"everyday prattle"

[paolo beneforti]

good contribution, thanx

> Ramona Koval: While we?re talking about that region of the world, you 
> have made interventions?speaking about the Milosevic trial, too?which 
> have been misreported as ?Pinter defends Milosevic,? kind of thing. But 
> that?s actually not your position.
> 
> Harold Pinter: No, no, no. My position is that I think Milosevic should 
> be given a fair trial. If he?s to be tried, then it should be an 
> impartial, objective trial. And clearly it cannot be the case here, 
> because he?s being tried essentially and effectively by NATO. NATO is 
> paying for the court. Therefore it?s a NATO court. It is, if you like, a 
> victor?s court and it cannot possibly be impartial.
> 
> Ramona Koval: So if he?s found guilty as a war criminal by a court that 
> you think is properly convened, you wouldn?t have any bad feelings about 
> that.
> 
> Harold Pinter: If it was a properly impartial and objective trial. But I 
> repeat, however, I think that NATO is itself a war criminal, if you 
> understand, as much as Milosevic is. But there?s no way of NATO judging 
> NATO. A NATO court is not going to put NATO up in the witness box. So I 
> think there?s something extremely unbalanced here and I think it really 
> stinks, actually.
> 
> 
> 



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