First of all, anyone with a glimmer of geopolitical knowledge should have been taking proactive steps over a decade ago to head off this powder keg of a region.
Agreed. But then again, hindsight is inevitably 20/20.
Now that we're in this mess, and we can't relive the past, how would you resolve this issue beginning tomorrow??
Remember that these national leaders generally have FAR LESS understanding of their opponents than we'd think. Most politicians and Despots are not historians or deep thinkers. They deal with the here and now and whatever history they know they quickly manipulate and rewrite to their own advantage. The fact is that most leaders of a communist regime get there through sheer brute force and political intrigue. They fight constant internal battles and have to pay off quite a few folks in order to gain the support that they hold.
So Michael, there is a whole lot of complaining about what is going on here, but none of helps us to "gameplay" how this thing is going to turn out. (afterall, that is what this thread was created for, right?? Discussing scenarios related to the Balkans??)
That's why I asked if you had an ideas on a resolution. The problem with democracy is that we have quite a few arm-chair politicians and generals (including myself) bantering about what we should have done instead of what we're GOING to do, and what the ramifications may be for following a particular course of action.
Regards,
Ron |
