#Thread

In the 90s #Bosnia and Herzegovina wasn’t under “attack by … Croat forces aiming to carve the country up into … a Greater Croatia”, as claims M. Gadzo.

In fact, Croats were/are 1 of 3 constituent peoples (nations) of BiH.

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The role of legal & legitimate BiH Croat forces in stopping the initial Serb military advances (& later liberation of BiH) could hardly be overstated. In 1992 Croat forces, with Croatia’s help, stopped the Serb advances & saved Muslim part of BiH from total encirclement.

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More on BiH Croat forces (HVO) in this thread: https://twitter.com/Ivan_Pepic/status/1247809888270548992

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The problem with this article is that it portrays Serb federal unit (Republika Srpska) of BiH, legalized by #DaytonPeaceAgreement , as the only problem of BiH https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/20/dayton-25-years

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The fact is that Bosniak politicians have given up on RS and they want to transform the Federation of BiH [federation of Bosniak and Croat cantons] into unitary 'civic' state: https://twitter.com/ViktorMatic1992/status/1233808845513908228

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They are almost there. Croats (and Serbs) aren’t equal (in terms of political rights) to Muslim Bosniaks in the Federation of BiH: http://www.idpi.ba/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Grbavac_Neravnopravna-demokracija.pdf

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Thus, Serb separatism is not the only problem of BiH.

Bosniak-Muslim unitarism & centralism are equally problematic in this multi-national country!

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@DanielSerwer , former #US special envoy & coordinator for FBiH, inter alia, said, how “rule of law … strong, independent judiciary” are “required” in BiH.

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Does @DanielSerwer know Bosniak political leaders refuse to respect the Order by the Constitutional Court of BiH that Electoral law reform should take place? http://miseticlaw.blogspot.com/2018/10/what-are-croats-in-bosnia-and.html?m=1

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“Bosniak parties have never offered a proposal that would implement the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the Ljubić case and that would pass constitutional muster”: https://bit.ly/2Klf0cF 

10/14

It is pretty sad that #Russia is the only superpower to respect the original #DaytonPeaceAgreement which 25 years ago stopped the bloody war in BiH.

11/14

All those who think #Dayton25 should be changed need to know that it has already been drastically, illegitimately & undemocratically changed with e.g. respect to Croats’ rights http://www.idpi.ba/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Grbavac_Neravnopravna-demokracija.pdf

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Unfortunately, #USA failed to realize that helping BiH Croats achieving #equality vis-à-vis #Muslim Bosniaks (& Serbs) would stabilize entire BiH.

A federal state as US should be prone toward federal solutions, especially in multi-national countries like BiH!

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20 years of undermining #Dayton25 by certain actors of the IC & the promotion of Bosniak-Muslim unitarism & centralism under the guise of ‘liberal’ & ‘civic’ values/concepts haven’t made BiH into a stable, sovereign, & #democratic state.

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