DVOBROJ GLASNIKA: PROSLAVA DANA GENOCID br. 943; NOVA KNJIGA "THE WAR IN BOSNIA
POKRET ZA REPUBLIKU BOSNU I HERCEGOVINU; Glasnik Nacionalnog kongresa Republike BiH - br. 943
14. januar 2017.
SADRZAJ
1. DAN GENOCIDA, 9. JANUAR, POMPEZNO OBILJEZEN U "REPUBLICI SRPSKOJ"
1.1 UPOTREBA DANA GENOCIDA - VEOMA RISKANTNA IGRA REPUBLIKE SRPSKE
1.2 STA SU SRBI IZGUBILI SRBOVANJEM U BANJA LUCI
1.3 DA LI SU BiH HRVATI NAROD BEZ DOSTOJANSTVA
1.4 STA SE MOZE URADITI PO PITANJU HRVATSKIH RAZBIJACA BOSNE
2. VUCICEV VOZ STIGAO DO RASKE, A OD RASKE: "VOZI NATRASKE!"
3. KOMENTAR: DOSTOJANSTVOM SE GRADI DRZAVA
SPECIJALNO IZDANJE GLASNIKA NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU POVODOM IZLASKA IZ STAMPE KNJIGE "THE WAR IN BOSNIA"; No 442
1. PRESS RELEASE: Author breaks all stereotypes of Bosnian war
2. Introduction to the First Issue
3. First Military Commander of the Bosnian Army about the Book
4. Introduction to the English Edition
5. The Web Page of the Book "The War in Bosnia: How to Succeed in Genocide"
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1. DAN GENOCIDA, 9. JANUAR, POMPEZNO OBILJEZEN U "REPUBLICI SRPSKOJ"
Pise: Muhamed Borogovac
1.1 UPOTREBA DANA GENOCIDA - VEOMA RISKANTNA IGRA REPUBLIKE SRPSKE
Sve sto se ovih dana dogadjalo u vezi sa proslavom 9. januara u RS je u stvari poklon patriotima Bosne i Hercegovine. Mozda ova tvrdnja izgleda iznenadjujuca, ali vidjecemo da je tacna kada saberemo sta su Srbi dobili, a sta izgubili ovom proslavom. Vidjecemo i sta su "dobili" Hrvati i sta su dobili patrioti Bosne i Hercegovine.
Srbi su dobili jedino na emotivnom planu, dobili su priliku da Srbuju, da uzivaju u "srpskoj snazi i velicini", prkosili su NATO-u, Ustravnom Sudu, Bosnjacima.
Osim zadovoljstva Srbovanja, oni nisu dobili bas nista, pogotovo nisu dobili nista konkretno. Ni jedan zakon u Parlamentu BiH nije promjenjen, RS ni na koji konkretan nacin se nije priblizila svome cilju, samostalnosti RS-a, tj. unistenju BiH. Vec slijedece godine ce se vidjeti da Srbi nisu nista trajno postigli, ako ne bude izdaje i vojnici OS BiH se ne pojave na obijezavanju 9. januara u Banja Luci. Zato Bosnjaci nemaju nikakvog razloga da panice i da tako uvelicavaju srpsko samozadovoljstvo. Ima tu dosta posrbica provokatora, koji trce da napisu epitaf Bosni i Hercegovini, a ima i nasih dobronamjernih politickih pacera, koji ne vide nista ispod povrsine, ali ipak neumorno pisu svoje preopsirne "analize". Oni podsjecaju na praistoriskog covjeka koji se plasi groma jer ga ne razumije.
Istina, ni mi kojima je stalo do ocuvanja BiH ne mozemo biti potpuno spokojni. Naime, Srpsku paradu u Banja Luci nam rezimski mediji prodaju kao veliki trijumf RS-a i "katastorfu", "kraj drzave BiH" da bi imali izgovor da traze da se nesto "konkretno", "energicno", "hitno" ucini po pitanju parade. Oni u stvari prizeljkuju da ce doci do neke politicke akcije, nekog pomirenja "u interesu drzave", nekog kompromisa, kojim ce se kroz pregovore na mala vrata legalizovati 9. januar.
