#yugoslavia wars

[abocador-memetic]

[ducktoonsfanart]

Donald Duck and his family mourn the dead in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack and bombing - Donald Duck and his family in Moscow (Russia) and Belgrade (Serbia) - Duck comics - Duckverse

Unfortunately, sorry for the long wait, because I was sick for a few weeks, and I'm recovering a bit now, so I haven't had a chance to draw and post new drawings. Yes, I'm back and will post follow-up drawings related to the previous holidays that were marked as well as the following holidays in the coming period.

Unfortunately, due to the recent events, I am publishing my sad drawings where Donald Duck and his family mourn the deceased. The first drawing shows Donald Duck with Daisy Duck, along with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck who went to Moscow (the capital of Russia) and where they are mourning the dead and honoring the departed since a week ago (22.3. 2024) a terrorist attack took place in Moscow, in the Crocus City Hall, where over 140 people were killed and over 360 wounded. More could have been killed, if not for a few young men (Muslims and Russians) who saved the other people and took them out of the concert hall, because a concert by a Russian music group was about to take place. Among the dead were not only Russians, but also members of other nationalities who wanted to see that concert. The perpetrators are alleged Muslim terrorists from the Islamic State, and all of them were later caught. I don't want to go further into the discussion about the main principal who financed these terrorists, nor do I want to go into the discussion about the current war in Ukraine, because my blog is not about politics and please don't ask me those questions. This just shows my respect for the deceased not only the victims of that terrorist attack but also all the victims who died in terrorist attacks in the last more than 24 years. It is certainly a terrible event, which is why two days of mourning were declared after that, and I drew the Russian flag at half-mast, because on the day of mourning, the flag is only flown at half-mast, and Daisy in that drawing is wearing a coat and a black bow as a sign of mourning and black clothes are usually worn at funerals. Behind them, you can see the Basilica of St. Basil as well as the Spasskaya Tower, which is located within the Kremlin. Rest in peace to those victims.

Покойтесь с миром жертвы теракта! Слава им! Аминь.

The second drawing shows Donald with his family who are in Belgrade (the capital of Serbia) where they are mourning those who died and died during the bombing by NATO in 1999, as well as the victims in Kosovo and Metohija in 2004. I said that I come from Serbia and what happened 25 years ago was something that many residents of my country cannot forget. I was two years old when it started, so I don't remember it, except from the story of my parents. I don't want to go further into the discussion about the beginning of the war because the topic is too painful, and I doubt that many would understand what I would say. All in all, civilians did not deserve such a thing and it is very difficult to get over such wounds. Because among the dead there were also children who suffered from NATO bombing. There was also the courage of the soldiers who defended the country from the attackers and died bravely defending their country, so they are also honored. In addition to Donald, there are also Daisy Duck, Grandma Duck (Elvira Coot), Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck (Donald's nephews), April, May and June Duck (Daisy's nieces) where they pay tribute to those who died in that war as well as in the violence in Kosovo and Metohija that occurred in 2004, when there was also a mass exodus of Serbs, Roma, Bosniaks and other non-Albanian people from Kosovo and Metohija and the demolition of numerous Orthodox monasteries and churches by Albanian fanatics. Behind them is the Church of St. Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world, as well as the Beogradanka building, where one of Belgrade's television stations is located. On that grave is written the dedication to those victims as well as the flowers brought to that grave.

Rest in peace to those victims! Amen.

Вечна слава настрадалима и нека почивају у миру! Амин.

Also, since tomorrow is Good Friday, the day of the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, which is a sad day for Christians.

These are my tribute to those victims as well as those who suffered, and that the victims should not be forgotten and history should not be forgotten, because if it is forgotten, it will repeat itself again. Feel free to share this, but please do not use this for other people's purposes and please do not complicate it with political issues, because this blog is not dedicated to that. May God welcome the victims into the Kingdom of God and may they receive eternal glory! Rest in peace! Amen.

[techn0balkanic]

[humanoidhistory]

Memorial to the victims of the Novi Sad massacre, Serbia, 1968.

(Fortepan)

[captain-price-unofficially]

Lepa Radic, a 17 year old Serbian girl about to be hanged. She was asked by the Nazis where her accomplices were, to which she replied, “You'll know them when they come to avenge me.” 1943

[blackros78]

Group of female Yugoslav Partisans in Mount Dinara (near the border of present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia) - 1943

[mapsontheweb]

Axis occupation and partition of Yugoslavia in World War 2.

