Luka Mišetić, General Ante Gotovina’s lead defense lawyer during the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia investigation in 2012, will appear at the Croatian-American Club in San Pedro, California (25 miles south of downtown Los Angeles) on Sunday, May 19th at 3pm. Upon appeal, the Chicago-born Northwestern graduate was able to change the Hague’s original verdict in the Gotovina case.
Mišetić will provide the behind the scenes story of what really happened during the course of the trial, the initial conviction and the ultimate appeal, which freed General Gotovina.
A buffet style lunch will be served. Donations are not required, but are appreciated. Please reserve a seat or a table by e-mailing jackbaric@hotmail.com or sylvanagusich@yahoo.com or calling Sylvana Gusich at 562-858-3930.
The ICTY case of General Gotovina is one of the most important moments in the history of Croatia. The outcome of the trial would not only determine the freedom of General Gotovina, but would mark in history the Croatian people’s role in the war. A guilty verdict would solidify UN policies during the 1991-1995 war, which treated the combatants as equals in a civil war instead of identifying Serbia as the aggressor. A not guilty verdict would acknowledge that Croatia had the right to defend its homeland. Mišetić will provide his analysis of what the ‘not guilty’ means for Croatia and describe the personal burden of having the lead role in this historic case. This is an event not to be missed!
See the official Facebook invite here.
For those of you CroatianSports.com readers able to make the event on the west coast, both half and full tables are available for this event.
Former Shakespeare night club now known as O’Hara is a good place to visit while in split.
@Ziva
Any Burka babes on the beach?
Misetic’s father was on the same soccer board as my father -RWB Adria in Chicago and also attended the sane church as our family, St. Jerome’s. I was emailing Luka throughout the trial.
Interestingly, Luka’s father was arrested for trying to shake down buisness owners in Chicago to help raise funds in Croatia’s fight for independence, and was allegedly involved in the NYC hijacking episode in the 70’s involving the dropping of leaflets.
@Poglavnik……….yes it was…….still OK in the summer, but not even close to what it was. The mujos have infested the place.
SEMAFOR in Split ! The Best !! Bog ,Hrvati , Hajduk , i HNS !!!
@Ziva
Love Makarska!
My stari had a stan there 2 minutes off the beach in the late 90’s.
Great times!
And just a short drive to Hercegovina. 🙂
In Zadar there are no more Mujo serb music clubs anymore thank God! all closed down.
No more Ozujsko in the GTA (Toronto), only Karlovacko…what’s the deal with that?!!!! What about the states?
@ Ziva Shark was the name of the place i remember that place well then later on like in 2005 it turned into mujo serb music and the locals shut it down!
I heard rumors that right after the war (maybe even during the war) that one of the generals or high ranking members of the govt was given ownership of Saturnus. Not sure how true it was.
@19Miro50……there used to be a place in Borik that was a great time in the summer. It was a rather small cafe/bar up on the 2nd floor of a building and on Wednesdays or Thursdays would play only music by dalmo singers. I forget the damn name. It was located right next to a grocery store (may have been a Tommy, not sure). Any clue what the name was?
Best place in the summer used to belong to Makarska, but then it went from about 15-20% mujos to over 50% mujo.
@ Ziva Saturnus is open for the tourists in the Kamp and locals come their but it sucks now big no waste of gas and money. Gotham i liked when it was a Koncert and only Domaci people here in Gotham.
@ nije Da those places are good for me too.
I googled it and it looks like it is. It closed down for a while i know that for sure.
What ever happend with Saturnus? That place was huge and packed back in the days. Is it still open in some form?
I never liked Gotham. Decent setup, but never enjoyed going there.
Thats in my neck of the woods now. hacienda and aurora all day long! also makina in vodice is good too.
Yeah it sucks now that place was great its only for tourists and kids now, for me Zadar cahnged alot and i go to Yachting on Borik and Mango in Diklo, and summer time Hacienda in Vodice,
I liked Central cause it was on kalelarga and there was more domace people there. Gotham was a mission to walk to plus its up hill from pol otok. Plus mostly stranci hung out there. The walk back was easy all downhill and drunk perfect combo!
