Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.
[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.
The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
I distrust all multiculturalism, liberal or conservative. The Balkans amply demonstrate the perils of Balkanization.
Take a look at the bombing of Serbia in 1999. The US was quite open about the reasons for the bombing. A main reason was to preserve stability and credibility. Serbia was interfering with stability, meaning that it was the one part of the Balkans that was not integrated into the Western-dominated (mostly US-dominated) system.
Of course, in no case would we allow the creation of a regional union in the Balkans, directed against the Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.
