When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the US quickly moved in to take its vacant position in Eastern Europe, turning the former Soviet satellites into obsequious followers of whatever Washington DC dictated.
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Except, of course, Yugoslavia, which though socialist, was not a Soviet satellite. Therefore, Yugoslavia had to be broken up, dissolved into its constituent parts. The German government, together with the Vatican, took the lead in recognizing the independence of the first two breakaway republics, Slovenia and Croatia. The German government, seeking to expand the markets for its exporters and investors was only too eager to recover Slovenia and Croatia, that until 1918 formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and that are still imbued with German culture. The Vatican (then led by Pope John Paul II), was happy to recover its lost influence in these two new republics, that had always belonged to the Roman Catholic heartland and where popular devotion has traditionally been strong.
The US soon joined the bandwagon, but then it turned out that the destruction of Yugoslavia was going to be a lengthy, messy and bloody affair, especially in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Allying itself with the Muslim element, the US allowed or facilitated the introduction into these regions, of Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda fighters and of volunteers from Iran.
Supported by the US, loaded with cash provided by Saudi Arabia and other major Middle Eastern oil producers, and reinforced by experienced and fanatical muslim soldiers, the Bosnian, Kosovar and Macedonian muslims started a war for independence. Their enemies? Serbs and other Christians living in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Needless to say, the Serbs called in the help from the Serbs living in the Serb heartland.
Then the UN intervened in the Bosnian civil war, in order to protect the Bosnians against the Serbs. One of the “safe havens” indicated by the UN and protected by UN troops was Srebrenica. In 1995, this town was put under control of a newly created, half-trained Dutch army unit under an incompetent Dutch commander. As soon as the Serbs appeared on the horizon, this cowardly commander left the premises, but not without first having had a few drinks with general Mladic, the Serb commander taking over Srebrenica. The Serbs then allegedly massacred some 8.000 Bosnians who had looked for shelter at Srebrenica.
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