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Saturday, 01.09.2012.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina is “unable to exist as country”

Bosnia-Herzegovina shows on a daily basis a chronic inability to exist and survive as a country, Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik has said.

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stars and stripes

pre 11 godina

He is such a silly, silly man....Really, he wants to leave BH? I, personally, would like nothing more than to see this unable-to-speak-without-mentioning-what-happened-150000000 years-ago crowd. They have been so busy worrying about their grand-grand-grand parents to focus on the future of their grand children. Let them go - we could then normally take a healthy breath and start building a civil society. BUT - NO WAY IS HE TAKING 49% of the land. Oh, no, Srebrenica CANNOT BE in Dodig land. From where I am sitting, the ONLY folks here who would welcome renewed fighting are the Bosniaks (includes non-Christian atheists such as myself) - that's just a fact. They really believe that there is more of a level playing field with a decent army and decent allies. The difference now is that THEY are the ones waiting in anger for their opportunity for revenge......

lowe

pre 11 godina

"Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 20:21)"

Well, I suppose your "KS-Forces" have got the ability to force their way there on their own steam! Yah, keep on dreaming!

And your silence about north Kosovo and Strpce speaks volumes to me.

Really?!!!

pre 11 godina

NO FREAKING WAY!!!!
No one should be rewarded for "cleaning"the citizens out of their own cites,destroying everything that represent culture and identity of the nation,move into their homes and apt-and than proclaim that as new country!
WHAT PLANET ARE WE ON????
Serbian Republic-of WHAT???
Where are the people that has and had generations and generations people born,raised and own property,business and land trough these parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina???
Rest of us will not stand aside and be robbed again out of our own-no sir WE WILL NOT.or be shot by the army we were payed for YU army-That movie is over.
btw.mr Dodik took all of the money he could get out of Bosnia and Herzegovina,they're using all of the resources,also he robbed his people as well doesn't come as shock how he will treat others.In fact they should have some decency and shut up.Before he gets prosecuted for stealing from everyone and his own silly poor and tired nation,he is not paying pensions for the army weterans of serbian republic now,Bosnians share theirs with them,and he is calling for another conflict-YEAH RIGHT people are lining up around the corner to go fight for the likes of him.VOMIT VOMIT VOMIT-FUJ

Rocky

pre 11 godina

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.
(lowe, 2 September 2012 14:34)

Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!

lowe

pre 11 godina

"If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 13:00)"

Which also means that areas of "Kosova" with Serb majority such as the north and Strpce should be part of Serbia too, right? Or are you into double standards?

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.

Rocky

pre 11 godina

It looks like, Mr. dodik is working on, destabilizing the fault-lines that run thru-out the Balkans & is setting the region up for yet another, Serbian manipulated earthquake! If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!

sj

pre 11 godina

If Dodik want to break Dayton, then new division.
Only 30% of territory for Serbs.
If he wait 10 years, then only 25%.
(Adem, 2 September 2012 10:10)

Only when Albanian calcutor.

sj

pre 11 godina

(iso, 1 September 2012 15:15)
I’ve got news for you lad. NATO is finished as a battle group – its backside was whipped clean by a bunch of cave dwellers in Afghanistan and they are going to leave with their tails between their legs The US was whipped clean in Iraq – the so called most power full nation on this planet left with its tail between its legs with not even a contract to their name – it all went to the Chinese are Russians. The US has been kicked out of the South China Sea where it now has no base in that region – but what’s amazing or not no one has told the American people. They have been pressuring Australia to open a base in Darwin, but the Chinese have scuttled that idea completely. But on top of all this there is a little matter of the US economy!!!!!!! Just a little matter as it will improve once the bandages of freedom and democracy are wrapped around the gapping whole called the US debt of 17 trillion by Christmas this year.
The only reason RS is still part of Bosnia is because the EU pumps millions otherwise its goodbye. This time if you’re relying on the west I’d take a long and hard look because if your lot start something there will be no cavalry to help you out.

SRK

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

The only problem with that theory is to find a willing Muslim populace that would fight again for essentially their corrupt politicians and expansion of their power into Serb territory. "Sign, Alija, it isn't hard, even if it be as big as the back yard!" remember that?

The Serbs will fight with the notion of self determination and without being sanctioned or at the mercy by a one sided media. The mistakes not winning the PR war will not be repeated and there are many in that media motivated to correct the mistakes their predecessors made and try to return some credibility.

Now we get to armed forces, the Serbs win this hands down with a more streamlined and professional force that would not rely at any time on thugs with criminal backgrounds damaging their reputation. The fight if any would be quick with minimal civilian casualties thereby quickly demoralising any Muslim army organised to invade.

