a decade ago mare of edge launched the serbian student movement that helped oust president slobodan milosevic. the group was called out for resistance and it bore the now familiar symbol of the clenched fist but behind the spontaneity of the uprisings was a carefully researched strategy guided by the west no boy somalia is a balkans columnist who's been chronicling the events in serbia since one nine hundred ninety nine the or poor movement itself was just a tiny student organization that it got subverted taken over the operatives then expanded it turned it into a branding empire and ended up basically one ing the ground the grassroots level of the revolution thus turning it into an astro turf where they were run by the needy which very openly goes in and says our goal is to more promote democracy a new york times investigation documented the extent of u.s. assistance according to journalist roger cohen poor was no ramshackle students group but a well oiled movement backed by several million dollars from the u.s. but the objective is regime change the objective is to install a government that

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really seen about ten years ago you may remember the uprising in serbia and which president slobodan milosevic was overthrown by the people there well it turns out much of that was orchestrated and funded by the united states to this day many of the same activists though continue to train opposition groups around the globe they're giving how to sessions in revolution in countries they want to see changes take place but as are the lucy catherine of reports the game of regime change can sometimes be dangerous. this is the business of selling a lot of sky high heels barely there clothes revolutionary styles exported in the fashion capitals of the world hello i'm moderately evil. and this is the business of selling well revolution fresh exporting how to lessons and revolution aided by the democracy capital of the world democracies after all aren't born knowing how to run themselves a decade ago marriage launched the serbian student movement that helped oust president slobodan milosevic. the group was called out for resistance and it bore the now familiar symbol of the clenched fist but behind the

you remember a former secretary of state who gave slobodan milosevic courage by saying we don't havea dog in the balkan fight. richard holbrooke had a dog in the balkans but he also had a dog in the battle against aids, in the battle for refugees right to return to their homeland, and in countless, countless other fights. richard holbrooke gave a damn. and he did not mind letting you know your key did not mind stepping on toes. he did a fair amount of the. i think strobe and i were both astonished, however, at the speed with which the tributes poured in. it seemed hours after richards passing, the tributes from around the planet. it's not an exaggeration. i have now collected headlines from bhutan to zambia, about holbrooke's passage. and i don't know if i've experienced anything of the like. this is not a man who ever reached the job that he hoped to reach them as secretary of state. this is not a man who got the nobel peace prize for which he was six times nominated, and in my view deserved for ending a war. and yet he's the american with the single name, holbrooke, and he continue

you remember foreign secretary of state who gave slobodan milosevic courage by saying we don't have a dog in the fight. richard holbrooke had eight fight in balkans but he also had a fight in the battle against aids, in the battle for refugees right to return to their homeland and in countless other fights he gave a damn and he didn't mind letting you know, he didn't mind stepping on toes, he did a fair amount of that. i think that stobe and i were both astonished with the speed at which the tributes poured in. it seemed like hours after his passing the tributes from around the planet and. it's not an exaggeration. i've seen alive now collected headlines about his passage, and i don't know if i have experienced anything of the like. this isn't a man who ever reached the job that he hoped to reach as the secretary of state this isn't a man that got the nobel peace prize for which he was six times nominated and in my view desert for ending the war, and yet he is the american with a single man holbrooke and he continues to represent a style of diplomacy and the engagement which the world