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I can't speak for other ex Yugoslav republics, but Bosnia and Herzegovina is in permanent state od limbo, for 25 years, and probably for the next 25. Corruption
by nezirus 5y ago
I can't speak for other ex Yugoslav republics, but Bosnia and Herzegovina is in permanent state od limbo, for 25 years, and probably for the next 25. Corruption is rampant, nationalistic retoric abundant...
One of the main reasons we are a failed state is Dayton peace agreement. It awarded war and genocide. Just imagine post WWII Germany, splitted in two parts, one ruled by ex facists, still denying holocaust, the other part ruled by self serving, corrupt, thieves and bastards (can't say they are better than facists, because all of them got into power and got rich during the war)
The whole region will have half of the population (from year 1991), in just a few decades. Young people/families will never return...
- wolfhumble 5y agoSo what would have been a good solution?
- nezirus 5y agoFor starters, don't reward war crimes. Organize swift trials. They've only recently finished trials of high ranking generals and officials, there are thousands lower ranked ones which will never feel the hand of justice.
- wolfhumble 5y agoThanks for your input. And what about the territorial control and governmental system?
- nezirus 5y agoDunno, we're probably fucked up anyway. Our education system is destroyed, splintered into many small pieces, low quality, that is the worst thing for the future. There are simply too many layers of government, half of the country considers itself part of Serbia, the other part is busy crying wolf (while stuffing money into pockets). Teritorial rearangements wont make people more educated, happier, wealthier... Even welcoming Bosnia into EU wouldn't help, that would be just a free pass to relocate for work, and a shot of a decent life (that is not easy to achieve in a foreign country, working jobs locals would not take)
- ww2buff 5y agoA decisive federation victory over the republika srpska
- tut-urut-utut 5y agoSo you basically want a genocide and an Islamic state in Bosnia. Because that’s what you get if Federation “win” against Republika Srpska.
- ceesharp 5y agoIslamic state in Bosnia, that's funny. If you've ever been in Bosnia, then you would have known that the majority do not care about islam as itself. Yes, they might identify themselves as "muslim", but they aren't religious per se. My friends would go to pray for Bayram and then the whole city would eat and get drunk together, very Islamic. :)
- kklisura 5y agoNobody in their right mind wants an Islamic state there. No sane muslim in BiH wants that. The fear of "Islamic state" in Bosnia is right wing trope.
- ceesharp 5y agoReminds me of a story my mother told me. Basically, my family are all "Muslims" and "religious". But there was one dark secret... my grandpa loved bacon. Whenever his cousin who was a Hodja came to visit us, my grandpa would hide his home brew raki and his lovely bacon.
- g8oz 5y agoYou mean like the Srebrenica massacre? Oh wait, that was Srpska forces.
- ww2buff 5y agoThis is fantasy propaganda that was used by the genocidaires in Republika Srpska to justify the war they started and the actual genocide they committed.
- deagle50 5y agoI haven't gone back since I left in 92.