After that my money is on a revolution in what is left in Muslim Bosnia with the politicians facing their judgement and then possibly total unification with their brothers in Serbia and a brighter future and reconciliation from all the crap they had to endure in the last 5-6 centuries.

sj

pre 11 godina

(Bam Bam, 1 September 2012 15:12)

We know all about the corridor and how the great Croatian army will cut it in an instant (I believe that Stipe Mesic is fit and ready), but Dodik has to make sure he does this at the right time i.e. when the Croatian Army does not close down for the holidays especially around Christmas and New Year. He must give the Croats at least 6 months notice so they can gather enough fuel and forces (recall all their 600 professional soldiers from Afghnaistan). Your Croats would not be allowed to set foot in Bosnia because it’s not authorized by the UN – what you’re going to invade a different country????. Even the west can do a thing with Syria, but the mighty Croats can. Take a pill Bam Bam.

Aussie

pre 11 godina

What had happened, and how it happened- in the former yugoslavia, is the new beginning of many more seperate and independant states of this world to come. The experimentor will soon be the eperiment of his own destiny.
The people of RS have their own very right to seek seperation. espaecially after NATO mongrel pact involvement from day one.
You can't be accused of the same crime twic'e, so', what the heck, grab whats yours in the first place. After all, those others, (croats & bosniaks), - recieved more than what they ever had before.
History always had proven that serbs had never gotten down on their knees. And as for those mentioned, you still have to PAY' for your due's. Help was not for free'.

Ecoman

pre 11 godina

USO, you forgot to mention the Serbs in N. KiM, and the Greeks in Albania. Let's not omit any unhappy ethnicities, if you are going to start mentioning.

roberto

pre 11 godina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rn_mZhE_us&feature=fvwrel

we brought one balkan dictator down -- we can bring another one down. watch out dodik, yr time is coming -- welcome to prison

roberto frisco

iso

pre 11 godina

Steve Gligorijevic

Where I am from is irrelevant I`m just a person who wants to share his non-biased honest opinion , well the DAYTON agreement clearly regulates the BiH issues, if RS liked to join serbia they wouldn`t have signed the dayton agreement or better say they would joing serbia but didn`t have the force to , they knew they were lossing the east part all anyway so at least keep the region as a federal unit , and now after some years they keep screaming about idependence , where have u been 20 years ago? If u want something , fight for it , that`s the balkan style my friend , you weren`t able to realize your "greater serbia" idea when the time was, now u can`t just jump out and ask for idenependence like that. If serbs have the right to seperate , why don`t the same rights apply to bosniaks in sandzak or the albanians in the southern part?

Ned Taylor

pre 11 godina

Steve: Maybe ISO is a Bosniak or a Croat which, as far as most fair minded people would agree, gives him or her the right to comment about the future of BiH. The future of the RS is not solely a matter for Serbs although clearly this is why they have tried to create a monoethnic entity. As an aside Steve, I imagine that B92 are happy to receive comments from all over the world (someone from New Zealand commented this morning)and as it is their news site not yours this will continue. This intolerance of non-Serbs and the marginalisation of their views caused a lot of the mess in the first place. You state your case and allow others to state theirs. Is that fair enough for you?

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

Fight for it..really lol? So the Bosniaks that make up about 50% of the population are going to fight Serbs and Croats which make up the other 50 for almost 60% of the territory in BiH?

The Bosniaks did that before. They live under this myth that all of Bosnia is reserved for the Bosniaks but neglect the fact they don't have the demographics to pull it off-not even close. Now BiH is segregated and the Bosniaks have no interest in RS and Herceg-Bosna anymore.

2 million Bosnian Muslims wedged between 14 million Serbs & Croats (Serbs being the overwhelming majority at 10 million) will not continue to fight for a fantasy in which BiH in its current borders will become a Muslim oriented state it simply wont happen.

This country is a fail. Put a nail in it and consider it over because like it or not, that is what most people in Bosnia feel themselves.

Steve Gligorijevic

pre 11 godina

iso

if you are not a Serb then mind your own damn business and let us mind our own. Wherever it is you hail from, get your own house in order before you try to interfere with ours, we don't need your big beak in our business is that clear enough for you.

Nenad

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.

Bam Bam

pre 11 godina

How many more times is this guy mention the demise of BiH. Please Dodo if you want RS to breakaway just say so, but do remember one thing the corridor will be cut within 24 hours of your beloved RS claiming inpendence. RS would crumble within a month. Is that what you want for already impovrished people. I dare you to seccede.

iso

pre 11 godina

does he have us to remind on a daily basis about this? We all understood your opinion mr Dodik , but you should take as an example of corporation Switzerland , french and germans weren`t the best friends either but look what country they`ve made COORPERATING with each-other , improve citizens life , they care about healthcare , salaries , their jobs , would a join with Serbia improve things? Or is it just that you want to gain some political points putting yourself in a pretty nationalistic stance.

I`m sorry but as long as US and NATO exist RS won`t join Serbia or get independent , that might be unfair but yes it`s true so it`s up to you the citizens of BiH to look for copertaion for the sake of your children and your future.

