Uhh, Annony… Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Bosnian Serbs in the pay of Belgrade, as most of the world’s schoolchildren know. “Islamic Bosnia” had nothing to do with it. Calling people “idiots” because they happen to know more than you do is neither civilised nor intelligent.
As to the article: it is certainly vitriolic, and rather one-sided on some of the historical detail. On the other hand, at least it explodes some of the myths which, judging by the outraged reactions in the commentaries, are still considered absolute truth by many people. I don’t know why that should be – is it in the nature of humans to become so fond of pieces of “knowledge” they pick up somewhere along the way that the very idea they might be complete rubbish is offensive? Beats me. The notion that Serbs were the only people in the former Yugoslavia who stood up to Hitler, while everyone else supposedly joined him, is a particularly insidious piece of trash – there wasn’t even a single partisan on Serbian soil from late 1941 until the Red Army’s advance into Serbia in 1944. I know the history and politics of the Balkans are complicated, and you don’t have to know any of this stuff – but please don’t pretend you do. Propaganda about something that happened in 1943 can result in innocent people getting killed in 2008, and already resulted in innocent people getting killed in 1991-1995.
