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Entry: Kosovo, Russia, and the Last Grasps of American Unipolarity Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/kosovo_and_the_last_grasps_of_american_unipolarity#18285 Post contents: Mr. Warning, I do not understand why some Catholics choose to play the "evil Orthodox" line. To side with jihadists?! Serbs and Croats have had their differences. Many non-Serb historians have documented Stepinac's role in a genocide attempted against the Serbs. I watched live tv on EWTN when Pope John Paul II visited Bosnia and addressed the (largely Serbian) community of Banja Luka - he specifically APOLOGIZED for how the Catholic faith had sometimes been invoked in carrying out crimes "in this region". What do you think he was referring to? The quote iin the past post from Pope Benedict thanking the Serbs speaks for itself. Belgrade was instrumental in rejuvenating eccumenical discussions that had stalled. Shortly after the Belgrade conference, Pope Benedict visited Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople for a special service at St. George's. Serbian bishops were prominent in the all these conferences (as were Greek). That there is Serbian scepticism with regards to eccumenical activity is only natural given the past atrocities of Croats who all the while cloaked themselves in Catholocism and the Vatican's rush to break up Yugoslavia without due consideration for proper dialogue and diplomacy. How can it be otherwise? None-the-less, the Serbs, I think, have gone above and beyond in working towards reconciliation because (a) they do encounter some fine Catholic bishops and (b) undersand (unlike ranting lunatics like you) that all of Christendom is at risk unless the Catholics and Orthodox cooperate. As far as masters, do indeed expalin who the masters of the Serbs are. The Russians? I don't see them rushing troops to defend Serbian territory. The fact is that Serbs are a small, but freedom-loving, nation. And have paid the price for it repeatedly. Sent at: 2008 07 06