Proven recipe for civil war and destruction of a nation?

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Recently declassified intelligence reports from Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia fill in some important details about the US-led efforts to partition Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The official narrative from Washington has been that the US intervened to prevent atrocities by Serbs. The reality appears to be far different as described in this recent article and linked source documents.

Here are some excerpts that illustrate a four-part recipe for the destruction of Yugoslavia during the Bosnian War (April 1992 to December 1995):

  1. Offer a blank check to separatist leaders:

. . . on March 28th, 1992, US Ambassador to Yugoslavia Warren Zimmerman met with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, a Bosniak Muslim, to reportedly offer Washington’s recognition of the country as an independent state. He further promised unconditional support in the inevitable subsequent war, if rejected the Community proposal. Hours later, Izetbegovic went on the warpath, and fighting erupted almost immediately.

  1. Create a false narrative about a peace process:

It was an article of faith in the Western mainstream at the time, and remains so today, that Serb intransigence in negotiations blocked the path to peace in Bosnia.

Canadian peacekeepers reported the opposite.

In cables sent July – September 1993, the time of a ceasefire and renewed attempt to amicably partition the country, the Canadian peacekeepers repeatedly attribute an obstinate character to Bosniaks, not Serbs. As one representative excerpt states, the “insurmountable” goal of “satisfying Muslim demands will be the primary obstacle in any peace talks.”

  1. Secretly bring in foreign fighters and massive amounts of illicit weapons:

In Yugoslavia this meant Muslim fighters that included many veterans of the Afghan war combined with weapons from the US and its allies.

Many had already gained experience on the Afghan battlefield through the 1980’s and early 90’s after arriving from CIA and MI6-infiltrated fundamentalist groups in Britain and the US. For them, Yugoslavia was the next recruitment ground. The Mujahideen frequently arrived on “black flights”, along with an endless flow of weapons in breach of the UN embargo. This started off as a joint Iranian and Turkish operation, with the financial backing of Saudi Arabia, although as the volume of weapons increased the US took over, flying the deadly cargo to an airport in Tuzla using fleets of C-130 Hercules aircraft.

  1. Create false flags and pretexts for claiming atrocities and breaches of cease fire:

Here is one example from the Canadian reports.

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Is there any reason to believe that this history is unique to Bosnia?

Or is it just business as usual for elements within the US as demonstrated in similar wars in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan etc.?

What are the implications today?

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I love when people bash imperialism.

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When it comes to political leaders I always refer to the famous quote by Lord Acton that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

That has indeed been proven true when one looks at various historical figures who have possessed tremendous power throughout human history.

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The war over the blue dress. And look all the same stuff they used to turn Libya into a hell hole of chaos and poverty. Fake news report planted by intel agencies. And gosh the dems and media loved the war. And they still love endless wars see Ukraine.

"Oh, look a skinny prisoner of war, it must concentration camps. " Now the US activly funds neo-nazi’s in Ukraine.

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Ever notice the FBI has never given an example of foreign interference in elections. Yet, they used that a pretense to get social media to censor Americans.

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Look how nicely the operation started with Bush before the baton was handed off to Clinton. Regarding major policies and spending, not much difference in the parties other than rhetoric.

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Anywhere on the planet they can successfully set up a laundering routine while propping up the defense contractor lobbies.

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I thought it had to do with lead utensils and drinking cups

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Anyone ever notice how remote the threats are?

Virus, CO2, polar bear extinction, extremism, fake news…always difficult to observe and even more difficult to prove.

Then they demand PROOF for an opposing observation.

We are being played.

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Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex.

Truman warned about the CIA.

We are seeing the results of decades of ignoring those warnings. Congress has become irrelevant to the conduct of overseas wars, and Presidents rarely interfere.

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It’s hard to imagine a time when the top politicians were against the MIC.

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Kennedy and the intel agencies were bitter enemies after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Kennedy died in a hail of bullets in November 1963, and Truman’s op-ed came a month later. Were those just coincidences?

The MIC was unhappy with Nixon’s arms control agreements that coincided with cuts in military spending at the end of the Vietnam War. Nixon won in a landslide victory in 1972, but less than two years later Nixon later resigned after a campaign of orchestrated leaks from an FBI official. Was that a coincidence?

The technology for surveillance has vastly improved in the last 50 years. Is it possible to have an effective elected government and a free press that are not under the thumb of whoever controls the surveillance programs?

Does that explain a lot about US foreign policy and clandestine programs in recent decades?

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Here you go.

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-elections

You also could read the Mueller report.