(np) Croatia today

[Carvill John]

> That's your opinion, but I'll cite Ivo Andric's "Bridge on the Drina"
> as evidence. While it is fiction, it does detail the history of the
> region correctly and informs the history of the recent conflict in the
> Balkans.

 
It isn't my 'opinion'. Your statement:
 

>> The Ottomans that stayed after the fall of their empire became
>> the Bosnian Muslims of today
 
..is not actually true. BUt even if it were, the next bit is far worse:
 
>> so it seems no one's ancestry has  clean hands. 
 
 
If you apply that logic, whose hands are clean? Ottoman empore? Crusading Christians? Spanish Inquisitionists? WHo? 
 
 
Does that mean that Sept 11th was ok, since 'Christians' have been responsible for all manner of ill deeds? Just doesn;t stack up. You can't use history from hundreds of years ago to justify modern day atrocities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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