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- From: dreitman@oregon.uoregon.edu (Daniel R. Reitman, Attorney to Be)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
- Subject: Re: On Bosnia, Serbia and a Potential "Third Balkan War," #800
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 12:07 PST
- Organization: University of Oregon
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- In article <9212241550.AA08918@icarus.montclair.edu.montclair.edu>,
- Thomas Varouhakis <varouhak@ICARUS.MONTCLAIR.EDU> writes...
- >Greece actually has no quarrel about whatever arrangements the
- >populations of former Yugoslavia decide to form, as long as its
- >national security is not in any danger. By insisting to call itself
- >the name of the northern part of Greece, the so called state of
- >"Macedonia" actually presents such a threat. . . .
- >
- >Obviously "Macedonia" is in no
- >position to be a threat to Greece now, but how about the future? If
- >Greece recognizes them as "Macedonia" doesn't that imply that it
- >accepts their claim of been just that? A legitimate contender of what
- >throughout history has been an indispensable part of Greece: Macedonia.
- >
- >. . . .
- >
- >(quiz: Which was the
- >first country in a rush to recognize Croatia, when the "cunning"
- >English were arguing for a negotiated break-up of Yugoslavia? -that's
- >right: the best qualified: Germany). Ethnic animosity goes even
- >further back in history.
- >. . . .
-
- This reminds me of the argument several years ago over the eastern border of
- the soon-to-be reunified Germany. Poland's objections were satisfied by
- treaty.
-
- Dan, ad nauseum
-