Medjutim, jedino konkretno sto Bosnjaci trebaju traziti je da se po postojecim zakonima insistira da odgovaraju krivci za odrzavanje parade, i to je sve. Ne smije se dozvoliti Bakiru Izetbegovicu da pregovara sa Dodikom o 9. januaru, te da napravi neki "kompromis", a sto bi u stvari znacilo legalizaciju toga praznika. Ti pregovori bi bili jedina bitna pobjeda Srba. Bilo kakvo kompromisno priznanje 9. januara kao dana osnivanja RS-a, bi znacilo da je Republika BiH prestala da postoji jos 1992, tj. da je Armija RBiH bila ilegalna paravojska, da je RS bila legalna u ratu i starija od Daytonske BiH, da se RS u Daytonu udruzila u BiH, pa se onda ima pravo i razdruziti iz BiH.
Ako Bosnjacki predstavnici na bilo koji nacin priznaju neki dan drzavnosti RS-a to bi bila katasatorfa, a ovo nije nista, samo Dodikova sarena laza za Srbe koji su se pozelili srbovanja i mitingovanja. Tako su oni marsirali i po Kninu, pa sta sada imaju od toga. Istina, Alija Izetbegovic im je potpisao RS, pa to njihovo Srbovanje po Bosni ce duze trajati, ali dugorocno Republika srpska nema perspektive, ukoliko se mi oslobodimo nasih izdajnika koji je stalno spasavaju.
Da zakljucimo:
Osnovni postulat patriota Bosne i Hercegovine je: OBOJICA IZETBEGOVICA SU POSRBICE I NEPRIJATELJI BiH I SVE STO SU ONI "STVOIRLI" MORAMO MI ISPRAVLJATI.
Iz toga slijedi osnovno pravilo djelovanja patirota RBiH: PO SVAKU CIJENU SE MORAJU SPRJECAVATI IZETBEGOVICEVI DOGOVORI SA SRBIMA I HRVATIMA I USVAJANJE TIH DOGOVORA U PARLAMENTU.
1.2 STA SU SRBI IZGUBILI SRBOVANJEM U BANJA LUCI
Poslije pijanstva dolazi mahmurluk, tj. glavobolja i otreznjenje. Sada ce se dogoditi isto kao i poslije nedavnog referenduma u RS, neki ce biti saslusavani od Tuziteljstva, pokorno dolaziti na saslusanja. Sjetimo sa kako je Dodik poslije referenduma od velikog Srbende postao mali cuko koji se krije od svojih Srba kada dolazi u Sarajevo u Tuzilastvo na saslusanje.
Zatim, normalni ljudi iz svijeta ponovo pocinju da gube strpljenje sa Srbima, kao i na kraju rata, 1995. Na primjer, Inzko kaze: "Ako bismo poceli slaviti 'praznike' kao što je 9. januar, onda bi se neki mogli dosjetiti i da se slavi, recimo, 10. april, dan kada je osnovana Nezavisna Država Hrvatska (NDH).". Ovim je Inzko rekao punu istinu, genocidna RS nije nista bolja od NDH. To je sada jasno receno i zapisano u internacionalnim relacijama, upravo zbog ovoga praznika, i to je jedan strahovit poraz Republike srpske sa trajnim posljedicama.
Osim toga, ovo proslavljanje genocidnog projekta je pomoglo da se jos jednom patrioti BiH podsjete sta je najveca opasnost koja prijeti BiH, a to je velikosrpski projekat, koji je vec na pola BiH uspostavio genocidnu tvorevinu sa velikim ovlastenjima. Najveca dobit je sto su se mnogobrojni provokatori nasli u defanzivi - ne pale vise njihove teorije o "tri klero-nacizma" u kojima se krivica ravnomjerno distirbuira na sve "nacionaliste".
1.3 DA LI SU BiH HRVATI NAROD BEZ DOSTOJANSTVA
Poslije ponasanja Hrvata u vezi sa proslavom 9. januara u Banja Luci, ovo pitanje, ma koliko moze izgledati uvredljivo, se u stvari opravdano namece.
