Bad Moon On the Rise in Bosnia
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webfarmerWill those poor folks ever find peace from the loonies?
Bosnia Is On The Edge Again - Paddy Ashdown - The Observer - 27 Jul 08
"I flew into Sarajevo the day after Karadzic was arrested, expecting to find a city in celebration because the architect of their four-year torment from the Serb guns, which killed 10,000 in the Sarajevo siege, was behind bars. But, after a brief flurry of jubilation, the mood is sombre. For people know that, after 10 years of progress which made Bosnia the world's most successful exercise in post-conflict reconstruction, there is a real threat of Bosnia breaking up again.
But now this is happening not because of aggression from outside, but because of weariness and misjudgment of the international community which is still supposed to be guiding Bosnia to its future. I think Washington sees the danger, but am not at all sure Brussels does. They think Bosnia is done. Their policy now is 'don't rock the boat in Bosnia' while we deal with Kosovo and Belgrade."
After Iraq - Shall We Ever Intervene Again? - Ashdown Lecture - Gresham College - 15 May 07 (RealVideo)
Farewell, Sarajevo - Guardian (UK) - 02 Nov 05
"As he steps down as the de facto ruler of Bosnia, Paddy Ashdown tells Ed Vulliamy that it has been 'frightening to have so much power'"
Bosnia Is On The Edge Again - Paddy Ashdown - The Observer - 27 Jul 08
"I flew into Sarajevo the day after Karadzic was arrested, expecting to find a city in celebration because the architect of their four-year torment from the Serb guns, which killed 10,000 in the Sarajevo siege, was behind bars. But, after a brief flurry of jubilation, the mood is sombre. For people know that, after 10 years of progress which made Bosnia the world's most successful exercise in post-conflict reconstruction, there is a real threat of Bosnia breaking up again.
But now this is happening not because of aggression from outside, but because of weariness and misjudgment of the international community which is still supposed to be guiding Bosnia to its future. I think Washington sees the danger, but am not at all sure Brussels does. They think Bosnia is done. Their policy now is 'don't rock the boat in Bosnia' while we deal with Kosovo and Belgrade."
After Iraq - Shall We Ever Intervene Again? - Ashdown Lecture - Gresham College - 15 May 07 (RealVideo)
Farewell, Sarajevo - Guardian (UK) - 02 Nov 05
"As he steps down as the de facto ruler of Bosnia, Paddy Ashdown tells Ed Vulliamy that it has been 'frightening to have so much power'"
