# I hope they hang you by your heels, Ratko Mladic...

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 26, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307 "2011-05-26T15:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307/21 "2011-05-31T18:30:24Z")

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> [@Godinama](#):
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> …A man that cannot be moved to hear the preliminary extradition trial in Belgrade, much less the actual trial in the Netherlands…

A Serb court thought otherwise: [http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/31/serbia.ratko.mladic/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/31/serbia.ratko.mladic/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

I thought the Serbs had long been pretty defiant about handing over guys like this. Is it really all about potential EU membership?

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307/22 "2011-06-01T08:27:29Z")

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Good catch, y’all. As they say in the South, be sure to give him a fair trial before you hang 'im.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307/23 "2011-06-02T05:37:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I thought the Serbs had long been pretty defiant about handing over guys like this. Is it really all about potential EU membership?

From the Serbian nation’s PoV, yes. His motivation was more to do with an eye to history, and not wanting to die ignominiously in some dingy room.

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