• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Been a minute since I’ve read up on the Yugoslav wars, but are we sure this alliance is primarily worried about Russia and not that place in the middle there?

    • nukeOPM
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      5 hours ago

      sonic weapon would like to know your location

      • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        NA education moment, thought Bosnia was Serbia for some reason. Would prolly get me stabbed if I made that mistake in region.

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          2 hours ago

          I introduced my Croatian friend to my Serbian roommate about a week into arriving in Germany, thinking they’d hit it off and be excited for a common language.

          They were both kind and very firm about how differently the interaction might have gone if they were slightly different people.

          They did eventually become friends, but I also eventually met my roommate’s parents and got a better understanding of the older generation.

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      5 hours ago

      I dunno, it is 20 years after Milosivec croaked. How lionized is he there these days?

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        3 hours ago

        The Serbs I’ve talked to online and a couple in person seemed ambivalent about taking responsibility at best. They are generally more pissed about the NATO intervention into their genocide SMO, and overblow how much death it caused compared to the death they (former yugo states) inflicted amongst themselves. I am confident Russia uses this as a wedge issue to their advantage these days.