The dreary saga of General Mladic rambles on. Successive Serbian governments have pressed the civilised world that it is not fair to hold Serbia’s European prospects hostage for one crazy war criminal. Some in the civilised world agree.

Yet that argument goes the other way too. Why is one crazy man exerting such an influence over so many people that it has not been possible to nab him and send him on his way to the Hague in over a decade?

A survey in Serbia appeared to show a strong popular reluctance to hand over war-crimes indictee General Mladic to face justice:

… what makes Ratko M a friend of two thirds of Serbian citizens? Why do they feel so indebted to him?

Few things are more horrible or dreadful than those for which Ratko Mladi