From: rika@informix.com (Rika Tsitsinia)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: Re: Macedonian Recognition after US elections.
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:04:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: informix.1992Nov9.190403.1583
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Nov8.183931.15705@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gd8f@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Gregory  Dandulakis) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.160938.16119@walter.bellcore.com> ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (Daniel Chukurov 21324) writes:
>>
>>	The best thing would be to split up the Skopje, have a referendum
>>	and let people decide which country do they want to join: Bulgaria,
>>	Greece, Albania or Serbia. As it now stands, recognition of
>>	"Macedonia" can only bring problem into the area.
>
>
>        The most meaningful proposal for the long term *interests* and 
>        *desires* of the people living there.
>
	I could not disagree more.
	And I am happy that the current greek government's position is
    that we want a small and *friendly* independent country to the north.
    Vardaria, *can* survive as a multi-ethnic state, and will by
    necessity *and* history (disregarding the last 50 years) have
    the best relations with Greece.

	Our differences are not big and I am sure that cooler heads
    will prevail in their government and understand that they have
    to work with Greece. Once we overcome our current problems, things
    will go their natural way: the two countries have many common
    interests and their friendship will only grow.

	I am also very proud that Greece has said that not only will
    it recognize the new country if it drops the claim to Macedonian
    heritage, but will also guarantee its borders against anyone!

	Now, did the USA, Britain, France or Germany do the same
    when they rushed to recognize Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia?
    Wasn't the Bosnian muslim right, when he said "if they cannot
    defend us, then why in the world did they recognize us?"


>        Instead of having a not viable state, which tries to survive
>        the internal erruption by selling irredentism against its nei-
>        ghboring countries to its own suffering people, a split of
>        the type:
>
>        Serbia     30%        (demographics, faught for it)
>        Albania    30%        (demographics)
>        Bulgaria   30%        (old demographics)
>        Greece     10%        (    "   , buffering the "dog" of Ottoman
>                                                                shadow)
>
>
	I would strongly object to Greece having any part in
    such a deal. This is unthinkable! If the people wanted to
    join another country they can do so. But these people want
    to live independently and they have every right to do so.

	The fact that they have been brainwashed to believe that
    they are the real macedonians(tm) who can rightfully claim any
    part of the history, land and people they want to, does not
    give anyone the right to destroy them. As an independent
    country they will be forced to come to grips with their
    real history and recognize the anxieties of their neighbours.


>        The only losers will be the power thirsty who will lose one
>        more power center. And the cancerous growth, Ottoman leftovers,
>        will have gone for ever from the Balkans.
>
>
>                      " E PLURIBUS UNUM "
>
>
>        Are we going to repeat the political miracle which lead to
>        the 1st Balkan War?
>
>
>           "LETS ERADICATE THE TERM BALKANIZATION FROM THE
>                        WESTERN DICTIONARIES"
>
>
>        Gr

	Georgios
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