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March 14, 2006
"Seesaw," Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
["Seesaw" blogs at Balkan-Scissors]
As for the reactions in Bosnia, they are devided as you can guess (and read), most Serbs in Republic Srpska think Milosevic was a hero, and behave according to that, Bosniaks (Moslems) and Croats in Federation BiH think it is shame Milosevic died before the end of the trial.
Personally I can say I did not follow his trial - I was a living witness of his political career and saw enough with my own eyes. I did never think well of his ideas...
To me Milošević was nationalist and populist, and the politician who played the main role in dissolution of Yugoslavia.
I must add I spent the war in Sarajevo (1992-1995.) and saw so much suffering... I am not Moslem but visited Srebrenica and could not believe my eyes...
But I also saw many graves in Republic Srpska of Serb soldiers, and for a decade now I have been witnessing the poverty of people from former Yugoslavia - Serbia particularly - all that being - mostly - the result of ambitious, nationalist and populist policy of Slobodan Milosevic.
But as you could notice on my blog I am not willing "to join the company" so to say and prefer to keep my mind focused on other things. After all Milosevic does not deserve so much publicity, never did, and always had it.
Posted by Henry Shepherd at March 14, 2006 06:34 PM
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