On what basis can you say 'Croats and Bosniaks' can live together? Schools in Mostar are segregated between the two groups, most social and political institutions are heavily dominated by Bosniaks - much to the angst of local Croats. It is a constant and daily sturggle for BiH Croats to prevent total marginalisation. Basically it was a forced marriaged forged by the US forces in 1995 as a means of bringing the war to an end - which by no means is a reflection of 'brotherly' feelings.
Big problem, I agree. Croats see their entity as the only protection against marginalization. Bosniaks see such entity as a breakup of their country. The best hope is an entity in which Croats would be a majority but there would be roughly an equal number of Croats outside as Bosniaks inside it. This would (1) alleviate fears of a breakup since there would be big minorities on all sides and (2) guarantee minority rights because how we treat them here affects how they treat us over there.
yes, Bosnia is (at least at the moment) an unstabl country.
Croats and Bosniaks can live together but Serbs well... they ( at least 90% of them) are nationalists(chethniks).
UR IDEA IS VERY INTERESTING DUERANDAGGI
5 stars from me :)
halobed2 2 years ago
On what basis can you say 'Croats and Bosniaks' can live together? Schools in Mostar are segregated between the two groups, most social and political institutions are heavily dominated by Bosniaks - much to the angst of local Croats. It is a constant and daily sturggle for BiH Croats to prevent total marginalisation. Basically it was a forced marriaged forged by the US forces in 1995 as a means of bringing the war to an end - which by no means is a reflection of 'brotherly' feelings.
VeseliBosanjeros 2 years ago
Big problem, I agree. Croats see their entity as the only protection against marginalization. Bosniaks see such entity as a breakup of their country. The best hope is an entity in which Croats would be a majority but there would be roughly an equal number of Croats outside as Bosniaks inside it. This would (1) alleviate fears of a breakup since there would be big minorities on all sides and (2) guarantee minority rights because how we treat them here affects how they treat us over there.
duerandaggi 2 years ago