Milanović and Plenković are 'good cop - bad cop’ who sell the story of radicalism in BiH to the EU

By: Ernad Metaj

The poisoned arrows that he verbally fires at BiH almost every day are a reflection of the lack of culture, arrogance and disrespect of our state by the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović.

However, whoever says that Milanović is crazy is grossly mistaken. Milanović knows well what and why he is doing it.

His latest outburst with the cancellation of his arrival in BiH, because, as it turned out, his security was endangered, is merely the culmination of nervousness because Croatian diplomacy failed to defend the constituency of the people in EU bodies.

The story of endangering security was a way to reopen the topic of radical Islamists in BiH.

This is a story that was once pursued by the former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarević. It is obvious that Croatian diplomacy is trying to provoke fear and emotions among Europeans in order to convince them that BiH is not only a political but also a security problem. This time, Croatia is trying to sell us the old game of good cop - bad cop.

Milanović is the bad cop, the role he certainly enjoys playing, and the good cop is the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, who still does not stop interfering in the internal affairs of BiH as he keeps talking about changing the Election Law at the request of the HDZ.

The right to claim that Milanovic is not crazy gives us a reminder that the Croatian intelligence service SOA once wanted to stage a situation that would indicate that the real danger of radical
Islamists in BiH really exists.

The mission failed because the pressure on a BiH citizen working abroad to take over arms and explosives in Doboj, which he would leave at the Masjid in Stranjani near Zenica so that his family would not be mistreated at the border, did not produce results.

This time the SOA was more cautious. They only wrote to the president that he would not be well received in BiH. Objectively, Milanović did not need an intelligence service for that, because it is impossible to constantly spit on someone and expect him to greet you with flowers. 

It is certain that Milanović will continue to send poisoned arrows to BiH, as he continues to count on support in his views from the RS politicians and quasi-analysts such as Dževad Galijašević. Therefore, the intentions are clear, because Milanović is among the few who do not see the policy of SNSD President Milorad Dodik as a danger to peace and stability.

It is also clear that this time the pro-Bosnian parties should not give up their firm position that as long as there are hostile strikes on BiH, we must not deviate even a millimeter in terms of negotiations on the Election Law and constitutional reform.

It is obvious that the unity of the pro-Bosnian parties makes the enemies of BiH nervous, just like the fact that no one has yet fallen for provocations meant to instigate an incident.

From BiH, it is important to send the image over and over again that Islam in this country has nothing to do with radicals from the East that are supported and produced by the West.

Bosniaks from BiH are Europeans and belong to the EU, and human rights are respected there, not just religious freedoms.