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GREATER SERBIA
from Ideology to Aggression
AFTERWORD
Every political practice is founded on ideological theories
which are melded into the collective consciousness of a society. The selections
included in this book trace the development of one ideology that over the last century and
a half has grown and transformed into not only political doctrine and cultural chauvinism
but also dangerous extremism. This extremism has manifested itself many times in the past,
and Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (which started the first World
War) and the terrorist activities of Draza Mihajlovic's cetniks during World War II are
only two notable examples. Political extremism which includes the ideological conviction
of the right of one nation to impose its will onto that of another is a basic tenet of
Greater Serbian ambitions.
"We Serbs will save Yugoslavia," said Slobodan Milosevic, the president of
Serbia influential of modern Greater Serbian ideologues, in the tense time when the
political upheavals in the now defunct Yugoslavia were turning into war. This statement
was actually an expression of the ethno-centrism which has become imbued in Serbian
political thought. The apartheid in Kosovo, the persecution and frequent expulsion of
Muslims, Hungarians and Croatians from Serbia, the attack on Slovenia, the merciless des-
truction in Croatia, and the suffering and human loss of hundreds of thousands in Bosnia
and Hercegovina are all the results of this Serbian 'salvation' of Yugoslavia.
In 'saving' Yugoslavia Serbian leaders wanted to insure that 'all Serbs live in one
state.' Any threat to this absurd political tenet could expect to be answered with brutal
force. Thus it follows that the Serbs, in the form of para-military units and the Yugoslav
army, would react so violently to Slovenian, Croatian and Bosnian declarations of
independence, for their ethno-centric ideology does not acknowledge the right of other
nations to exist on a political nor even social or cultural level if they conflict with
Greater Serbian aspirations. They veil their true intentions with the assertion that they
are 'protecting the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia,' but the wanton destruction and
the 'ethnic cleansing' practiced by Serbian militias (including the so-called 'Yugoslav'
army) proves that they are waging a war of conquest and aggression inspired by an ideology
of intolerance.
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