asti schreef op 18 december 2022 23:31:
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Allereerst ga ik reageren op jouw oordeel betreffende de feiten. Ik heb een willekeurige bron gedeeld. Zoals reeds aangegeven zijn er meerdere bronnen.
'NATO warplanes battered Yugoslavia’s already crippled electricity system Sunday, thrusting millions into darkness and threatening the country with water shortages. (...)' - NATO Pounds Power Grid, 23 mei 1999, apnews.com.
'(...) NATO attacks Monday left large areas of the country without electricity and created a shortage of water, which is delivered by electric pumps. (...)'- Belgrade Strikes at Dissidents Amid Calls to End the War, 26 mei 1999, wsj.com.
'NATO broadened the scope of its air strikes on Monday and attacked Yugoslavia's electrical system, crossing a threshold in the 40-day campaign in a bombing that had an immediate and widespread effect on the Yugoslav people. (...)
"The fact that lights went out across 70 percent of the country shows that NATO has its finger on the light switch now," said NATO spokesman Jamie Shea.(...)'- NATO Air Attacks on Power Plants Cross a Threshold, 4 mei 1999, nytimes.com.
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Question (Norwegian News Agency): I am sorry Jamie but if you say that the Army has a lot of back-up generators, why are you depriving 70% of the country of not only electricity, but also water supply, if he has so much back-up electricity that he can use because you say you are only targeting military targets?
Jamie Shea : Yes, I'm afraid electricity also drives command and control systems. If President Milosevic really wants all of his population to have water and electricity all he has to do is accept NATO's five conditions and we will stop this campaign. (...)'- Press Conference by Mr Jamie Shea, NATO Spokesman and Major General Walter Jertz, 25 mei 1999, nato.int.
En nu wat betreft verwijten aan Biden. Ik heb in dit geval geen verwijt gemaakt richting Biden.
Ik vraag aan iemand die een sterke mening heeft over het bombarderen van energievoorzieningen of diegene het categorisch afkeurt (zo lijkt het) en in het verlengde daarvan in hoeverre een politicus zoals Biden dan volgens diegene verantwoordelijkheid draagt voor zoiets.