Not sure how you can call our Balkans policy "pro-Islamic" when you look at the results. When the first President Bush took office, Yugoslavia was still a communist country, no ally of the USA, and a way-station for terrorists such as Mohammed Abbas of Achille Lauro infamy. Albania was an isolationist, brutal communist dictatorship.
Now, what started as Yugoslavia--communist, atheist, hostile to America--has turned into six nation-states; all with democratic governments: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. Five of those six are primarily Christian. Four(Slovenia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia) to include the only one with a Muslim majority (Bosnia), have troops allied with the USA in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. Albania is also now a democracy and a staunch US ally; one of the first to contribute troops to both Iraq & Afghanistan; and opens its air & land & sea-space for our military to train.
So explain again how US Balkans policy which has produced democracy for millions, several Christian majority nations, and a group of allies for the USA in the war against Islamic terrorism is "pro-Islamic."
AS YOU WERE! None, to include Bosnia, have a Muslim majority--Bosnia has a Muslim plurality: "Religions: Muslim (40%); Orthodox (31%); Catholic (15%); Protestant (4%); other (10%). In fact, at 31% + 15% + 4%; the Christian proportion of the population is 50% making it the predominant religion in Bosnia, also.
Don't be ridiculous, Mark. Yugoslavia was socialist and on it's way to democracy anyway. Between Yito's death and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Yugoslav communism had already transitioned to socialism. The same reformers who eventually threw out Milosevic, would have simply done it sooner if there had been no wars. And the only time that "Yugoslavia was hostile to the US" was when Tito was alive, and ironically the US gave Tito strongest support. The Serbs had always be pro-US.
Bosnia and Croatia's wartime presidents, Izetbegovic & Tudjman, were NAZIs -- plain and simple. Izetbegovic had been an Islamofascist during WWII and continued to be one until his death. Tudjman thanked God that his "wife was neither a Serb nor a Jew" and this is his legacy to future generations of Croats.
" Yugoslavia....was.. a way-station for terrorists such as Mohammed Abbas of Achille Lauro infamy.
And Bosnia, where Abbas was hidden from authorities, still is "a way station for terrorists" -- or more acurately described in the PBS documentary, "a pipeline for Al Qaida forces going to fight in Iraq" The difference is that there is no control to stop these Islamofascists anymore, because the Muslims in Bosnia are in control for now -- until the next war comes.
Your argument is intellectually appealing, however in the real world and on the ground, it makes absolutely no sense. All we have done is to empower the cultural enemies of our way of life and cause a bloodletting that hadn't been seen since WWII in the process.
BiH is a haven for quiet AQ-styled cells, training ground and safe haven for AQ-themed cells.
The only reason why "Albania" sent any troops was to recieve kickbacks from the US Govt..i.e open porous borders etc...
Did you fail to mention what the SFOR troops on the ground says about the three ethnic groups? To keep it short...muslims=bad...Serbs=good, very cooperative and they recieve the most useable intel from them. Croats=criminals/bad...
The Italian Cannarberie or whatever they call themselves despise the Croats and muslims... might be due to the fact they go out and roll them up for criminal activity that finances their weapons arsenal buildup...i.e the croats sends up a girl to the main gates to chat up with the guards...knows when the birds head out to forewarn...the croats also simply cut wires that disrupt immediate power and gives them a distraction for their activity... imagine that.