By Peter KORZUN | Strategic Culture Foundation | 06.12.2017 Otto von Bismarck, the legendary first Chancellor of Germany, scoffed at the notion of intervening in the Balkans. He believed that the region was “not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier.” The US appears to hold quite a different view on the matter. With […]
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After a long hiatus, we’re back with the first in a new series of our current affairs program, INSIGHT.
For centuries Ottoman Turkey ruled the Balkans and this colonial past has not been forgotten, particularly among Orthodox Christians in southern Europe.
Preface The “Macedonian Question” is today actual for several reasons of whom two are of the fundamental importance: 1. The Albanian secession in the FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia); and 2. The Greek dispute with the FYROM authorities over several issues.[1] For the matter of illustration, for instance, Greece is so far blocking Macedonia’s joining the NATO and the[Read More...]
The illegal 1999 NATO war on Yugoslavia caused two parallel crises and is the proximate cause of a third. Most tragically, it caused the displacement of thousands of Serbians from their native Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija to other parts of Serbia. Many still live without permanent homes.
At the same time, although the Serbia province of Kosovo and Metohija became fully occupied by ethnic Albanians with the help of NATO forces and EU political enforcers, many decided to take up permanent residency in neighbouring countries including in Macedonia.
“Hackers in Macedonia” were one of many factors Hillary Clinton blamed for her November US Presidential election loss to Donald Trump.
Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” hit the streets of Washington DC to find some Macedonians who might know if they did indeed meddle in US Democracy.
Tucker does finally find a representative of the US-Macedonian Diaspora, who denies any election meddling as Hillary Clinton claimed.
Pepe Escobar
Sputnik
You are about to enter the ultimate minefield.
Let’s start with 28 EU leaders discussing the Western Balkans at a recent summit and blaming – what else – “Russian aggression” in the EU’s backyard.
Cue to a Montenegro prosecutor raging that “Russian state bodies” staged a coup attempt during the October 2016 elections to stop the country from joining NATO.
Let’s begin with the irony of it all.
Hillary Clinton explaining away her pathetic election campaign at a tech conference.
Hillary Clinton, the most inept politician when it comes to tech, speaking at a tech conference.
The only reason the Russiagate farce is still remotely interesting is because of the hypocrisy and self-effacing attitude the liberal American elite in the Democratic party and mainstream media have shown themselves to have during the entire saga which they refuse to let die.