Balkan should become a peacfull-nontension region after all. People are sick of this 20 years old "pseudo-nationalism". WAKE UP!

Tom Tom

pre 11 godina

It's sickening to see RS being forced to be part of Bosnia when the people there have stated they want to be independent. If Serbia will have to accept an independent Kosovo then Bosnia and the rest of the world would have to accept the reality about an independent RS.
RS and the federation are chosing seperat ways already. RS is becoming one with Serbia while Sarajevo is becoming more and more middle eastern like. Poor croats are stuck in between. Croats are leaving their part in Bosnia to a greater exent then albanians are leaving Kosovo. In 20-30 years bosnian croats will be long gone.

Champion for the underdog

pre 11 godina

RS should join with Serbia. If The US/NATO/EU insist that Kosovo should be independent from Serbia and that the Albanians have the right to self determination then the Serbian people in RS have that same right also and should join with Serbia. The Serbs in Northern Kosovo also have that right and there is no government on this earth that can deny them that right period.

Not that Kosovo is Albanian for one minute, but the West can't dictate who can and who cannot have the right to self determination and be independent, what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

It would be even better if everyone could just get along but some folks like the situation the way it is and will do anything to keep it that way, not mentioning Thaci, his thugs and their NATO puppet masters.

If it comes to it the Pakistani community in Britain should also have the right to independence but somehow I don't think the double standard upstart British government would like that idea. While we're at it why not let the Mormons in the state of Utah become an independent state free from the corruption of the USA, I don't think the US state department would entertain that idea either, the double standards of the west are enough to make one puke. How do the people under those rotten corrupt regimes live with themselves? Well, how do you??

Questioner

pre 11 godina

YU was unable to exist as a country, nevertheless it existed for some 40 years, Bosnia exists for 20 years so far. If it will last longer than YU, who knows?

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

He's only stating the obvious. I'm sure Dodik is as corrupt as it gets but he is telling the truth here. Bosnia i Hercegovina in its current borders is demographically impossible to function. The people living there do not like living with each other. Furthermore, the only group in Bosnia that considers the entire country belonging to them, the Slavic (Serbian) Muslims are divided themselves along party lines. In fact, Dodik and his party is probably the single most popular party in the entire country. Yes RS has grave problems as well. Much like everywhere else in the ex-YU neighborhood. This is exactly where I would point to Dodik and the entire corrupt political elite in all the warring ex-YU countries. However, there is no question that RS is the most stable and functioning part of this temporary country.

Republika Srpska (Western Serbia) will get its independence. In fact it is really more independent than the Albanian occupation of Kosovo i Metohija. Reason being that Banja Luka has more say over what happens to the country internally than the Jihadist organ extractors do in Pristina. Everyone knows that the NATO countries really call the shots in the occupied province.

Western Serbia can help serve as surveillance center for the growing threat of radical Jihadism in Central Bosnia without forgetting Kosovastan and Albania. I think countries like Israel & Russia would see benefit in the realization of a fully independent Western Serbia (R.S.)

Champion for the underdog

pre 11 godina

RS should join with Serbia. If The US/NATO/EU insist that Kosovo should be independent from Serbia and that the Albanians have the right to self determination then the Serbian people in RS have that same right also and should join with Serbia. The Serbs in Northern Kosovo also have that right and there is no government on this earth that can deny them that right period.

Not that Kosovo is Albanian for one minute, but the West can't dictate who can and who cannot have the right to self determination and be independent, what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

It would be even better if everyone could just get along but some folks like the situation the way it is and will do anything to keep it that way, not mentioning Thaci, his thugs and their NATO puppet masters.

If it comes to it the Pakistani community in Britain should also have the right to independence but somehow I don't think the double standard upstart British government would like that idea. While we're at it why not let the Mormons in the state of Utah become an independent state free from the corruption of the USA, I don't think the US state department would entertain that idea either, the double standards of the west are enough to make one puke. How do the people under those rotten corrupt regimes live with themselves? Well, how do you??

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

He's only stating the obvious. I'm sure Dodik is as corrupt as it gets but he is telling the truth here. Bosnia i Hercegovina in its current borders is demographically impossible to function. The people living there do not like living with each other. Furthermore, the only group in Bosnia that considers the entire country belonging to them, the Slavic (Serbian) Muslims are divided themselves along party lines. In fact, Dodik and his party is probably the single most popular party in the entire country. Yes RS has grave problems as well. Much like everywhere else in the ex-YU neighborhood. This is exactly where I would point to Dodik and the entire corrupt political elite in all the warring ex-YU countries. However, there is no question that RS is the most stable and functioning part of this temporary country.

Republika Srpska (Western Serbia) will get its independence. In fact it is really more independent than the Albanian occupation of Kosovo i Metohija. Reason being that Banja Luka has more say over what happens to the country internally than the Jihadist organ extractors do in Pristina. Everyone knows that the NATO countries really call the shots in the occupied province.

