Nationality issues vs. ex Eastern block

Rating: 4/10 (24 November 2004)

To end this once and for all (well, for anyone who reads this anyway). Alexander the Great was a MACEDON. That does NOT mean he was not Greek. Greeks were actually multiple of factions (Minoans, Corinthians.... and of course Macedons) spreading from Black Sea to Crete. Those populace shrinked through the years and especially after Byzantine fall were pushed within the current boundaries of Greece. All Macedonian inscriptions are in Greek. Relevant tombs are in Greece. Even countries conquered by Alexander have dirham for currency (remember ancient Greek drachma?).
The fact that Tito (Eastern Block, Communist president, ex Yugoslavia, around 60s) decided to name the southern province of his country after Macedonia, in order to put a future territorial claim and gain access to Aegean Sea, does not, can not and will not make Alexander the Great of Serbian origin.
Of course it is hard to convince the handful of people in Skopje who were brought up from school learning such things. Do as you wish with country names. Please don't rape history though.
Regards,
Panlask