Naime, zar Republika srpska nije progonila, zar nije ubijala, transportovala u koncentracione logore i Hrvate, jednako kao i Bosnjake, sirom te tvorevine, od Brckoga do Banja Luke, od Bosanskog Broda do Kupresa? Samo iz banjalucke regije je protjerano i opljackano preko 128 hiljada Bosnjaka i preko 77 hiljada Hrvata. Bezbrojna su iskustva BiH Bosnjaka i Hrvata kao zajednickih zrtava Republike srpske. I sta se dogadja, Hrvati bez ikakva stida podrzavaju Republiku srpsku, podrzavaju njen "drzavni praznik", cak se izlazu licnom riziku da bi pomogli velikosrpskom projektu. Sjetimo se npr. vijesti: "Ministrica odbrane BiH Marina Pendeš odobrit ce ucešce Vojnog orkestra OS BiH na ceremonijalnim aktivnostima 8. i 9. januara, te pocasti i polaganju vijenaca palim borcima VRS..." Necemo ni podsjecati koliku podrsku Republici srpskoj vec godinama daju Tudjman, Boban, Covic i kompletan HDZ. A moze li iko zamisliti da neka srpska stranka pomaze npr. Ustasama da se svecano obiljezava 10 april?! Eto zasto ja pitam Hrvate: "Jesu li Hrvati narod bez nacionalnog dostojanstva?"
Neko ce kazati: Pa na isti nacin se moze zakljuciti da su i Bosnjaci narod bez dostojanstva. I Bosnjacki lideri su izdajnici, oni su i osnovali RS. Zamjenik ministirce Pendes, covjek koji je u stvari izdao tu dozvolu da OS BiH ucestvuju u svecanosti proslave 9. januara se zove Jusic, dakle Bosnjak?!
Medjutim, kada su u pitanju Bosnjaci, mi imamo zestok otpor naroda nasim lidrima, izdajnicima, posrbicama. Dovoljno je otici na drustvene mreze, pa vidjeti sa kakvim gadjenjem i mrznjom Bosnjaci pisu o Aliji i Bakiru Izetbegovicu, Radoncicu, Silajdzicu, Cericu, Fikretu Muslimovicu itd. S druge strane, kada su u pitanju Hrvati, gotovo niko osim nekoliko svestenika se ne protivi ponasanju Covica i ostalih HDZ lidera, koji tako nedostojanstveno podrzavaju genocidnu tvorevinu. Mi Bosnjaci koji masovno optuzujemo izdajnike Bosnjaka za saradnju sa nasim dzelatima, osvjetlali smo obraz cijelom narodu, dok se medju Hrvatima nije pojavio masovan otpor izdaji, te se zato Hrvati neminovno socavaju sa gornjim pitanjem o nacionalnom dostojanstvu.
1.4 STA SE MOZE URADITI PO PITANJU HRVATSKIH RAZBIJACA BOSNE
Buduci da Hrvati nemaju treci entitet, nasa protivigra na ocuvanju Bonse je mnogo laksa sa njima, a to je: Bosnjaci nikada ne smiju pristati ni na kakve ustupke, ni na kakav "Treci entitet". Ne trebamo se ustrucavati od preglasavanja Hrvate u Federaciji.
U stvari, Bosnjaci trebaju odrasti i ponasati se kao i svi ostali normalni drzavotvorni narodi. Ako Daytonski Ustav daje za pravo da se neke odluke donose prostom vecinom glasova, Bosnjaci se ne trebaju libiti da ih i izglasavaju vecinom glasova. Srbi i Hrvati nemaju nikakvih problema da se tako ponasaju, i u Srbiji i u Hrvatksoj, a i u BiH gdje se oni ujedine i kada god mogu preglasaju Bosnjake.
Nasi izdajnici su nam nametnuli da je rijec "preglasavanje" prljava rijec kada su Bosnjaci u vecini, a potpuno normalna stvar kada Hrvati i Srbi preglasavaju Bosnjake. Onda kazu: "Odlicili su vecinom glasova".
I Srbi i Hrvati traze u Bosni i Hercegovini ono sto ni ne pomisljaju da daju manjinama u Srbiji i Hrvatskoj.
