Issue 36 - June 1, 1992

Whenever you think it can't get any worse, the next moment this is proved wrong

In old, better times, JNA was rated as one of the four (or even three) most powerful armies in Europe. Foreign military analysts regarded highly its technical equipment and human resources, putting aside what they may have thought of the ideology on which the JNA was building its reputation and privileges at home. "Analysts" of the three, as yet unfinished, Balkan wars estimate that not only the Army been defeated, but that it has definitely fallen apart. Of course, there are other views, based on the fact that, despite serious defeats and a series of fatal mistakes, JNA still exists. How much longer, ceases to be a military issue, and is a matter of what in the Balkans is liberally called - politics

If negotiations are initiated, a compromise solution is possible

After the exceptionally cordial and friendly meetings that the Russian Foreign Minister had with the Macedonian high officials, the impression is that Russia has recognized Macedonia de facto, but a de jure recognition will have to wait for a while

The Church publishes a memorandum, DEPOS (the Serbian Democratic Movement) starts large-scale action, Milosevic, pressured from the outside and inside, discards the offered ladder to step down

Trade embargoes have always made all unsuccessful governments plunge into "war communism" or some kind of fascism, so overthrowing these regimes by means of isolation is a painful process for their subjects

The massacre in Vase Miskina Street has caused greater damage to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia than any economic sanctions. The first reactions uncovered divisions and conflicts between Serbo-Yugoslav protagonists of the Bosnian war. In the meantime, unarmed civilians, the main victims of this madness, are still being killed

On the eve of the world's decision to isolate Serbia, Milosevic, Bozovic, Jovic and the like are spreading verbal optimism without any real grounds