Khaleej Times Online How Serbs live in the past By Mohammed A. R. Galadari
8 June 2006 THE SERBS refuse to learn from their history. It's this unwillingness to confront changing political realities that eventually led to so much bloodshed in the Balkans in the last decade of the last century. The ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo have threatened to snap all ties with the United Nations and the Kosovo authorities because of their 'failure' to deal with the recent attacks targeting them. Now, everyone in Europe including traditional neighbours of Serbia know that the Serbians are not the best of neighbours on the continent. They have yet to learn how to live in peace with their neighbours despite the costly mistakes of the 20th century. It's not people's essential humanity but factors such as their religion, ethnicity and race that have always influenced the Serbian approach to fellow human beings. It was this mindset that was at the heart of the two Great Wars that devastated Europe and the world and threatened the future of Caucasian race itself. Dear readers, European nations, especially those that played a major role in the World War I and II have drawn their lessons from those blunders. They have brought down all boundaries and have largely pursued peaceful economic progress since the World War II; so much so the whole of Europe is like one large single state where everyone is equally free and at peace with each other. There is absolute freedom of movement across national borders, which have effectively disappeared. The sworn enemies of yesterday, Britain and Germany or France and Germany are friends and allies today. On the other hand, the Serbians are still finding it difficult to come to terms with changed political realities of our time. The Albanians, Croats and other nations that once formed Yugoslavia have had to pay a great price for the Serbian delusions of grandeur, and often, simple and pure aggression. The so-called ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo sent thousands of helpless men, women and children to their death. If it had not been for some timely intervention by the US, the Bosnians and Kosovars would have been only found in the annals of history. It was Clinton who came to the rescue of the helpless Albanians although his predecessor, Bush senior, chose to look the other way. Dear readers, the current generation of Serb leaders has to shed the baggage of history and act more reasonably in accordance with new political realities of the Balkans. They must show greater respect to the democratic verdict of the people, in this case, the Albanians. Snapping ties with the UN and Kosovo authorities would neither harm the world body or the Albanians. It will only hurt the Serbs. It could lead to further isolation of the Serbs in turn giving birth to the victimhood syndrome that once helped Hitler take the world to the brink. Surely, we don't want to repeat the past all over again? Readers’ reponse may be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away.� Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/1dTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