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2. VUCICEV VOZ STIGAO DO RASKE, A OD RASKE: "VOZI NATRASKE!"
Voz koji je u subotu ujutro krenuo iz Beograda zaustavljen je pošto mu nije dozvoljen ulazak na Kosovo, potvrdjeno je za portal Koha(dot)net iz Vlade Kosova.
Taj portal objavio je dokument koji je ministar infrastrukture Lutfi Zharku uputio generalnom direktoru kosovske policije Shpendu Maxhuniju.
“Iz neslužbenih izvora saznajemo da je iz Beograda jedan voz krenuo prema Mitrovici, bez dobijenih relevantnih dozvola potrebnih za legalan rad na Kosovu”, navodi se u dokumentu i dodaje da je zabranjeno korištenje željeznickih usluga na Kosovu bez potrebnih dozvola, potvrda i ovlaštenja.
Sa beogradske željeznicke stanice jutros je krenuo voz do Kosovske Mitrovice, koji je trebalo da stigne do krajnjeg odredišta u 19.00 sati, ali se oko 16:30 kompozicija zaustavila u Raški, posljednjoj stanici prije linije sa Kosovom.
Nešto prije 19 sati povodom zaustavljanja voza premijer Srbije Aleksandar Vucic je održao konferenciju za medije.
U pismu se od Policije Kosova traži da sprijeci kretanje neovlaštenih srpskih vozova kosovskom željeznicom.
Reakcija vlasti Kosova
Predsjednik Kosova Hashim Thaci naredio je ministru unutrašnjih poslova Kosova Skenderu Hiseniju i generalnom direktoru policije Kosova Shpendu Ahmetiju da po svaku cijenu sprijece ulazak voza, javio je portal gazetaexpress.com.
“Primjecujuci nemarnost vlasti ja sam danas, poštujuci ustavnost i zakonitost u okviru mojih ovlaštenja na ocuvanju teritorijalnog integriteta i suvereniteta, u svoju kancelariju pozvao ministra unutrašnjih poslova i direktora policije. Od njih sam zatražio da se po svaku cijenu onemoguci ulazak voza na Kosovo”, izjavio je Thaci za portal.
Kosovski predsjednik je izrazio uvjerenje da ce vlasti sa zakonskom odgovornošcu ostvariti svoje ustavne i zakonske obaveze.
Na vozu je na više jezika ispisano Kosovo je Srbija, a unutrašnjost je dekorirana freskama iz srpskih manastira na Kosovu koje su pod zaštitom UNESCO-a.
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Izvor: Al Jazeera i agencije
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3. KOMENTAR: DOSTOJANSTVOM SE GRADI DRZAVA
Pise: Muhamed Borogovac
Bosansko-Hercegovacki mediji nazalost ne prenose ogorcenje evropskih vlada sa ponasanjem Srbije povodom dvije stvari a) nezbrinjavanjem imiganata u Srbiji na ovoj hladoj zimi, i b) necuvenim ponasanjem Nikolica koji je zvanicno primio osudjenog ratnog zlocinca Momcila Krajisnika (sto Srbiji nije prvi put).
Prva stvar se nas toliko ne tice, ali je Bakir Izetbegovic slijedecim rijecima reagovao na drugu vijest, citiramo Dnevni list od 14. januara, 2017: “Pozvan je (Nikolic) više puta u BiH i dobro je došao kad god odluci da dode. Odluka je njegova. Po onome što trenutacno radi i govori, stice se utisak da mu baš i nije posebno stalo do unapredjenja dobrosusjedskih odnosa sa državom BiH na temelju medjusobnog uvažavanja i poštovanja interesa i osjecanja svih njenih naroda i gradjana. Cemu prijem osudjenog ratnog zlocinca Momcila Krajišnika u Predsjednickom kabinetu u Srbiji?"
Na potpuno isti nacin je i Alija Izetbegovic rusio dostojanstvo Bosnjaka. Sjetimo se npr. da su na velikom mitingu u Foci 1991 Bosnjaci oprastali Srbima zlocine iz drugog svjetskog rata, dok predstvnici Srba nisu ni dosli na taj sastanak?! A ovdje Bakir Izetbegovic priznaje da prijem Krajisnika kod Nikolica znaci nepostvanje Bosnjaka, ali to ne povlaci nikakve konzekvence, i Dalje je za Izetbegovica Nikolic dobro dosao u Sarajevo?! Gdje su tu dostojanstvo i ravnopravnost?!
