Chris
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I was reading a newspaper article a little while back about a journalist's first hand accounts traveling and speaking with people throughout the former Yugoslav countires. It's been almost 15 years now since the fighting first began, yet hostilities still run high among many citizens, especially in Bosnia and Kosovo.
I am grateful to the peacekeepers who no doubt saved many lives during the conflicts and while not the most desirable response, in retrospect I'm glad the NATO countires eventually took military action. However I am forced to stop and reflect on the key question "has anything really been resolved?" If left to their own devices would the people in the former hot spots be any more reasonable or compromising than they were back than?
Given the kind of charged responses this guy got, it doesn't sound promising. What do you think? What more do you think could or should be done to improve the current situation in the former Yugoslavia?
I am grateful to the peacekeepers who no doubt saved many lives during the conflicts and while not the most desirable response, in retrospect I'm glad the NATO countires eventually took military action. However I am forced to stop and reflect on the key question "has anything really been resolved?" If left to their own devices would the people in the former hot spots be any more reasonable or compromising than they were back than?
Given the kind of charged responses this guy got, it doesn't sound promising. What do you think? What more do you think could or should be done to improve the current situation in the former Yugoslavia?