When i use to date a girl from Privlaka we would go to a place thats not around anymore (i think unless they reopened) called Saturnus in Zaton… That place would go off!
I us to go to Corso on the riva or Kult when i was younger those were the days, then Gotham and walk home drunk with my buddies. Now Zadar just has Maraskino and Hitch
Central! i know its not around anymore but that was my spot on kalelarga
Gotham!
Priko kurca je isa. Ali je isa…..
The only shred of respect I will ever have for Racan is that he was the first who went to Bleiburg and paid his respect. You can bash me all you want ali skidam mu kapu for that.
I threw up the most at that kolodvor and im not even from zadar. The place where you eat and drink is fine but once you go to the WC your done!
Yes it is but in Zadar waiting till 6 am for a hot burek od sire when your still drunk rules or a nice Piletina sa sirom, brzo se otriznis
Being hungover and at a kolodvor in croatia is asking to throw up!
Hahah thats in our blood to drink kakav Irac let them come to Kolodvors in Croatia and birtije then they will see.
Oh i believe you. My dad does that everyday lol
The half liter pola litre no joke, and that is a true story. thats about 15 liters.
It would have been better if he would have came the weekend after for the picnic at the dom.
Everybody May 26 Cro Hall block party in san pedro may 26th come out and meet new croats and enjoy the festivities.
Miro – half liters or the little ones lol
Please doctor prie shut the fuck up. You act like you know it all and love to shit on Croatia. Thank God you are not back for seven months.
Karla(Karlovacko) is the best girlfriend i drank a kasun ipo for a festa.
I will be there soothing my hangover with karlovacko and listening.
Anyone making the trip down to Pedro for this event?
Which backs what i said they were all brown nosing and not helping.
Great song too
See you guys in 7 months.
I’m going to chalk that up to baseless hearsay. There’s no evidence in the world that could have tarnished Tudjman forcing HDZ operatives to destroy it. Tudjman didn’t do anything wrong. Just executed the liberation of the country. Nothing more, nothing less. The fact that that in itself is CRIMINAL to too many people is, well, the reason Croatia had to endure what it endured; and, again, why it’s a failed state.
They are all pieces of shit, with Mesic as the godfather of the pieces of shit.
Any other country, and he would have hanged years ago. In Croatia, however, he would have won a third presidency if the law allowed a third bid.
To paraphrase doktor Jurcevic, there is no point of the Croatian state to exist if all her levers of power are to be controlled by a Jugoslav, anti-Croatian elite. Makes for quite a paradoxical situation. And is the very reason Croatia is a failed state.
Evidence (documents) was hidden or destroyed in late 90s/early 00. I don’t know what was in them, but I was told they had more to do with Tudjman and those who were around him during the war, and would have helped Gotovina and the ICTY questiong Oluja.
Agreed on your comments re: Sanader and destruction of Tudjman’s legacy
Which backs what I said about Sanader. Sanader was worse than Racan. Either way, both are and were pieces of shit.
What evidence did Sanader’s HDZ destroy, and what time-period are you referring to?
FYI: Sanader “detudjmanized” HDZ and participated (and even led) in the destruction of Tudjman’s legacy.
Myth: Racan helped Ante Gotovina
Fact: Racan was the prime minister of Croatia when jurisdiction of military/police actions Bljesak and Oluja was handed over to the ICTY, making Gotovina et al prey to Carla del Ponte. Racan did “reject” the original indictment, expressing displeasure. He also had Carla Del Ponte tweak the indictment, because he feared he’d be forced out of power by the enraged masses. This changed nothing. Budisa exited the coalition (sestorka) in disgust and opposition to what Racan ultimately accepted – the indictments. Gotovina took flight.
Myth: HDZ prevented Gotovina from speaking with ICTY investigators
Fact: While HDZ was still in power (pre-2000), it was against the law to speak to ICTY investigators concerning matters of Bljesak and Oluja. They had no jurisdiction (Racan handed that over later).
