tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post5019431729111942134..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: A realist's adventures in BosniaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-16741526739324482542007-02-05T10:03:00.000+00:002007-02-05T10:03:00.000+00:00Whoops, almost forgot: I wanted to answer your fin...Whoops, almost forgot: I wanted to answer your final question.<br /><br />Yes, I think it probably was necessary. The idea that the OHC was standing in Bosnia's way had been in the air since before Paddy's time. The only way to conclusively disprove it was to give it a try. Its obvious failure will have consequences elsewhere, most notably in Kosovo. And, hey -- we should be glad that it only took a year.<br /><br /><br />Doug M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-15549596426833890062007-02-05T10:00:00.000+00:002007-02-05T10:00:00.000+00:00Hi Teekay,
I just posted on this over at A Fistfu...Hi Teekay,<br /><br />I just posted on this over at A Fistful of Euros (www.fistfulofeuros.org). Please feel free to drop by -- I'd love to hear your thoughts.<br /><br />I'm pretty much in complete agreement with you, BTW. I speculate that the motive was wishful thinking brought on by Bosnia fatigue: It's been over a decade now! Surely these wretched wogs must be ready to settle down and join the civilized world? <br /><br />An interesting metric: compare the October report of the PIC Steering council to the December one. The October one is all finger-wagging at the naughty Bosnians. The December one is /weird/... it's all la la la, everything here is fine. It reads like it's about a completely different country. More likely it was written by a completely different committee... which suggests some odd internal processes at the Committee. I really wonder what the February report will look like.<br /><br /><br />Doug M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com