[writergeekrhw]

People talk about the LA riots as influential to the DS9 pilot, but i wonder also if the Gulf War was in the writers’ minds while developing the show. After all, the DS9 pilot is about a powerful government interfering in the politics of a faraway and unfamiliar nation, and seems concerned with the question of whether or not that interference is ethical. Given that the Gulf War was, shall we say, less than ideal, I could see Sisko’s compassionate leadership among the Bajorans as an attempt to articulate a kind of foreign policy that is ethical and that the US might hopefully practice someday. What are your thoughts? Do you feel like the Gulf War informed the way you tackled the political situation with Bajor, Cardassia, and the Federation over the course of the show? (For context, I was not alive during the Gulf War and I watched DS9 on Netflix, so I apologize if there’s anything about the early 90s that I’ve missed or misunderstood)

Good question!

The Gulf War was definitely an influence and for pretty much the reasons you laid out. The Yugoslav Wars were also going on through the run of the series, and the Lebanese Civil War had just (mostly) ended, and the messiness of those conflicts, with their shifting ethnic and sectarian alliances and clashes, influenced us as well.

Overall, I think these events influenced DS9 to be a bit muddier than other Star Trek shows. The elegant, hopeful, but perhaps overly simplistic, "See a problem, solve a problem, warp away" storytelling of much of TOS and TNG seemed a bit less "true" given the times. We tried to bring in less certainty, more shades of gray, while still telling stories about good people trying to make the universe a better place.

All media are products of their time.

[victusinveritas]

I actually knew a bunch of this because I'm weird and took a few classes on Yugoslavia in college (two, which was a lot considering my major was medieval studies), but the screenshots are entirely from here on Instagram: @aplasticplant.

If you want to watch the Yu Mex documentary by Mazzini...

Here you go.

[wavecorewave]

Arundhati Roy - The Algebra of Infinite Justice

[edge-lady]

Sanski Most, Šušnjar Memorial Complex (Спомен-подручје Шушњар/Spomen Groblje Šušnjar), Petar Krstić, 1970, Sanski Most, FBiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Photo Michael Perrone).

[dougielombax]

Before Putin decided to launch that ghastly invasion of Ukraine as his latest blood soaked vanity project, I heard so many idiots say there couldn’t possibly be a war in Europe.

“But this could never happen here! It’s been 70 years!”

Right.

Disregarding the wars in the former Yugoslavia 30 years ago, the UK’s own dirty war in the north of Ireland, the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia invading Georgia in 2008, and so on.

Yes I know they were on a smaller scale (except Yugoslavia. More or less) but shut up I’m making a point.

Do some BLOODY research!

Pure bumbrained ignorance!

It’s like they thought wars could only happen far away and out of sight in Africa or the middle east or wherever.

Fucking morons!

[fuckingstupidbracket]

"I don't know if it counts as history since it was within the last 100 years" MY BROTHER IN CHRIST

WORLD WAR 2 IS WITHIN THE LAST 100 YEARS

[walks-the-ages]

People are surprised about Bernie Sanders being overly neutral and non-commital about Palestine as if he didnt vote yes to bombings in Yugoslavia back in the 90s. Like i know Bernie Sanders is seen as "the good one" but like idk he can also be bad. politicians often are

Unfortunately, unless you deliberately go looking for such information on your own, the average working class Americans who looked up to Bernie before now (myself included) only really know what's currently going on in politics in between working long hours and only really seeing what's currently on our screens.

In our case, when I get home from work each day, we're just streaming Al Jazeera and other news channels, but I never even considered looking into Biden or Bernie Sander's past political deciscions..... and boy oh boy, was it hair-pullingly rage inducing to see a clip of young Biden supporting the war on drugs with glee and, more currently proclaiming "you have to fund the police" to cheers from democrats and republicans.

The united states school system teaches us nothing about the horrors that the US has wrought on the rest of the world, so dropping bombs on Yugoslavia is just one more drop in the bucket of complete shit the USA has hidden and we have to seek out information on, on our own, if we even know the issue exists to look it up.

So, if anyone has any articles and or book recommendations for reading up on Yugoslavia, I will add them to my reading list.

[humanoidhistory]

Monument dedicated to Serb and Albanian partisans, Mitrovica, Kosovo, 1973, designed by Bogdan Bogdanović. Photo by Ricardo Conte.

(Design Milk)

[captain-price-unofficially]

Serbian M-84 flipped by a NATO bomb, 1999