Hrvatski iseljenici u SAD-u pokrenuli su akciju kojoj je cilj skupiti 60.000 dolara i taj novac iskoristiti da zakupe oglasni prostor preko cijele stranice New York Timesa. Oglasom žele poručiti: "Samoobrana nije ratni zločin".

Radi se o projektu podrške za Antu Gotovinu i Mladena Markača, koji se širi preko Facebooka. Skupina iseljenika na PayPalu je otvorila račun preko kojeg im je moguće donirati sredstva.

Za facebook grupu kliknite OVDJE

Tekst oglasa koji skupina koja se naziva Croatians United International želi zakupiti u NY Timesu prenosimo u cijelosti:

"Kao građani međunarodne zajednice, kategorički odbijamo presudu Međunarodnog suda za ratne zločine u Haagu koji je hrvatske generale Antu Gotovinu i Mladena Markača proglasio krivima za ratne zločine i osudio ih na 24 i 18 godina u zatvoru.

Vjerujemo da se ICTY distancirao od vrijednosti na kojima je utemeljeno međunarodno pravo i postupao u skladu s interesima politike, ignorirajući dvije i pol godine dokaza.

Naša temeljna kritika jest da su Ujedinjeni narodi bili nadležno tijelo na tlu i sila između dvije strane. Sada su Ujedinjeni narodi sila koja pokreće sud. U demokratskom sustavu, tužitelji, sudac i porota ne mogu biti ista skupina, kao što se dogodilo u Gotovininom slučaju.

Prilikom oslobođenja okupiranog hrvatskog teritorija, hrvatske oružane snage ponašale su se u skladu s nadležnošću suvremene, suverene, međunarodno priznate države.

Zahtijevamo da SAD i članovi UN-a stvore politiku koja će poništiti presude protiv Gotovine, Markača i hrvatskog naroda.

- Croatians United International, New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Melbourne, San Jose, Cleveland, Sydney, Vancouver, Munich, Berlin, Zurich, Vienna".

Engleski tekst iz grupe na facebooku

Croatians have always donated their energy and money to support causes in Croatia. Most of the the energy and money have been donated to physically support Croatians.

In the case of the ICTY rulings, the issue is not so much food, medicine or arms supply, like it was during the war, today the issue is policy.

Policy determines how nations and international organizations make decisions in the world.

How can we as "protesters" affect US and UN policy?

We can make it an issue!

How do we make it an isssue? A real issues that is being talked about on CNN and BBC....

Today, the same Croatians that are moderating these free Gotovina groups, websites and pages on Facebook and are calling themselves CROATIANS UNITED INTERNATIONAL and are launching a CAMPAIGN to raise $60,000 to purchase a full page ad in the "A" section of the NEW YORK TIMES!

If only 6,000 of us donate $10 each towards the purchase of an A SECTION full page ad in the NY Times, we are of the belief that we can make this an international issue and influence US and UN policy.

The ad has been created and you can decide for yourself if you want to contribute $10. We feel we can have the ad in the NY TIMES very quickly, challenge ourselves to raise $60,000 in SIX DAYS!

This is true democracy. You get to vote and be influential for $10. This one page ad in the NY times is worth more that 100,000 of us hitting the streets.

This ad will not only be seen by more that one million people reading the NY Times, but will generate hundreds of other news stories by other global media organizations, bringing it to the attention of tens of millions of people including the US State Department, Hillary Clinton, the UN and the leaders of the member states.

If you remember, MoveOn.org executed this exact campaign, publishing a full-page ad in The New York Times on September 10, 2007 accusing General David H. Petraeus of "cooking the books for the White House". The ad also labeled him "General Betray Us".

This is not your daddy's protest. This is the new generation of Croatians using modern day tactics to influence policy, gain real respect and be heard.

Think about it, for $10 we can move mountains!

We have set up a PayPal account to accept donations:

http://tinyurl.com/CroatiansUnited

Here is the ad, simply download it and post EVERYWHERE, Facebook, blogs, email.

http://tinyurl.com/GotovinaNYTimes

Can we raise $60,000 by Tuesday, April 26? Can 6,000 of us donate $10. Can we unite? (read less)