None of these facts exonerate post-Tudjman HDZ. Sanader, Seks, Karamarko – together with Mesic – criminalized the Homeland war and persecuted Croatian defenders – including Ante Gotovina.
Gotovina probably fell victim to Sanader’s promises to defend the Domovinski rat and to legally battle the ICTY. As we all know, Sanader would, after assuming power, become the darling of the communist/liberal (what a paradox) Left in Croatia and persecuted defenders (including A.G., who was caught on Sanader’s watch). A traitor, par excellence. He and Mesic comprised the treacherous duo that destroyed Croatia.
those song lyrics mean nothing……….they are song, nothing more.
You don’t know what you are talking about on this one. Mesic……I wont argue in his favor. Nothing to argue about.
But, Racan did much more to help Gotovina than anyone in HDZ did. All HDZ did was bitch and moan publically about it, but behind closed doors they did nothing. ZERO. All they did was helop organize some BS public protests that didn’t do anything. And those were done to make it look like they were on Gotovina’s side. Instead, they did everything in their power to protect the legacy of a dead man (Tudjman) and destroyed evidence that would have helped Gotovina. Racan, at the very least was opening up documents to show the Hague prosecuters that Gotovina was innocent of the crimes he was being charged. Again, I am no fan of Racan and former commies. But, he did more for Gotovina than other people who were in high political office. Let me ask you this??????? What political party was in charge of the the govt. when Gotovina was arrested and who was the prime minister?
Yeah but those lyrics were added to that song in contradict to what your stating. I’m not going to argue or go back and forth with you on this one. Racan and Mesic did nothing for Gotovina. After he was caught, they were “trying to make it look like they were helping him” but by then they were just words cause they knew it was all done for him anyhow. Bottom line is they were all kissing Carla Del Pontes ass cause the were brown nosing to get in the EU just like everybody is today.
@nije bitno………good words in the song.
But, Racan did more to help Gotovina than Sanader and HDZ ever did. I’m not here to sing the praises of the SDP (they are mostly commie scum), but I also believe in being fair, honest and calling it like it happend. And HDZ hurt Gotovina by hiding and destroying documents that would have helped Gotovina. The docs were destroyed to protect Tudjman and his legacy, instead they hurt Gotovina. If HDZ would have allowed Gotovina to speak with the Hague when they first asked to speak with him, there is a damn good chance Gotovina never would have received an indictment.
@Ziva: HDZ members are also former commies, its the beauty of politics: it causes conversions that fundamentalist religions can only dream of!
I would ask him why greater Croatia and Serbia failed.
Sylvana gusich. Holy crap way to slaughter your name.
If that were the case why does the song go like this and the other way around?
Oj Racane jeba ti pas mater i onome ko je glasa za te
Gospe sinjska ako si u stanju uzmi stipu a vrati nam Franju
Attending an event like this is not a form of hero worshipping. Hero worshipping is asking for pictures and autographs of people you don’t know. Hero worshipping is wearing the last name of another person on your back (if you are an adult), which is also known as jock sniffing.
I would have a few questions for Misetic, but not in a public forum like this one. I would gladly ask them in a one-on-one setting or an interview setting. The questions wouldn’t be about the Hague trial because we all know those charges against Gotovina were total BS. My questions would be about Gotovina’s personal life (much to be answered) and how Tudjman, Sanader and the HDZ fucked over Gotovina and our other generals. I find it really ironic that the SDP (former commies) did more to help Gotovina than HDZ did. Remember, it was Sanader and the HDZ that was in power when Gotovina was caught. Ivica Racan, a fricken commie, did more to help Gotovina than anyone in the HDZ. My comments would revolve more around that timeline than anything that took place in the Hague.
I’d go see him if in the area, his partner Tom K came to vancouver and gave a super interesting talk about the case etc….
Ziva doesn’t hero worship so he wouldn’t be there.
How long before we get a Ziva statement?
id like to see this if i lived in the area. Or even in the country for that matter.