Western Serbia can help serve as surveillance center for the growing threat of radical Jihadism in Central Bosnia without forgetting Kosovastan and Albania. I think countries like Israel & Russia would see benefit in the realization of a fully independent Western Serbia (R.S.)

Tom Tom

pre 11 godina

It's sickening to see RS being forced to be part of Bosnia when the people there have stated they want to be independent. If Serbia will have to accept an independent Kosovo then Bosnia and the rest of the world would have to accept the reality about an independent RS.
RS and the federation are chosing seperat ways already. RS is becoming one with Serbia while Sarajevo is becoming more and more middle eastern like. Poor croats are stuck in between. Croats are leaving their part in Bosnia to a greater exent then albanians are leaving Kosovo. In 20-30 years bosnian croats will be long gone.

Bam Bam

pre 11 godina

How many more times is this guy mention the demise of BiH. Please Dodo if you want RS to breakaway just say so, but do remember one thing the corridor will be cut within 24 hours of your beloved RS claiming inpendence. RS would crumble within a month. Is that what you want for already impovrished people. I dare you to seccede.

iso

pre 11 godina

does he have us to remind on a daily basis about this? We all understood your opinion mr Dodik , but you should take as an example of corporation Switzerland , french and germans weren`t the best friends either but look what country they`ve made COORPERATING with each-other , improve citizens life , they care about healthcare , salaries , their jobs , would a join with Serbia improve things? Or is it just that you want to gain some political points putting yourself in a pretty nationalistic stance.

I`m sorry but as long as US and NATO exist RS won`t join Serbia or get independent , that might be unfair but yes it`s true so it`s up to you the citizens of BiH to look for copertaion for the sake of your children and your future.

Balkan should become a peacfull-nontension region after all. People are sick of this 20 years old "pseudo-nationalism". WAKE UP!

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

Fight for it..really lol? So the Bosniaks that make up about 50% of the population are going to fight Serbs and Croats which make up the other 50 for almost 60% of the territory in BiH?

The Bosniaks did that before. They live under this myth that all of Bosnia is reserved for the Bosniaks but neglect the fact they don't have the demographics to pull it off-not even close. Now BiH is segregated and the Bosniaks have no interest in RS and Herceg-Bosna anymore.

2 million Bosnian Muslims wedged between 14 million Serbs & Croats (Serbs being the overwhelming majority at 10 million) will not continue to fight for a fantasy in which BiH in its current borders will become a Muslim oriented state it simply wont happen.

This country is a fail. Put a nail in it and consider it over because like it or not, that is what most people in Bosnia feel themselves.

Steve Gligorijevic

pre 11 godina

iso

if you are not a Serb then mind your own damn business and let us mind our own. Wherever it is you hail from, get your own house in order before you try to interfere with ours, we don't need your big beak in our business is that clear enough for you.

Nenad

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.

iso

pre 11 godina

Steve Gligorijevic

Where I am from is irrelevant I`m just a person who wants to share his non-biased honest opinion , well the DAYTON agreement clearly regulates the BiH issues, if RS liked to join serbia they wouldn`t have signed the dayton agreement or better say they would joing serbia but didn`t have the force to , they knew they were lossing the east part all anyway so at least keep the region as a federal unit , and now after some years they keep screaming about idependence , where have u been 20 years ago? If u want something , fight for it , that`s the balkan style my friend , you weren`t able to realize your "greater serbia" idea when the time was, now u can`t just jump out and ask for idenependence like that. If serbs have the right to seperate , why don`t the same rights apply to bosniaks in sandzak or the albanians in the southern part?

Questioner

pre 11 godina

YU was unable to exist as a country, nevertheless it existed for some 40 years, Bosnia exists for 20 years so far. If it will last longer than YU, who knows?

Ned Taylor

pre 11 godina

Steve: Maybe ISO is a Bosniak or a Croat which, as far as most fair minded people would agree, gives him or her the right to comment about the future of BiH. The future of the RS is not solely a matter for Serbs although clearly this is why they have tried to create a monoethnic entity. As an aside Steve, I imagine that B92 are happy to receive comments from all over the world (someone from New Zealand commented this morning)and as it is their news site not yours this will continue. This intolerance of non-Serbs and the marginalisation of their views caused a lot of the mess in the first place. You state your case and allow others to state theirs. Is that fair enough for you?

sj

pre 11 godina

If Dodik want to break Dayton, then new division.
Only 30% of territory for Serbs.
If he wait 10 years, then only 25%.
(Adem, 2 September 2012 10:10)

Only when Albanian calcutor.