Uporedimo tu perfidnu Izetbegovicevsku politiku kojoj je jedini cilj ponizavanje drzave BiH i Bosnjaka, sa dostojanstvenom drzavnickom politikom Hasima Thacija i ostalih Kosovara, pa ce nam biti jasno zasto Bosnjaci izgubise drzavu koju su imali, Republiku BiH, dok progonjena albanska (i muslimanska) manjina od autonomije u okviru Srbije napravi Republiku Kosovo.
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SPECIJALNO IZDANJE GLASNIKA NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU POVODOM IZLASKA IZ STAMPE KNJIGE "THE WAR IN BOSNIA"; No 442
Ovih dana je izasla iz stampe moja knjiga na Engleskom sa naslovom "The War in Bosnia: How to Succeed at Genocide" u izdanju Xlibris-a. Zbog toga smo izdali Glasnik br. 842, internaiconalno izdanje an Engleskom, koji slijedi. Izdavac Xlibris je napravio web stranicu o knjizi preko koje se lako moze i kupiti knjiga. Link slijedi pod tackom 5. Internacionalnog izdanja Glasnika.
Preporucio bih knjigu pogotovo nasim ljudima koji zive u inostranstvu i cija djeca se nisu opismenila u Bosanskom jeziku da kupe knjigu na Engleskom, da njihova djeca ponesto nauce o domovini Bosni i Hercegovini, o razlozima zasto su njihovi roditelji bili prognani iz domovine.
Ja, Muhamed Borogovac, sam ulozio najveci trud da ova knjiga izadje, ali to nije samo moja knjiga, to je sumiran ratni i poratni kolektivni rad Bosanskog kongresa. Tu cete naci i clanke Dr. Vahida Sendijarevica, Musadika Borogovca, Stjepana Baloga, Francisa Boylea, a sto je najvaznije kljucne izjave BiH i svjetskih politicara tokom rata BiH, da ostane zapisano za buduce generacije.
Izdavac je ovu knjigu okarakterisao rijecima: "Knjiga koja razbija sve stereotipe o ratu u BiH" i takvu karakterizaciju u svome "press release-u" poslao na preko 500 svjetskih medija. Taj "Press Relase" se nalazi u prvom clanku u Glasniku na Engleskom koji slijedi u cjelosti.
Bez obzira sto knjiga nije pisana strogim naucnim manirom, nego je pisana da bude prihvatljiva za svakog citaoca, GoogleBooks je knjigu svrstao u zanr "Political Science", sto dokazuje veliki kredibilitet knjige i iznesenih cinjenica.
Slijedi to specijalno izdanje Glasnika na Engleskom jeziku.
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National Congress of The Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina (NCR B&H)
ONLINE NEWSLETTER International, No. 942
January 13, 2017
CONTENT:
1. PRESS RELEASE: Author breaks all stereotypes of Bosnian war
2. Introduction to the First Issue
3. First Military Commander of the Bosnian Army about the Book
4. Introduction to the English Edition
5. The Web Page of the Book "The War in Bosnia: How to Succeed in Genocide"
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1. PRESS RELEASE: Author breaks all stereotypes of Bosnian war
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BOSTON – The Bosnian War was the first war in Europe after World War II, considered as a big test of the international order. Muhamed Borogovac poses this interesting question: How did Serbia got away with aggression, genocide and recognized territorial gains in Bosnia?
Borogovac’s “The War in Bosnia” (published by Xlibris) explains how it was possible that Bosnians, who were unarmed in the beginning, started winning the war and how that victory was stolen from them. The book also shows a very positive role of President George H. Bush, and somewhat negative role of President Bill Clinton regarding international law.
“The war in Bosnia was a big challenge for the international law and international politics where the world learned very important lessons about international relations,” Borogovac discusses about his book. “I would like people to learn that every nation, no matter how big, or how rich, or of what race and religion are its citizens, should be equal with respect to international law.”
