Issue 228 - February 19, 1996

The Americans will stay here whether they want to or not because there can be no balance without them. However, the servants aren't just obedient, they're also sly. The Serbs, Croats and Moslems can't and don't want to become Americans but do want to use them and turn them against the others

The arrest of two high-ranking BSA officers in Sarajevo started the worst crisis so far in the implementation of the Dayton agreement. Finally, the agreement seems to have survived and Karadzic and Mladic are the big losers

The talks on the Kosovo Albanians joining the Serbian school system are primarily a test of the good will of both sides to start political talks. There have been discussion of the Kosovo school system these days

One must admit that the Serbian Democratic Party (DSS) is the only party that the Socialists haven't conspired with to date. Not even a rumor level. Its leader Vojislav Kostunica is also one of the few Serbian opposition leaders who hasn't met Milosevic and even refused to meet him ("I didn't believe he wanted to talk about a coalition government.")