(np) Croatia today

[Carvill John]

Michael. You seem to be doing your learning in public.
 
 
> so lemme get this straight, the Serbs were oppressing the Bosniaks, so
> we helped the Croats wail on the Serbs?
 
The Croats and Bosnians were both victims of the Serbs. At one stage, the Croats - led by the Fascist Tujdman - saw the chance to sieze some territory for themselves and took it, thus turning on their fellow victims, the Bosnians. So the Bosnians, having been victims of teh Serbs, then also became victims of teh Croats who, as victims of the Serbs themselves, you might think would have behaved differently.
 
Despite this appalling act by the Croats, you should not lose focus of the fact that teh Serbs were the agressors. Don't be fooled by stories that 'both sides were in teh wrong' they are simp,y not true. That 'ancient, inevitable ethnic hatreds on all sides' were the cause of teh conflict was a myth perpetuated, mainly by the British (politiciuans and media) as an excuse for non-intervention. Douglas Hurd famously approved an arms e3mbargo against Bosnia because he said he wanted to avoid "an even killing field", in other words he wanted to kepe the existing un-level killing field. Hurd and his ilk reckoned that the Serbs wer going to win, so best to just let them have their bloodbath and stability will return to teh region.

 
> apparently many Serbs  have returned...
 
How nice for them! Pity so few Bosnians can return to the homes they were 'Ethnically Cleansed' out of, or if they do return they return to a Serb mini-state, with reminders of teh genocied everywhere, with denial endemic, with Karadic, Mladic, Milosevic etc. hailed as heroes and plastered on posters in the streets. The Serbs are a people in denial, and it will take generations for this to improve.
 
 
> I dunno, the Croats seem to be heavy into bad-assery:
 
No offence, but you're right - you don't know!
 
Being 'even handed' in your consdieration of Bosnia is a mistake from the get go. It's like saying, yes, the Jews suffered many atrocities, but spare a thought for all the sufferings endured by teh Nazis.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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