An excerpt from this book:
The question arose: was this just a coincidence, or did the Serbian secret police help those three men Alija Izetbegovic in Bosnia, Franjo Tudman in Croatia, and Ibrahim Rugova in Kosova, to become national leaders in the states that would be targeted for Serbian expansion? Thanks to those three men, the victims of the Serbian aggression were never unified; hence, the Serbs were able to attack them one at a time. Is this also a coincidence?
“The War in Bosnia: How to Succeed at Genocide”
By Muhamed Borogovac
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 208 pages | ISBN 9781524560119
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 208 pages | ISBN 9781524560102
E-Book | 208 pages | ISBN 9781524560096
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Muhamed Borogovac was born in 1951, in Belgrade, the former Yugoslavia, and lived in Bosnia. Borogovac joined the League of Patriots (Patriotska liga), along with other citizens, determined to defend Bosnia from Serbian aggression, and became the spokesman of the group. Borogovac immigrated to the U.S. in 1993 and became one of the founders of Bosnian Congress USA, which is still active in 2016 because the Dayton Peace Deal that was signed 20 years ago began the process of destruction of the Bosnian state, which is still ongoing. Upon settling his family in Boston, Borogovac taught math as an instructor at Suffolk University, Northeastern University, Emerson College and Emmanuel College. Starting in 1998, he has made a career in the U.S. as an actuary, working in life insurance. He is a former member of the Bosnian Mathematical Society, and a current member of the American Mathematical Society, the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of Actuaries. For more information about the political work of the author, readers may check: http://republic-bosnia-herzegovina.com/.
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2. Introduction to the First Issue
Boston, November 5, 1995
The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina is an unheard-of tragedy. Before the eyes of the entire world, a state is being destroyed, and the people were the victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing. All of the principles of humanity, morals, and international rules have been trampled. The question most often asked is, how could that happen today, when the genocide committed during WWII (the Holocaust) is so well known, and when the international community had the will and the means to protect the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina? The international community has shown that it is not the enemy of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and that it accepts this state into its membership when it recognized R B&H on April 7, 1992. With that act, the International community studs up against Serbian nationalism, which only started to bloody its hands in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
So how come that in the fall of 1995, after the innumerable atrocities committed by the Serbs revolted the world, the international community crossed over to the side of the war criminals, giving them 49 percent of Bosnia-Herzegovina with its Dayton peace proposals? Who was the mastermind who succeeded to change the world’s opinion, and what methods did he use? This book answers some of those questions.
This book has to be approached with having faith in no one but a common sense. Besides that, from the reader who comprehends what is truly happening in Bosnia, it is expected that he/she spread the truth. The ultimate goal is to help in the fight against the forces of betrayal and the division of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Wishing to arm the Bosnian patriots as soon as possible with the knowledge of what is really happening, this book is being written in a hurry. I still hope that this book will reach Bosnians and friends of the Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina all over the world before it is too late, while it is still possible to say no to the division of a member of the United Nations.
Muhamed Borogovac
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3. First Military Commander of the Bosnian Army about the Book
This is a testimonial about Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, and his determination to destroy God’s gift to the Bosnian people, the internationally recognized sovereign nation, The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to create The Republic of the Serbs.
Dr. Borogovac, a mathematician by training, but also a patriot and witness, uses facts, logic and very direct writing cuts into the heart of the deceit upon which Izetbegovic built his campaign against the Republic of B&H.
This work represents a definitive rejection of Izetbegovic's big lies, including that "the world" conspired to divide Bosnia, that the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be defeated on the battlefield, and even that he, Izetbegovic himself, was only well intentioned, but naive and helpless Muslim old man who could not withstand this conspiracy.
I recommend this book to all those who even after the Dayton treason still believe in those lies.
