If America Can Take Greenland and Canada, Republika Srpska Can Unite with Serbia

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1. Translation:

   The leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Milorad Dodik, stated that Republika Srpska has the right to unite with Serbia, drawing an analogy to U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim over Greenland for the United States.

   In an interview with the Balkan branch of the Russian propaganda outlet *Russia Today* (RT Balkan), based in Belgrade, Dodik expressed loyalty to Vladimir Putin and used the opportunity to question European borders while once again promoting his longstanding idea of Republika Srpska seceding from Bosnia and Herzegovina and uniting with Serbia.

   **Dodik: If Putin Hadn’t Invaded Ukraine, Russia Would Have Been Broken into Several States**

   He argued that current borders are not “sacred cows” and referenced the way the independence of modern states formed from the former Yugoslavia was recognized.

   “If Americans say that what Slovenians and Croats did wasn’t secession but a fact on the ground, then wasn’t Republika Srpska also a fact on the ground? Why did you drag us back into this nonsense called Bosnia and Herzegovina? If Greenland and Canada are possible, if East and West Germany were possible, then why can’t Republika Srpska join Serbia?” said Dodik, adding that Russia also has a right to Ukraine.

   If Putin had not invaded Ukraine, the Bosnian Serb leader argued, Russia would have been broken into several smaller states taken over by multinational corporations.

   “But they didn’t count on a Putin who has the support of the people and enough determination,” Dodik concluded.

2. At first I thought it was a pun. That Republika Srpska was the official name for Serbia.

   Because Canada and Greenland are geographically (North) American.

3. This is exactly why Kosovo closed the Serbian post offices and tax offices in the Serbian villages in Kosovo a few days ago. This is what happens. This is a guy who controls an area in Bosnia and he’s a giant Putin supporter and wants this territory to be annexed by another country. Putin of course is busy and won’t help. But it is the plan of Putin to help out Vucic with Kosovo and other areas. It would be endless war without EU. These Serbian groups are extremely nationalistic. But towards Russia and Serbia not the nations they live in.

4. So, it can’t then. Got it.

5. Dodik makes a fair point, as ultimately all ex-Yugoslav states and statelets were allowed to secede regardless of Serbs’ interest, and that left a significant number of their population in three neighboring countries (and from fourth Serbs were completely ethnically cleansed).

   The only reason why Balkan borders are being so carefully guarded by NATO is because the Serbian question is left unsolved after 1999. This will have to unravel at one point, although the West hopes it will happen on their terms after they neutralize Russia.

6. This is exactly why Russia pushed Trump.

7. America will would be in for a world of hurt if they tried to take Canada. We are not all stooges like a certain provincial premier.

8. This is classic Dodik thinking.

9. There is no correlation between these two.

10. Whataboutism on irredentist claims is going to skyrocket in the next four years.

11. >If Putin had not attacked Ukraine, the Bosnian Serb leader argues, Russia would have been broken up into several smaller states that would have been taken over by multinational companies.

    Nothing says *Russian Agent* more than repeating Russian propaganda verbatim.

12. It’s not about taking Greenland or Canada today or tomorrow. It’s about normalizing the idea that they could become part of the U.S.. It’s just like the idea of Trump being President… in 2011, it’s the punchline to a joke at the Correspondents Diner. By 2015, he’s announcing a serious bid for the Republican Nomination. By the end of 2016, he’s the President Elect. The rest is history.

    These wild ideas seem far-fetched… but the longer you let them stew, the more the movement takes root.

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