Hotpatch 6
2008-02-25 08:21:01
Strife in the Balkans is hardly a recent phenomenon to Europeans or anybody else. Was it not Otto von Bismark who remarked in the 19th century that “All the Balkans are not worth the bones of one Pomeranian Grenadier?” Not too long after that, an assassination in Sarajevo sparked WWI. The only thing that kept a lid on that part of the world for a while, at least after WWII, was Marshal Tito – Communist thuggery had the virtue of forced unity. The Balkans are, and have been, a festering boil in Europe for centuries. Maybe some day, the Europeans will “get it” and do something positive. But not likely.
