster. Very interesting stuff and a far cry from what the American public currently expects.

Ken

[JMA]

kiwi medical doctor, Andrew Thompson, wrote:

'If blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run. Or else get weapons. Your lives are worth so much less than theirs.'

(Source: http://ow.ly/pqUgf )

Hard to challenge his wisdom... From his personal experience