BBC NEWS | Europe | General jailed for Sarajevo siege
Another bit of justice - albeit delayed - was served today when a former Bosnian Serb general was sentenced to 33 years in prison by the Hague tribunal for his role in directing the siege of Sarajevo. Granted, it comes 12 years after the siege ended. And the two top Bosnian Serb officials responsible for the siege and the genocide in general - political leader Radovan Karadzic and military leader Ratko Mladic - remain at large. Justice delayed is still justice denied.
Unfortunately, the justice at the Hague has not deterred todays war criminals, including those in Sudan responsible for the Darfur genocide. And, like in Bosnia until political pressure forced Bill Clinton to abandon his policy of complicity, the U.S. and its allies refuse to intervene to stop the Darfur slaughter.
"Never again" truly has become "Again and again and again and again and..."
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