Rocky

pre 11 godina

It looks like, Mr. dodik is working on, destabilizing the fault-lines that run thru-out the Balkans & is setting the region up for yet another, Serbian manipulated earthquake! If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!

roberto

pre 11 godina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rn_mZhE_us&feature=fvwrel

we brought one balkan dictator down -- we can bring another one down. watch out dodik, yr time is coming -- welcome to prison

roberto frisco

sj

pre 11 godina

(Bam Bam, 1 September 2012 15:12)

We know all about the corridor and how the great Croatian army will cut it in an instant (I believe that Stipe Mesic is fit and ready), but Dodik has to make sure he does this at the right time i.e. when the Croatian Army does not close down for the holidays especially around Christmas and New Year. He must give the Croats at least 6 months notice so they can gather enough fuel and forces (recall all their 600 professional soldiers from Afghnaistan). Your Croats would not be allowed to set foot in Bosnia because it’s not authorized by the UN – what you’re going to invade a different country????. Even the west can do a thing with Syria, but the mighty Croats can. Take a pill Bam Bam.

Rocky

pre 11 godina

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.
(lowe, 2 September 2012 14:34)

Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!

lowe

pre 11 godina

"Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 20:21)"

Well, I suppose your "KS-Forces" have got the ability to force their way there on their own steam! Yah, keep on dreaming!

And your silence about north Kosovo and Strpce speaks volumes to me.

SRK

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

The only problem with that theory is to find a willing Muslim populace that would fight again for essentially their corrupt politicians and expansion of their power into Serb territory. "Sign, Alija, it isn't hard, even if it be as big as the back yard!" remember that?

The Serbs will fight with the notion of self determination and without being sanctioned or at the mercy by a one sided media. The mistakes not winning the PR war will not be repeated and there are many in that media motivated to correct the mistakes their predecessors made and try to return some credibility.

Now we get to armed forces, the Serbs win this hands down with a more streamlined and professional force that would not rely at any time on thugs with criminal backgrounds damaging their reputation. The fight if any would be quick with minimal civilian casualties thereby quickly demoralising any Muslim army organised to invade.

After that my money is on a revolution in what is left in Muslim Bosnia with the politicians facing their judgement and then possibly total unification with their brothers in Serbia and a brighter future and reconciliation from all the crap they had to endure in the last 5-6 centuries.

sj

pre 11 godina

(iso, 1 September 2012 15:15)
I’ve got news for you lad. NATO is finished as a battle group – its backside was whipped clean by a bunch of cave dwellers in Afghanistan and they are going to leave with their tails between their legs The US was whipped clean in Iraq – the so called most power full nation on this planet left with its tail between its legs with not even a contract to their name – it all went to the Chinese are Russians. The US has been kicked out of the South China Sea where it now has no base in that region – but what’s amazing or not no one has told the American people. They have been pressuring Australia to open a base in Darwin, but the Chinese have scuttled that idea completely. But on top of all this there is a little matter of the US economy!!!!!!! Just a little matter as it will improve once the bandages of freedom and democracy are wrapped around the gapping whole called the US debt of 17 trillion by Christmas this year.
The only reason RS is still part of Bosnia is because the EU pumps millions otherwise its goodbye. This time if you’re relying on the west I’d take a long and hard look because if your lot start something there will be no cavalry to help you out.

lowe

pre 11 godina

"If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 13:00)"

Which also means that areas of "Kosova" with Serb majority such as the north and Strpce should be part of Serbia too, right? Or are you into double standards?

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.

Really?!!!

pre 11 godina

NO FREAKING WAY!!!!
No one should be rewarded for "cleaning"the citizens out of their own cites,destroying everything that represent culture and identity of the nation,move into their homes and apt-and than proclaim that as new country!
WHAT PLANET ARE WE ON????
Serbian Republic-of WHAT???
Where are the people that has and had generations and generations people born,raised and own property,business and land trough these parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina???
Rest of us will not stand aside and be robbed again out of our own-no sir WE WILL NOT.or be shot by the army we were payed for YU army-That movie is over.
btw.mr Dodik took all of the money he could get out of Bosnia and Herzegovina,they're using all of the resources,also he robbed his people as well doesn't come as shock how he will treat others.In fact they should have some decency and shut up.Before he gets prosecuted for stealing from everyone and his own silly poor and tired nation,he is not paying pensions for the army weterans of serbian republic now,Bosnians share theirs with them,and he is calling for another conflict-YEAH RIGHT people are lining up around the corner to go fight for the likes of him.VOMIT VOMIT VOMIT-FUJ

Ecoman

pre 11 godina

USO, you forgot to mention the Serbs in N. KiM, and the Greeks in Albania. Let's not omit any unhappy ethnicities, if you are going to start mentioning.

stars and stripes

pre 11 godina

He is such a silly, silly man....Really, he wants to leave BH? I, personally, would like nothing more than to see this unable-to-speak-without-mentioning-what-happened-150000000 years-ago crowd. They have been so busy worrying about their grand-grand-grand parents to focus on the future of their grand children. Let them go - we could then normally take a healthy breath and start building a civil society. BUT - NO WAY IS HE TAKING 49% of the land. Oh, no, Srebrenica CANNOT BE in Dodig land. From where I am sitting, the ONLY folks here who would welcome renewed fighting are the Bosniaks (includes non-Christian atheists such as myself) - that's just a fact. They really believe that there is more of a level playing field with a decent army and decent allies. The difference now is that THEY are the ones waiting in anger for their opportunity for revenge......

