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What you're excluding is the fact that Croatia was led by those who fought Hitler, men like Bobetko and Tudjman.

Nothing contradictory here. Tudman and Bobetko converted to Ustashluk in their old days.

The further West you went, the deeper the collaboration was.

Maybe that has something to do with the fact, that he further West you went, the more intense was the genocide perpetrated against serbs in that area.

Collaboration occurred on all sides.

Your attempt to equalize some minor serb collaboration in ares in which they were exterminated with the open and direct ideological support of Hitler by the Nazi-puppet called NDH fails miserably. Take a look at the map of Yugoslavia during the occupation and the states that were created by the third Reich and their borders. Serbia was decimated and the only state under military administration. That means, Serbia was ruled directly from Berlin. Zagreb on the other hand made the decision to exterminate it's serbian population within the borders of NDH on it's own.

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Croatian Nationalism is not equivalent to "Ustashism" like Serbian nationalism is not equivalent to the Ljotic brand.

It's a common misperception.

As for WW2 collaboration, the Croatian puppet state was divided into two zones of occupation, one Italian and one German.

The Serbian state was under German military occupation.

This isn't an attempt to equalize the level of collaboration, please refrain from making assumptions like that.

The point I'm making is that the picture in the Balkans isn't black and white, as has been portrayed on this discussion.

What's important is that there are new enemies and new alliances at stake now. History is the poison of the Balkans, whether it be the slaughter of Serbs in WW2, or the slaughter of Bosnians, or Macedonians, etc.

The lines have shifted.

Those in the know in both Belgrade and Zagreb see that.

Visionaries need to be recognized, and history needs to be tossed.

Don't become a prisoner of history.

Radical Islam is the clear and present danger.



be seeing you,

foreign policy wonk


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