I don`t know what was your intention when you posted this article?You didn`t give any comment on it.
But,I must tell you that this article is nothing but a pamphlet,writen by a Croatian American Diaspora(pro Fascist!)
It is full of lies,half truths and egzagerations!Mostly,about pre -1991 Croatian "history".
Girl,in "dark Tito`s age" there was no "hundreds of thousands "killed Croats,or persecution of Croats as a whole,quite uncontrary!The alleged "persecution" of Croats was finished in 1949 when a geoup of Ustashe war criminals were tried in Yugoslavia,and eather shot or sentenced to prison.Since then,Croatian communists held the highest position of power in Yugoslavia (Tito was a Croat)and Croatia fared much better than some other Yugo republics.The situation improved even more when Yugoslavia opened her borders in 1960 and almost a milion of Yugoslavs went to work abroad(75% Croats).The influx of hundreds of milions of Deutche Marks earned by those people abroad had increased a living standard of their families imensely.
Croat Catholic Church ,also,was free to practice at will,unlike some other Christian faiths which were under a tight control and,supressed.
Croatia had prospered under Tito`s regime and was the second most developed republic in Yugoslavia.
Secondly,the author claims that Mesich and Racan "will never forget Tudjman for braking up with Yugoslavia"!!!!!?????For God`s sake,Mesich had never been a communist,he was a major instrument of Tudjman`s destructive racist policies,publicly boasted that "he will be the last Yugoslav president"....He broke up with Tudjman in 1995-96,I believe,but not because he was "hearthbroken" over Yugoslavia!The same applies to Rachan,who was a communist before but actively supported Yugoslav desolution.
I can,also,see that our "expert" repeats propaganda lies about Miloshevich the "ultimate vilain",and,I can`t be bothered to comment on that.Find the truth for yourself.
The story about destruction of Catholic churches by Bosnian Muslims is egzagerated,despite the incident in which Croatian family was killed by a Muslim fanatic a couple weeks ago.The author conviniently,does not mention that 75% of Orthodox churches in Croatia were destroyed ...the same figure stands for the Orthodox churches and monasteries in Hercegovina.
I could write more but it would be a long essay in which,word for word,this peace of journalistich garbage,would be "anihilated"!
Sufice to say,the author blames "ex Communists" for Croatian economic throubles,but he fails to point out that Croatia was plundered by Tudjman family and their cronies!Oh,no Sir,we can`t attack "Father of the Nation",right?
Instead,he is trying to sell an old lie about "Croats,the bulwark and defender of Christianity"!Funny ,he doesn`t mention the real bulwark,a first line defence against Islam,Krajina Serbs!?No way!
And,finally,"Croatia is pivotal for the region"!Since when?According to whom?
Croatia is important,but not pivotal.
All in all,Utah Girl,if your intention was to show the ignorance and bias of the author,you`ve done a good job.But,If you think that he is right,than...we have a problem.
The problem is,that this idiot is writing a book,and I shiver when I think that Americans will read this inaccurate drivel and use the book as an source of information.That`s the problem.
With "experts "like these ,who needs morons!
Cheers!
Now,guys,fire at will!