Aussie

pre 11 godina

What had happened, and how it happened- in the former yugoslavia, is the new beginning of many more seperate and independant states of this world to come. The experimentor will soon be the eperiment of his own destiny.
The people of RS have their own very right to seek seperation. espaecially after NATO mongrel pact involvement from day one.
You can't be accused of the same crime twic'e, so', what the heck, grab whats yours in the first place. After all, those others, (croats & bosniaks), - recieved more than what they ever had before.
History always had proven that serbs had never gotten down on their knees. And as for those mentioned, you still have to PAY' for your due's. Help was not for free'.

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

He's only stating the obvious. I'm sure Dodik is as corrupt as it gets but he is telling the truth here. Bosnia i Hercegovina in its current borders is demographically impossible to function. The people living there do not like living with each other. Furthermore, the only group in Bosnia that considers the entire country belonging to them, the Slavic (Serbian) Muslims are divided themselves along party lines. In fact, Dodik and his party is probably the single most popular party in the entire country. Yes RS has grave problems as well. Much like everywhere else in the ex-YU neighborhood. This is exactly where I would point to Dodik and the entire corrupt political elite in all the warring ex-YU countries. However, there is no question that RS is the most stable and functioning part of this temporary country.

Republika Srpska (Western Serbia) will get its independence. In fact it is really more independent than the Albanian occupation of Kosovo i Metohija. Reason being that Banja Luka has more say over what happens to the country internally than the Jihadist organ extractors do in Pristina. Everyone knows that the NATO countries really call the shots in the occupied province.

Western Serbia can help serve as surveillance center for the growing threat of radical Jihadism in Central Bosnia without forgetting Kosovastan and Albania. I think countries like Israel & Russia would see benefit in the realization of a fully independent Western Serbia (R.S.)

Bam Bam

pre 11 godina

How many more times is this guy mention the demise of BiH. Please Dodo if you want RS to breakaway just say so, but do remember one thing the corridor will be cut within 24 hours of your beloved RS claiming inpendence. RS would crumble within a month. Is that what you want for already impovrished people. I dare you to seccede.

iso

pre 11 godina

does he have us to remind on a daily basis about this? We all understood your opinion mr Dodik , but you should take as an example of corporation Switzerland , french and germans weren`t the best friends either but look what country they`ve made COORPERATING with each-other , improve citizens life , they care about healthcare , salaries , their jobs , would a join with Serbia improve things? Or is it just that you want to gain some political points putting yourself in a pretty nationalistic stance.

I`m sorry but as long as US and NATO exist RS won`t join Serbia or get independent , that might be unfair but yes it`s true so it`s up to you the citizens of BiH to look for copertaion for the sake of your children and your future.

Balkan should become a peacfull-nontension region after all. People are sick of this 20 years old "pseudo-nationalism". WAKE UP!

Nenad

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.

Champion for the underdog

pre 11 godina

RS should join with Serbia. If The US/NATO/EU insist that Kosovo should be independent from Serbia and that the Albanians have the right to self determination then the Serbian people in RS have that same right also and should join with Serbia. The Serbs in Northern Kosovo also have that right and there is no government on this earth that can deny them that right period.

Not that Kosovo is Albanian for one minute, but the West can't dictate who can and who cannot have the right to self determination and be independent, what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

It would be even better if everyone could just get along but some folks like the situation the way it is and will do anything to keep it that way, not mentioning Thaci, his thugs and their NATO puppet masters.

If it comes to it the Pakistani community in Britain should also have the right to independence but somehow I don't think the double standard upstart British government would like that idea. While we're at it why not let the Mormons in the state of Utah become an independent state free from the corruption of the USA, I don't think the US state department would entertain that idea either, the double standards of the west are enough to make one puke. How do the people under those rotten corrupt regimes live with themselves? Well, how do you??

Questioner

pre 11 godina

YU was unable to exist as a country, nevertheless it existed for some 40 years, Bosnia exists for 20 years so far. If it will last longer than YU, who knows?

Tom Tom

pre 11 godina

It's sickening to see RS being forced to be part of Bosnia when the people there have stated they want to be independent. If Serbia will have to accept an independent Kosovo then Bosnia and the rest of the world would have to accept the reality about an independent RS.
RS and the federation are chosing seperat ways already. RS is becoming one with Serbia while Sarajevo is becoming more and more middle eastern like. Poor croats are stuck in between. Croats are leaving their part in Bosnia to a greater exent then albanians are leaving Kosovo. In 20-30 years bosnian croats will be long gone.

