Comments on: Press release: EU and US must adopt strategy to break Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitutional deadlock http://democratizationpolicy.org/2008/02/21/press-release-eu-and-us-must-adopt-strategy-to-break-bosnia-and-herzegovinas-constitutional-deadlock/ A global initiative for accountability in democracy promotion Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Damir http://democratizationpolicy.org/2008/02/21/press-release-eu-and-us-must-adopt-strategy-to-break-bosnia-and-herzegovinas-constitutional-deadlock/#comment-1146 Damir Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:22:25 +0000 http://democratizationpolicy.org/2008/02/21/press-release-eu-and-us-must-adopt-strategy-to-break-bosnia-and-herzegovinas-constitutional-deadlock/#comment-1146 Comment on response: I would like just like to comment on response to your paper given by Mr. Babic (above). It states that "“… but judged that a genocide did occur in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Formally that’s correct, but it happened in Srebrenica only ..." I am not sure what is meant by this comment - genocide was too smal and insignificant or something else? Also, Mr. Babic doesnt seem to mention the numerous court verdicts regarding etnhnic cleansing in Bosnian Serb entity, conducted by Mr. Krajisnik, Ms. Plavsic, and Mr. Karadzic (still on trial). There is of course a difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing, but that doesnt make ethnic cleansing any better and for that reason worthy of forgetting. Comment on response:

I would like just like to comment on response to your paper given by Mr. Babic (above). It states that ““… but judged that a genocide did occur in Bosnia and
Herzegovina”. Formally that’s correct, but it happened in
Srebrenica only …”
I am not sure what is meant by this comment - genocide was too smal and insignificant or something else? Also, Mr. Babic doesnt seem to mention the numerous court verdicts regarding etnhnic cleansing in Bosnian Serb entity, conducted by Mr. Krajisnik, Ms. Plavsic, and Mr. Karadzic (still on trial). There is of course a difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing, but that doesnt make ethnic cleansing any better and for that reason worthy of forgetting.

]]> By: Dusan Babic http://democratizationpolicy.org/2008/02/21/press-release-eu-and-us-must-adopt-strategy-to-break-bosnia-and-herzegovinas-constitutional-deadlock/#comment-9 Dusan Babic Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:10:40 +0000 http://democratizationpolicy.org/2008/02/21/press-release-eu-and-us-must-adopt-strategy-to-break-bosnia-and-herzegovinas-constitutional-deadlock/#comment-9 I was carefully reading your paper, and my first impression is that it was done in an extremely biased way, as it was written by Silajdzic or his political allies. According to this briefing, Dodik is only to blame for con- stitutional deadlock and deep political crisis this country is undergoing. Consider just a few lines: " ... The RS police, many of whom were active during the project of ethnic cleansing remain, the key discouragement to non-Serbs attempting to live in the RS..." This simply is not true, since the great majority of current police units of the RS were boys during the war. Or, speaking about bitterness among Bosniaks, "Their great sense of grievance was fed by last year's ICJ (my acronym) verdict, which Silajdzic has used as a rallying cry". Bitterness have experienced all peoples in this country. Besides, the footnote was formulated in a misleading way: "... but judged that a genocide did occur in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Formally that's correct, but it happened in Srebrenica only .. Finally, you didn't even mention the shameful role religions played in this country and still do. This country is becoming a theocratic state and that's the problem of all problems. Regards, Dusan Babic, media and political analyst, Sarajevo I was carefully reading your paper, and my first impression
is that it was done in an extremely biased way, as it was
written by Silajdzic or his political allies.

According to this briefing, Dodik is only to blame for con- stitutional deadlock and deep political crisis this country
is undergoing.

Consider just a few lines: ” … The RS police, many of whom
were active during the project of ethnic cleansing remain, the
key discouragement to non-Serbs attempting to live in the RS…”

This simply is not true, since the great majority of current
police units of the RS were boys during the war.

Or, speaking about bitterness among Bosniaks, “Their great
sense of grievance was fed by last year’s ICJ (my acronym)
verdict, which Silajdzic has used as a rallying cry”.

Bitterness have experienced all peoples in this country.
Besides, the footnote was formulated in a misleading way:
“… but judged that a genocide did occur in Bosnia and
Herzegovina”. Formally that’s correct, but it happened in
Srebrenica only ..

Finally, you didn’t even mention the shameful role religions
played in this country and still do. This country is becoming
a theocratic state and that’s the problem of all problems.

Regards,

Dusan Babic, media and political analyst, Sarajevo

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