The European Mirror: How the West Fabricated the “Bosnian Threat” to Conceal Its Own Complicity
The European Mirror: How the West Fabricated the “Bosnian Threat” to Conceal Its Own Complicity I. The Mostar Admission In the spring just before the outbreak of the war, in Mostar—a city that would soon become a global symbol of brutal urbicide and destruction—I sat in a meeting. It was organized, at his own explicit request, with us from the Club of Intellectuals by the then-US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Warren Zimmermann. The protocol dictated that the discussion should last a mere hour. However, when faced with our arguments, analyses, and clear warnings about the cataclysm brewing on the ground, the meeting transformed into a multi-hour debate stretching deep into the night. The Ambassador was so visibly shaken that he canceled his onward travel, spent the night in Mostar, and postponed the next day's high-level meeting with the Presidency in Sarajevo. He later justified his delay to reporters with the words: “The fascinating Club of Intellectuals in Mostar.” Yet, behind that ...