U.S. Mobilizing Support for Bosnia
How much longer will the American people be fed the lie that Serbians are “invading” Bosnia to take away land that belongs to the Muslims? Before the war started, Serbians composed 34% of the population in Bosnia, and they privately owned 62% of the land. The Muslims accounted for 42% of the population and owned 25% of the land.
These facts raise another question. Why is it that 1.8 million Muslims have the right of self-determination according to the Western World, but 2.5 million Serbs living in Bosnia and Croatia do not have that same right of self-determination?
It must be recognized that this is a complicated civil war with victims on all sides, and the common practice of distorting or concealing the facts is only perpetuating an already tragic situation.
KRISTINA MEDIC, Chatsworth
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