Ari Gold

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy. As for Dodik, it seems to me that he's spent almost all of his time in recent years ranting and very little time working toward constructive solutions. Of course, this is what keeps him popular -- and off the hook for the third world conditions he oversees. But remember when Dodik backed Plavsic in her rift with Karadzic and Krajisnik in 1996-7? He certainly seemed willing to work for the existence of BiH then. I guess back then, Serbian nationalism didn't suit.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

Fight for it..really lol? So the Bosniaks that make up about 50% of the population are going to fight Serbs and Croats which make up the other 50 for almost 60% of the territory in BiH?

The Bosniaks did that before. They live under this myth that all of Bosnia is reserved for the Bosniaks but neglect the fact they don't have the demographics to pull it off-not even close. Now BiH is segregated and the Bosniaks have no interest in RS and Herceg-Bosna anymore.

2 million Bosnian Muslims wedged between 14 million Serbs & Croats (Serbs being the overwhelming majority at 10 million) will not continue to fight for a fantasy in which BiH in its current borders will become a Muslim oriented state it simply wont happen.

This country is a fail. Put a nail in it and consider it over because like it or not, that is what most people in Bosnia feel themselves.

iso

pre 11 godina

Steve Gligorijevic

Where I am from is irrelevant I`m just a person who wants to share his non-biased honest opinion , well the DAYTON agreement clearly regulates the BiH issues, if RS liked to join serbia they wouldn`t have signed the dayton agreement or better say they would joing serbia but didn`t have the force to , they knew they were lossing the east part all anyway so at least keep the region as a federal unit , and now after some years they keep screaming about idependence , where have u been 20 years ago? If u want something , fight for it , that`s the balkan style my friend , you weren`t able to realize your "greater serbia" idea when the time was, now u can`t just jump out and ask for idenependence like that. If serbs have the right to seperate , why don`t the same rights apply to bosniaks in sandzak or the albanians in the southern part?

Steve Gligorijevic

pre 11 godina

iso

if you are not a Serb then mind your own damn business and let us mind our own. Wherever it is you hail from, get your own house in order before you try to interfere with ours, we don't need your big beak in our business is that clear enough for you.

Ned Taylor

pre 11 godina

Steve: Maybe ISO is a Bosniak or a Croat which, as far as most fair minded people would agree, gives him or her the right to comment about the future of BiH. The future of the RS is not solely a matter for Serbs although clearly this is why they have tried to create a monoethnic entity. As an aside Steve, I imagine that B92 are happy to receive comments from all over the world (someone from New Zealand commented this morning)and as it is their news site not yours this will continue. This intolerance of non-Serbs and the marginalisation of their views caused a lot of the mess in the first place. You state your case and allow others to state theirs. Is that fair enough for you?

roberto

pre 11 godina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rn_mZhE_us&feature=fvwrel

we brought one balkan dictator down -- we can bring another one down. watch out dodik, yr time is coming -- welcome to prison

roberto frisco

Ecoman

pre 11 godina

USO, you forgot to mention the Serbs in N. KiM, and the Greeks in Albania. Let's not omit any unhappy ethnicities, if you are going to start mentioning.

sj

pre 11 godina

(Bam Bam, 1 September 2012 15:12)

We know all about the corridor and how the great Croatian army will cut it in an instant (I believe that Stipe Mesic is fit and ready), but Dodik has to make sure he does this at the right time i.e. when the Croatian Army does not close down for the holidays especially around Christmas and New Year. He must give the Croats at least 6 months notice so they can gather enough fuel and forces (recall all their 600 professional soldiers from Afghnaistan). Your Croats would not be allowed to set foot in Bosnia because it’s not authorized by the UN – what you’re going to invade a different country????. Even the west can do a thing with Syria, but the mighty Croats can. Take a pill Bam Bam.

Rocky

pre 11 godina

It looks like, Mr. dodik is working on, destabilizing the fault-lines that run thru-out the Balkans & is setting the region up for yet another, Serbian manipulated earthquake! If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!

lowe

pre 11 godina

"If the, RS is indeed on the verge of getting ready & are allowed to secede from Bosnia herzegovina, to only later fuse with Serbia, then it is only natural, that the Albanian majority of, Presevo, bujonovac, Medvedja are allowed to secede from Serbia, & fuse with Kosova!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 13:00)"

Which also means that areas of "Kosova" with Serb majority such as the north and Strpce should be part of Serbia too, right? Or are you into double standards?

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.

Rocky

pre 11 godina

By the way, in case you just woke up from a coma and didn't know, Medveda today has a Serb majority.
(lowe, 2 September 2012 14:34)

Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!

lowe

pre 11 godina

"Not for to long there Lowe! Once, KS-Forces get boots on the ground in the presevo valley, that's when we will get more accurate numbers!
(Rocky, 2 September 2012 20:21)"

Well, I suppose your "KS-Forces" have got the ability to force their way there on their own steam! Yah, keep on dreaming!

