Chapter 181: Blame

(1st Update)

The massacre in Derventa was like a bombshell that detonated the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Soldiers who knew what had happened were ordered to keep silent, and war correspondents who tried to uncover the truth were secretly executed in mass graves in Delvinta. The massacre suddenly seemed to have become a major focus of public criticism of the Croatian army.

When Yanayev saw this newspaper, he immediately understood what was going on, using the framing to put political opponents in an immoral situation, Karadzic's methods were not too clever, but the matter was handled cleanly and without leaving evidence, and now all countries, including the United Nations, are targeting the Croats, pushing the Croatian armed groups into a situation where they are indefensible.

But Yanayev still dialed Karadzic's number through the Kremlin's secret outside line, and when the other party dared to answer the phone, he asked a little unceremoniously, "Karadzic, why do you want to do such a thing at this critical moment, once it is known, the negotiating table will have a great impact on us, and then you Karadzic will have only one choice, to send it to the international political court and accept the jury trial." ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, President Yanayev. If I have done something wrong, please point out and thank you for your contribution to the Serb army in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Karadzic asked him in a puzzled tone. Karadzic is an old fox, and this kind of secret event is basically only known to God.

Seeing that the other party was so far away that he was still defending himself, Yanayev suddenly lost his anger, and he knocked on the side to remind Karadzic. "Karadzic. Don't play with fire. I don't have time to clean up your hands and tail it. Also, if you want to continue to dominate the international community, it's best to clean up this matter thoroughly. If you can, you can disgust the Americans because of this. ”

"Everything is fine, the Serbian army is advancing very smoothly, there are no problems." Karadzic made a pun.

After hanging up, Yanayev dialed another number. He said to Surkov in the briefest sentence, "Come to my office, now, yes." ”

Leaving a pile of work at hand and running to Yanayev's office, Surkov did not understand what the moody general secretary wanted to do. Yanayev threw the headline of the recent Serb massacre in front of Surkov and said, "Do you know about this? ”

Surkov, who has always been sensitive to international politics, glanced at the headline and knew what Yanayev wanted to ask, "Yes, the Derventa massacre." One known inhumane killing so far. Reported by Serbian journalists deep in the war zone. Shocked the world. ”

"The massacre seems to have put Croatia's military in a situation of humanitarian condemnation." "While there have been sporadic killings of Croats and Muslims by Serbian militias over the past few months, there has been no news of massacres of Serbian regulars," Surkov analyzed. ”

Speaking of this, Surkov glanced up at Yanayev, who just smiled and nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Seeing Yanayev's expression, Surkov quickly understood what was going on, and he became more and more firm in his analysis, and continued, "I'm afraid that the Serbian army for some reason did not carry out retaliation and blamed all the dirty actions on the militia. However, it is clear that the Croatian leadership cannot control the indignant Croatian army. That's why such a horrific massacre appeared and was exposed. ”

"The only question is that the killings of civilians have been almost sporadic in the past, but why is there such a large-scale problem this time?" This is the only thing that Surkov does not understand.

"I'm afraid this massacre may not be the work of the Croatian army, after all, the Bosnian Serb army still condemns the enemy from the moral high ground." Karadzic is also an old fox, and Yugoslavia did not have any international support in the previous history, so their only means of expelling Croats and Serbs was massacres. Now that the Serbs have the backing of the Soviet Union, they have to take into account the feelings of the international community in whatever they do.

Of course, the best thing to do is to package yourself as a patriotic hero who fights for national unity and national independence, and then dismiss the other party as a despicable and dirty villain.

"We will launch a propaganda campaign to portray the U.S.-backed Croatian army as a brutal, anti-humanitarian army." Surkov smiled knowingly, "Presumably, the United States should also have a headache at that time, he can choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the member organizations of the United Nations will definitely investigate and intervene, not to mention that NATO is worried that it will not be able to find an entry point into the situation in Yugoslavia after experiencing the lessons of the Serbian explosion." The more chaotic this game is, the better, and only in this way can we maximize our interests. ”

Although the United States and the Soviet Union are now in a situation where the United States and the Soviet Union are cheating on the EU, the two countries still have to watch out for each other. What Yanayev has to do is to protect his own interests and at the same time add to the obstruction of the United States.

Moscow newspapers, which have always been quick to propagandize, made a statement about the incident, describing the Croatian army as a terrible mob of rape and plunder, burning, looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

"The Derventa massacre was just a snack for them, and there is reason to believe that this mob will do even more terrible things to come." "We hope that all parties will unite to restrain the barbaric behavior of the Croatian army and save those poor children!" The sad tone of the article has won the support of many people who do not know the truth.

When Yanayev saw the news report, he almost believed what was described in the newspaper. What's more, the report is accompanied by photos of the massacres taken by war correspondents in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past few months, some of them Croats and some of them Serbs, but it is misleading to put all these photos on the reports of Serbs.

Sure enough, as I said before, the truth of the news depends on what part of the interest group that the journalist represents wants you to know.

This also reinforces the importance of maintaining censorship, and once people with ulterior motives get their hands on the media's weapons of public opinion, their efforts to reverse right and white for their own interests are likely to become a battering ram to subvert a country's power. (To be continued.) )