Do you honestly think the Krauts just suddenly decided to recognize Croatia because they had nothing better to do with their time? They've had the idea of breaking up Yugo for a while their Bub. If you honestly think that the US merely "reacted" to the invasion of Kuwait, I think you better put on your thinking cap. All of these had seeds of birth before their inception, no reaction based responses here...pre planned.
Still explain to me why the German's strong-armed the EU into recognizing Croatia and Bosnia knowing the bloody outcome, was Sranjo that good of a salesman? LOL!!!! The rest of the EU knew damn well what was going to happen but I guess the Krauts where more interested in sucking the Balkans dry, how much did they pay for Dalmatia? I'm all for democracy man but if you honestly think that the West is really democratic as they would have you believe, then you're definately missing the boat. The US is not a democracy, its a free-market based society and government. He who has the gold makes the rules. Right now in the Balkans, the Germans have all the money and the rest just follow their rules.