And your silence about north Kosovo and Strpce speaks volumes to me.

SRK

pre 11 godina

To those calling for RS independence or annexation to Serbia, you'll need to fight for it, and I don't mean with rhetoric or diplomacy.
(Nenad, 1 September 2012 15:49)

The only problem with that theory is to find a willing Muslim populace that would fight again for essentially their corrupt politicians and expansion of their power into Serb territory. "Sign, Alija, it isn't hard, even if it be as big as the back yard!" remember that?

The Serbs will fight with the notion of self determination and without being sanctioned or at the mercy by a one sided media. The mistakes not winning the PR war will not be repeated and there are many in that media motivated to correct the mistakes their predecessors made and try to return some credibility.

Now we get to armed forces, the Serbs win this hands down with a more streamlined and professional force that would not rely at any time on thugs with criminal backgrounds damaging their reputation. The fight if any would be quick with minimal civilian casualties thereby quickly demoralising any Muslim army organised to invade.

After that my money is on a revolution in what is left in Muslim Bosnia with the politicians facing their judgement and then possibly total unification with their brothers in Serbia and a brighter future and reconciliation from all the crap they had to endure in the last 5-6 centuries.

sj

pre 11 godina

(iso, 1 September 2012 15:15)
I’ve got news for you lad. NATO is finished as a battle group – its backside was whipped clean by a bunch of cave dwellers in Afghanistan and they are going to leave with their tails between their legs The US was whipped clean in Iraq – the so called most power full nation on this planet left with its tail between its legs with not even a contract to their name – it all went to the Chinese are Russians. The US has been kicked out of the South China Sea where it now has no base in that region – but what’s amazing or not no one has told the American people. They have been pressuring Australia to open a base in Darwin, but the Chinese have scuttled that idea completely. But on top of all this there is a little matter of the US economy!!!!!!! Just a little matter as it will improve once the bandages of freedom and democracy are wrapped around the gapping whole called the US debt of 17 trillion by Christmas this year.
The only reason RS is still part of Bosnia is because the EU pumps millions otherwise its goodbye. This time if you’re relying on the west I’d take a long and hard look because if your lot start something there will be no cavalry to help you out.

Really?!!!

pre 11 godina

NO FREAKING WAY!!!!
No one should be rewarded for "cleaning"the citizens out of their own cites,destroying everything that represent culture and identity of the nation,move into their homes and apt-and than proclaim that as new country!
WHAT PLANET ARE WE ON????
Serbian Republic-of WHAT???
Where are the people that has and had generations and generations people born,raised and own property,business and land trough these parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina???
Rest of us will not stand aside and be robbed again out of our own-no sir WE WILL NOT.or be shot by the army we were payed for YU army-That movie is over.
btw.mr Dodik took all of the money he could get out of Bosnia and Herzegovina,they're using all of the resources,also he robbed his people as well doesn't come as shock how he will treat others.In fact they should have some decency and shut up.Before he gets prosecuted for stealing from everyone and his own silly poor and tired nation,he is not paying pensions for the army weterans of serbian republic now,Bosnians share theirs with them,and he is calling for another conflict-YEAH RIGHT people are lining up around the corner to go fight for the likes of him.VOMIT VOMIT VOMIT-FUJ

sj

pre 11 godina

If Dodik want to break Dayton, then new division.
Only 30% of territory for Serbs.
If he wait 10 years, then only 25%.
(Adem, 2 September 2012 10:10)

Only when Albanian calcutor.

Aussie

pre 11 godina

What had happened, and how it happened- in the former yugoslavia, is the new beginning of many more seperate and independant states of this world to come. The experimentor will soon be the eperiment of his own destiny.
The people of RS have their own very right to seek seperation. espaecially after NATO mongrel pact involvement from day one.
You can't be accused of the same crime twic'e, so', what the heck, grab whats yours in the first place. After all, those others, (croats & bosniaks), - recieved more than what they ever had before.
History always had proven that serbs had never gotten down on their knees. And as for those mentioned, you still have to PAY' for your due's. Help was not for free'.

stars and stripes

pre 11 godina

He is such a silly, silly man....Really, he wants to leave BH? I, personally, would like nothing more than to see this unable-to-speak-without-mentioning-what-happened-150000000 years-ago crowd. They have been so busy worrying about their grand-grand-grand parents to focus on the future of their grand children. Let them go - we could then normally take a healthy breath and start building a civil society. BUT - NO WAY IS HE TAKING 49% of the land. Oh, no, Srebrenica CANNOT BE in Dodig land. From where I am sitting, the ONLY folks here who would welcome renewed fighting are the Bosniaks (includes non-Christian atheists such as myself) - that's just a fact. They really believe that there is more of a level playing field with a decent army and decent allies. The difference now is that THEY are the ones waiting in anger for their opportunity for revenge......