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Russian TV Does NATO Bombing Montage...With Sinatra

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March 24, 2009



The Russian 24-hour news channel Vesti today had day-long coverage devoted to the NATO bombing of Serbia, 10 years ago.

This is a sample of the offering, a montage shown between programs, with Frank Sinatra singing "America The Beautiful."

-- Pavel Butorin

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by: Anthony from: United States
March 25, 2009 17:36
Classic Russian and Serb victimhood.
by: Patkatav Dupeto
March 25, 2009 17:43
Why?
by: VytautasBa from: Vilnius
March 26, 2009 07:05
Someone once said that the current regime needs both an internal and external enemy to help justify its authoritarian policies. The internal being the Chechens and the external being the West (United States). This is a good example that the need for a US enemy is still useful to Russia's current leadership.

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