Memories from Montenegro
1. "Boys were saying they were happy for it because of what America did to us. I think it isn't mutually exclusive.
We should never forget the horrors Americans did here, but can somebody be happy for the death of civilians?
- Anonymous
We should never forget the horrors Americans did here, but can somebody be happy for the death of civilians?
- Anonymous
2. "I just got back from elementary school. It was early morning in the US but just a beginning of afternoon here.
Well, for us it was not THAT shocking. We just had a decade of wars and were bombed by Americans two years prior to 9/11. Americans bombed our bridges, hit a train full of passengers, bombed a National Television and killed bunched of journalists there, hit a hospital, buildings etc. We were used to such horrible things. I grew up with loud bombing alerts, I'll never forget that sound.
What really shocked us was that despite all of that, we would never even think of doing something like what these hijackers did. We understood a difference between American government and ordinary American people. 9/11 showed us that despite what Americans did to us we were still normal. Yeah, some idiots 'celebrated' a bit, saying US got what they deserve, but the majority were sad.
I remember a joke at the time,
'What is the score when Muslims hit American WTC and then Americans bomb the shit out of Muslims? 2:0 for us.'
- R. M.
Well, for us it was not THAT shocking. We just had a decade of wars and were bombed by Americans two years prior to 9/11. Americans bombed our bridges, hit a train full of passengers, bombed a National Television and killed bunched of journalists there, hit a hospital, buildings etc. We were used to such horrible things. I grew up with loud bombing alerts, I'll never forget that sound.
What really shocked us was that despite all of that, we would never even think of doing something like what these hijackers did. We understood a difference between American government and ordinary American people. 9/11 showed us that despite what Americans did to us we were still normal. Yeah, some idiots 'celebrated' a bit, saying US got what they deserve, but the majority were sad.
I remember a joke at the time,
'What is the score when Muslims hit American WTC and then Americans bomb the shit out of Muslims? 2:0 for us.'
- R. M.
3. "I was a little boy playing with toys on the floor and didn’t care that much, but I remember it was live news and I could see the buildings and the smoke coming out of them. My parents and family were terrified and watched the news all day. I can’t believe that some of the other stories say that they celebrated it. Innocent people died and they had nothing to do with NATO bombing Yugoslavia.
- D. V.
- D. V.