The Siege of Sarajevo and the Dream of Open Society

When the city Sarajevo was under siege during the war in Bosnia, the very idea of open society was under assault. Working together with Bosnians-from artists to engineers-George Soros supported efforts to ensure the survival of the city and its culture. In a time of fear and darkness, the human spirit proved invincible.
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[@undergroundminer3262]

It was genocide. I worked with a guy from Bosnia when the Genocide began. Too much to say here. But he was very serious about the 2nd Amendment and that an armed population is why this shit doesn't happen in the US

[@funguykel]

Good point. I conceal and carry. I'm American and may be free, but don't trust our government.

[@juamu1132]

You do know bosnians were allowed to armed themselves.

[@hollister2320]

@@juamu1132 yeah I’m sure you would say that about Ukraine as well you Russian stooge. As an American; I hope you burn in hell, and with our help you will soon. Slava Ukraini

[@kastitabh1]

The international community or in clear words the major power countries imposed an embargo of munitions or war material but they knew that Serbian have a lot of material and Bosnians didn't have, indeed they wanted the Serbians take over, but the dirty job must be done quickly for the public opinion but as the Bosnians resisted in a epic struggle the plan falls and they was obliged to intervene and they did it with bad faith, this was evident in the sad episode of Srebrenica whith the dutch army, you can read or hear the french officer Guillaume Ancel one of the stakeholders in that war...

[@funguykel]

I rooted for all Bosnians (regardless of religion) for their right of independence. One issue does concern me. International aid would have been sooner if the aggressors were Muslim.

[@dannylammy]

Yes!! Let them in!!!

[@avigoldfedder5000]

CiA didn’t predict the war...... let that sink in

[@joeyhansen4709]

I have no idea where Bosnia or Yugoslavia is. I need a map. How did I get here?

[@greatmapper187]

In Europe, Balkan peninsula.

[@drewwolin3162]

Common KZbin comment. A bit insensitive for this video, specifically.

[@funguykel]

The Balkans have an incredible history. Fascinating but complex. Did all kinds of research to learn about the history of it's people. What did I learn you ask? It is more confusing than I ever thought possible.

[@motomarx]

cia can't have people with freedom, sorry