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Is anyone in Poland planning a trip in Croatia? [26]
Its always wise to know where you travel. Plus, there are different kind of trips. See, you know how USA often warning its citizens about countries that possible could be destinations to their trips. So, me myself here, as kind of voice of reason, issuing such an information.
Anyway, the reason Slovenia mistrust Croatia is exactly because of Croatia`s strategic relation to Germany (its not about USA). Current territorial dispute (where Slovenians are right) is just the way how Croatia serving Germany, this time against another Catholic country.
On one side Slovenia, tiny Slavic (100%) Catholic country on the Slavic South. Historically always protected by Serbia and threatened from germanized regime of Zagreb (ie real ethnic Croatia), from Italy and Austria. Today, one of most developed European states. On the other side Croatia, also mainly Catholic country but situation is complex because foreign factor supported Catholic Croats on the account of Catholic and Orthodox Serbs, where is reduction of Serbs in any sense saluted and openly supported and sponsored. Reality of Croatia is unimaginable to all who aren`t familiar with facts and rely on mass media to inform them (one of these days you will heard of this in mass media when all thing explode in the face of Germany and entire Europe, when Catholics among themselves start Civil war within Croatia). In Croatia, things only appears to be normal, on the surface. There, you literally have Nazi regime that forcing its own kind of Catholicism (in our time conflicting even with Vatican, where Pope desperately fights for influence with German financial circles). Language that is used in Croatia is Serbian that is called Croatian. Nobody using `kajkavian` dialect what is only remnant of original Croatian language. Nobody. It finished in museum. Population of Croatia is today 100% Serbian population but 80% are genetically pure Serbs and 20% are mix of Croats and Serbs where highly dominates Serbian genetics. It is so because on territory of what is now Croatia, always lived Serbs, while Croats lived only in Zagreb and surrounding areas. Since division within Christianity there lived Catholic and Orthodox Serbs. Then, when Turks appeared in Europe, they pushed Serbs in heavy internal turmoil (relocations within Serbian realm and also resettling Serbians in realms of other nations). So, Serbs in great numbers settled in Italy around Trieste, in Hungary all the way to Budapest, In Vienna in Austria, in Poland, in Russia, Ukraine and also in Zagreb. Now, considering that Croats were much less numerable then Serbs, they were assimilated by newcomers and practically became Serbs. These are historic facts, other stories are fiction created to satisfy politics.
But, one may say- but Croats say they are Croats. Do they? When Croatia separated from Yugoslavia, there was no referendum. Nazi regime took over on the wings of German support and, support of all major Catholic powers, manipulated Vatican itself, Serbian factor was under pressure and in retreat due to previously happened genocide on Serbs in WWII, Serbian state weak and, there comes modern-day Croatia. But, whenever in history Serbia was strong, Catholic Serbs wanted to be Serbs. When great Catholic powers pressured Serbia and Serbia was weak, Catholic Serbs were more vulnerable to assimilation/Croatization. In our time, how Serbia strengthen, cohesion of Croatian society dropping. Already, Catholic regions wants to secede from Croatia telling that they aren`t Croats.
Complete issue, looking historically at it, actually represent ultimate truth that main problem in the region/on Balkan isn`t conflict between Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Yes, religious aspect of conflicts here exist (as manipulations by politicians) but, without German, French and British malevolent meddling, Balkan could be compared to any region in Europe where for example Catholicism encounters Protestantism. Misunderstandings would exist but thanks to meddling of powers that I mentioned we practically have state of constant war here. Of course, factor of Islam involved Turkey and it added to chaos, again, in favor on those powers that I mentioned and against all people here. In some parallel universe maybe, there would be normal that in one and same country coexist Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim Serbs (ie Serbs Islamized after Turkish invasion). For now, in our universe, that is forbidden.
It's a very nice country. Crowie's right to post that, because Croatia is a pretty unreliable partner and is also somewhat of an American/German puppet.
Thank you delph.
As for US, its not the problem. USA (Clinton`s administration) there only acted to support German interests.
Adding to understanding of situation in the region where you may want to travel. See to what leads pro-German stance of Croatian/Zagreb elite > it creating problems in the region >
Croatia's bid for OECD membership blocked by Slovenia and Hungaryneweurope.eu/article/croatias-bid-oecd-membership-blocked-slovenia-hungary/
Hungary joined Slovenia in objecting to Croatia's bid for membership of the OECD.
Hungary: "Great relations with Serbia, never worse with Croatia"b92/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2015&mm=12&dd=08&nav_id=96301
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says his country's relations with Serbia are "exceptionally good," while those with Croatia "have never been worse."