Proof of Komšić's Claim about the 'Obstacle' of Central Bosnian Croats: Thank You Zoki for Saving Our Sunday!

Piše: Amina Čorbo-Zećo

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Not so long ago, Croatian President Zoran  Milanović came to Vitez and on that occasion had the desire to bring his honorary platoon to our country and demonstrate some force in our country. Intellectuals of our country, and beyond, precisely determined that this would be an act of aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Today, when he was supposed to arrive in BiH again, Milanović cancelled his visit due to alleged security threats. And what message did he send to the Croats of central Bosnia themselves? Exactly the one he wants, to present BiH as an impossible country, unsafe, with the aim of encouraging as much emigration of Croats as possible.

Today, the statement of Ivo Komšić, who saw through the plans of destructive factors around BiH, makes even more sense.

Why are Bosnian Croats, Croats of central Bosnia, a problem?

"You cannot separate Bosniaks, Muslims from Croats and Catholics of central Bosnia because they live together there. That is the only place where they live together. There are no more Muslims and Bosniaks in Western Herzegovina, or there is an insignificant number. There are no Croats in Posavina. Tuđman sold that long ago, in '92. He realized his criminal project of population relocation when he emptied Posavina.
The war here was fought over central Bosnia, over Bosnian Croats. And we were always a problem to them. Tuđman could never forgive that. We are a disruptive factor; if it weren't for Bosnian Croats, he would have easily taken Western Herzegovina and said, 'Here you go, that's yours up there.' I was told this long ago, but I didn't believe it. It's been ten years. Like, you are a disruptive factor, what are you waiting for, why don't you move away from here. This was told to me from Croatia, and it's not a private opinion. I was conveyed the public opinion from Croatian politics.

It seemed like a joke to me. However, in this concept, now I see what a disruptive factor is. We are an obstacle to separating the Muslim-Orthodox world from the West. All this rhetoric we've been hearing for 2-3 years about legitimate representation, about the endangerment of Croats, always refers to Bosnian Croats. They endanger us, from Croatia that rhetoric goes, they are dirty, they should be given soap to wash themselves, where will you, Croatian gentlemen, live with a dirty people. You are endangered because our Bosniaks, i.e., Muslim believers, are potentially the biggest terrorists in Europe, this will be a breeding ground for terrorism, you cannot live with them, move out of there, what are you waiting for. Because Croatian politics cannot conduct a comfortable policy towards Bosniaks as a people, nor towards BiH, because we are now an obstacle. They don't know what to do with us. That policy is in action, it is current," Komšić recently said on FTV.

And Milanović, in his insane campaign after numerous insults, moves to the second part of wasting the intelligence of BiH citizens!

However, let us remind Milanović that for Croats in BiH, Željko Komšić himself is dearer than Zoran Milanović. This is shown by the number of votes from BiH that Milanović won in the race for president of the neighboring country. Less than 3,000 Croats in BiH gave support to Milanović, which is less than 10 percent of those who turned out to vote.

If we take into account that those who did not vote did not see a reason in Milanović's policy to turn out, it is clear that Milanović's popularity in BiH falls below five percent. Viewed from the perspective of current relations in BiH, Milanović's policy is clear nonetheless; he finds it perfectly acceptable for a minority to rule the majority and for neighboring countries to interfere in the internal affairs of BiH.

Perhaps Milanović himself feels fear, and recently he has shown himself to be an unprecedented coward. He could not achieve his plan through military or willing means. There are few who follow him; he should know that today only Milorad Dodik is laughing, which is not exactly popular!

Finally, it is best to quote SDP representative Saša Magazinović, who summed up the whole farce about Milanović's endangerment in BiH in one sentence - thanks to Zoran Milanović for saving our Sunday...