General Sefer Halilovic
Chief of General Staff of the Bosnian Army
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4. Introduction to the English Edition
The first edition of this book was published during the Bosnian War, in Bosnian language. It was titled The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992–1995 (Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini 1992–1995), and I wrote it in a hurry, to deliver a timely warning to the Bosnian people that President Izetbegovic was collaborating with the aggressor and committing high treason that would have tragic and lasting consequences for the country. Along with a few other Bosnian patriots, I realized that President Izetbegovic intended to divide the country’s territory by signing over occupied and ethnically cleansed territories, thus making the occupation permanent. This was contrary to his oath as president, and to his explicit and public promises and assurances to the people of Bosnia that he would never agree to that. At the time, our accusation against President Izetbegovic was considered as an extreme position, and we were called traitors by other Bosnians. This was expected, but it was important to deliver a timely warning, regardless. Later events confirmed that we were right, which exonerated us among Bosnians.
In 2000, I was approached by Zadarska Tiskara, a publisher in Croatia, to print an updated issue of the book, to be titled: The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Political Aspects (Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini: Politicki aspekti). Unfortunately, by that time the warning had come to pass, embodied in the 1995 Dayton Agreement, which created a Serbian puppet state called “the Republic of the Serbs” on territory that was ethnically cleansed by means of genocide during the war. It was an extraordinary outcome—that an aggressor should commit genocide, lose on the battlefield, yet somehow still achieve the criminal objectives of holding on to ethnically cleansed territories and get the blessing of democratic foreign governments. Our ability to foresee that outcome long before it happened, merely by observing the actions of one man, President Izetbegovic, was strong evidence that our reasoning was correct; and it made sense to restate the case to the people. The second book also put in newer documents that further confirmed both prior warnings: a) that Bosnia will be divided, and b) that the divided Bosnia will be dysfunctional. The second book was also published only in Bosnian, because it too meant to educate and enable Bosnians to recognize and counter the continuing treachery of their leader and his cronies.
This third book is in English, because the lessons that Bosnians have been learning are applicable to other conflicts that are occurring in the world. First, it dispels the dominant narrative that has taken hold in the West regarding how the war in Bosnia ended. By that narrative, we refer to both the process and the outcome. You have heard the prevailing story: Bosnia was a success of hard US and EU diplomacy and negotiations that won the peace, as all sides compromised. Bad guys were arrested and punished. Bosnians of all kinds can now reconcile, forgive each other, and work together democratically on the path toward European integration. This story is parroted by certain current US and EU politicians who were on the scene in the 1990s, and are even using their connection to Bosnia’s war as proof of their foreign policy and leadership credentials.
It is a false narrative. Instead, the extraordinary outcome we mentioned above, including Dayton’s establishment of the Republic of the Serbs was a complete success for perpetrators of genocide and aggression. It embodied their stated goal for going to war in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo—the creation of ethnically clean territories referred to as Greater Serbia. Incredibly, the US and European nations are guarantors of the Dayton agreement. It is akin to the Allies agreeing to be guarantors of Nazi German territories in Poland even after Hitler was defeated and his generals were on trial for genocide. We are astonished at how frequently we hear arguments for partitioning other countries without any legal basis or justification as a means for resolving any conflict that may have an ethnic, racial, or religious component. It comes up repeatedly in discussions of Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, and Georgia; and inevitably, we hear advice from so-called experts and politicians to partition those lands in order to separate the groups that do not get along. And the false and naive narrative about Bosnia is used as the example of where that approach “worked.”
Bosnia is a precedent, and even a recipe—but not for democracies interested in peacemaking but, rather, for dictators interested in carrying out genocide and conquest in the modern world, where they have to worry about creating an exit state that preserves the result of aggression, with some veneer of legality and acceptance by the international community. In fact, Russia’s strategy in Ukraine and Georgia seems to closely mirror Serbia’s strategy in Bosnia, with conquest under the guise of domestic ethnic rebellion. Ukraine, in particular, is progressing in a very similar way to Bosnia ever since Petro Poroshenko rose to power. I do not know as much about Poroshenko or Ukraine as I do about Bosnia; but his rhetoric and decisions, to, me are reminiscent of Izetbegovic.
The dictators out there know the strategy, but it is my hope that now in these conflicts, the victims and defenders will be able to recognize it as well, with the help of Bosnia’s experience.
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5. The Web Page of the Book "The War in Bosnia: How to Succeed in Genocide"
The following web page was created by the publisher.
http://www.thewarinbosnia.com/