Now, over three quarters of a milion have been made into refugees. Nations should only go to war when attacked or to defend clear, narrow national interests. Obviously, Canada hasn't been attacked by Serbia and it is hard to imagine that Serbia threatens any serious national interest. The Balkans are immensely complicated. The region is riven by religious, ethnic, ideological, and linguistic fissures.
All factions have long memories.
Otto von Bismarck wisely concluded that the region, like a surly bear, was best left alone. The region was, until recently, Serb. Albanian Muslim Kosovars have moved in and overwhelmed the Serbs over the past half century. The region contains the Field of Blackbirds, an emotive shrine where Serb Christians were massacred in a heroic attempt to stop the invading Muslim Turks. Inside Canada's Far Right Network.