It would be a shame if they broke their arms

Patting themselves on the back. 

I’ve spoken of what happened in Srebrenica under Clinton/Annan regimes here before. If you don’t know about it, go here and read.

The Dutch UN Peacekeepers who stood by while 8000 Bosnians were massacred are going to get a medal for refusing to act while the Serbians killed children.

Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have criticised the Dutch government for giving an insignia to UN peacekeepers who served in the city.

They said honouring Dutch troops who were charged with protecting the Muslim Bosnian enclave was “scandalous”.

Nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Serb forces who overran Srebrenica in July 1995.

The Dutch government said the troops deserved recognition for their behaviour in difficult circumstances.

Presenting the insignia to some 800 soldiers from the Dutch battalion (Dutchbat) at a military barrack in Assen, Dutch Defence Minister Henk Kamp said they had been unjustly seen in an unfavourable light.

He said they were sent to Srebrenica on a mission impossible – without enough weaponry – and a limited mandate.

I think that Cap’n Ed said it best

Any soldier presented with this should refuse to wear it. It should be seen as the Scarlet Letter of insignias, given the nature of the collapse of the Srebrenica defense.

And they should make two double-sized representations of these medals and pin one-each to the foreheads of both Clinton and Kofi Annan, because the blood is so deep that if they were pinned to their chests, no one would be able to see them due to the depth of the blood they’re standing in.