these were stitched into a qing dynasty robe I saw today...
...I could swear they're fetal cats in jars. thoughts?
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![pg 67 of "Genocide on the Drina River" by Edina Bećirević:
"...General Ratko Mladić took the floor and, in lay terms, explained that these goals could not be attained without genocide, since 'people... are not pawns nor are they keys in one's pocket that can be shifted from here to there.' It was apparently clear to Mladić at that early date that the plan envisaged by the Serb political leadership could not be put into practice without the forced elimination of Bosnian Muslims. If they hadn't grasped it before, Serb military and political leaders couldn't help but become aware of the likely consequences of their actions once Mladić had spoken. And Mladić seemed to accept genocide as enough of a likelihood that he sought to raise awareness of the international dimension of genocide among his colleagues: 'We have to put a ring around the dragon's head of Sarajevo this very moment, and only those whom we let out should be allowed out.... We mustn't say that we are going to destroy Sarajevo. No, we will not. We want to preserve Sarajevo, we need Sarajevo. We are not going to say that we are going to destroy the power supply pylons or turn off the water supply, no, because that would get America out of its seat, but..... well, one day there is no water at all in Sarajevo.... We have to wisely tell the world, it was they who were shooting, hit the transmission line and the power went off, they were shooting at the water supply facilities... [and] we are doing our best to repair this, that is what diplomacy is.'
From the very beginning of the aggression and genocide, Mladić realized that misrepresentation of reality and avoidance of any public acceptance for the responsibility of crimes was necessary in order to prevent military intervention by the international community."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kcaed6g32y2hmuhsdcbfeyqx/bafkreideawam3wcynvpqnowsq77mqso6vwj276famrof5u6eyndnzsqemy)
![part 2
From the very beginning of the aggression and genocide, Mladić realized that misrepresentation of reality and avoidance of any public acceptance for the responsibility of crimes was necessary in order to prevent military intervention by the international community. Heated discussion on the fate Bosnian Muslims continued, and in the RS Assembly's seventeenth session, held two months later, Karadžić further rationalized his own genocidal intentions. He explained that Serbs could not live "in a unified state" with Muslims and said further that "Europe does not desire and not dare allow the creation of an Islamic state.... They want us and the Croats to remain in a unified Bosnia so that we can control the Muslims." This was one of a number of statements Karadžić made to the Assembly over time that indicated he felt Europe had given him the green light for genocide. He told the delegates: "We well know, where fundamentalism arrives, you cannot live anymore. There's no tolerance. By means of a high birth rate, [Muslims] have increased four times, and we Serbs have not increased, nor did the Christians in Lebanon increase because they lacked that Oriental mentality that Islam bestows. Serbs and Croats together by birth rate cannot control the intrusion of Islam into Europe, for in 5-6 years, in a unified Bosnia, the Muslims would be over 51 percent...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kcaed6g32y2hmuhsdcbfeyqx/bafkreifdn5kvhslt3gm4icnl22qv7j3yoplkowpzjlevyhedavjvo2sn7e)
![page 67 of Genocide on the Drina River, by Edina Bećirivić
...General Ratko Mladić took the floor and, in lay terms, explained that these goals could not be attained without genocide, since "people... are not pawns nor are they keys in one's pocket that can be shifted from here to there." It was apparently clear to Mladić at that early date that the plan envisaged by the Serb political leadership could not be put into practice without the forced elimination of Bosnian Muslims. If they hadn't grasped it before, Serb military and political leaders couldn't help but become aware of the likely consequences of their actions once Mladić had spoken. And Mladić seemed to accept genocide as enough of a likelihood that he sought to raise awareness of the international dimension of genocide among his colleagues: "We have to put a ring around the dragon's head of Sarajevo this very moment, and only those whom we let out should be allowed out.... We mustn't say that we are going to destroy Sarajevo. No, we will not. We want to preserve Sarajevo, we need Sarajevo. We are not going to say that we are going to destroy the power supply pylons or turn off the water supply, no, because that would get America out of its seat, but.... well, one day there is no water at all in Sarajevo.... We have to wisely tell the world, it was they who were shooting, hit the transmission line and the power went off, they were shooting at the water supply facilities... [and] we are doing our best to repair this, that is what diplomacy is."
(part 1; see next post for part 2)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kcaed6g32y2hmuhsdcbfeyqx/bafkreie7uqaqoerj66pfux3nmuypl5m3qm3sfrjzjncirbpvza4nl3nt5y)
