Bosnia and Herzegovina? "Friendly" US and EU countries arm Serbia and Croatia with the mantra that "peace in the Western Balkans is most important"

By: A. Čorbo-Zećo

Countries in the region, especially Serbia and Croatia, which committed aggression against BiH in the nineties, are rapidly arming themselves. And all this under the auspices of our friendly EU and US countries. Those who suspended the voting rights of Bosniaks.

Croatia previously bought Rafale aircraft, announced that mandatory military service will be introduced from January 2025, and the Pentagon informed us that the State Department has approved the sale of powerful HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) to Croatia worth $390 million.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, visited Serbia, and official Belgrade and Paris concluded an agreement on the procurement of 12 French "Rafale" fighter jets.

After meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Macron described the agreement as historically important.

Serbia also acquired armored transporters from Hungary and is introducing self-exploding drones into its arsenal... And where is Bosnia and Herzegovina? And why is there so much armament of its neighbors?

Our country, just like in the nineties, still has an EMBARGO. We have an adopted resolution on Srebrenica (of course, it was needed), but in 1995, enclaves were protected under the UN!?

Admittedly, there is no longer the JNA (Yugoslav People's Army) to steal weapons from barracks, but the Croatian company Scout is taking weapons from the barracks of the Armed Forces of BiH.

Minister of Defense Zukan Helez inexplicably explained that the reason for transferring weapons was a court order to finally fulfill an old sales contract from 25 years ago, just as he tells us that the helicopter that crashed into the Jablanica Lake was not destroyed, and then celebrates that the fuel from the helicopter did not leak, and that an ecological incident was prevented by the swift reaction of the authorities.
It is superfluous to mention that the weapons were removed from barracks where the majority population is Bosniak.

Our "friends" in the EU and the US are helping Serbia and Croatia. Lethal weapons are being procured, while they are forbidding us even to pay tribute to generals who led the defense of BiH, and who are being tormented in the BiH Court with fabricated indictments. The message is clear: it is a sin to defend oneself, because while they chant about the importance of maintaining peace in the region, their weapons are going into the hands of Vučić, Milanović, and Plenković.

Vučić also claims that he is almost certain that there will be no war in the region. However, we should note that he says he is "almost certain," but not 100 percent certain that there will be no new war among the countries of the former Yugoslavia, which was initiated in the nineties by the very government of Serbia to which the current President Vučić was also close.

The "West" has never asked Vučić if the enormous armament of Serbia with Chinese and Russian weapons contributes to the prosperity of the region; obviously, they knew they would sell their own too!

The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina lag significantly behind in the region, due to both external and internal obstructions.

Representatives of Republika Srpska in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Parliamentary Assembly, and the Council of Ministers are not interested in adequately arming the army; I am no longer sure about the will and desire of those in power who represent Bosniaks - although imposed authorities must listen to their bosses. And we see that the "bosses" are arming Serbia and Croatia.

Therefore, news that neighboring countries are arming themselves more intensively is not pleasant for BiH citizens, especially since we all have experience with the phrase "there will be no war"!