The Macedonians walked out of the NATO summit on Thursday and we can’t say we blame them.
Croatia and Albania were granted membership in the western alliance at a leaders’ meeting in Bucharest, but Macedonia was barred for an absurd reason: Greece doesn’t like its name.
That decision shames Greece and it dishonors NATO, which has far more serious problems and challenges to worry about.
The name “Macedonia,” is shared by the former Yugoslav republic and by northern Greece. From the moment the former-Yugoslav Macedonia declared independence in 1991, the Greeks — reflecting byzantine Balkan politics — vehemently objected to the new state’s use of a name and symbols they regard as theirs.
As a result, the United Nations provisionally designated the country as “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” — or, rather uneuphonically: FYROM.
Athens has since normalized relations and many countries, including the United States, have abandoned the clumsy FYROM in favor of Republic of Macedonia, which is what Macedonia calls itself.
A United Nations mediator tried to work out a compromise but in the end, Greece — a NATO member since 1952 — exercised its veto. The alliance operates on consensus.
Tiny Macedonia doesn’t threaten Greece under any name. In fact, bringing it into the NATO fold would enhance regional stability. Now, there are concerns Macedonia’s failure to gain alliance membership could fan nationalism and anti-Western sentiment as well as jeopardize its ability to join the European Union.
President Bush and European leaders should have worked harder at finding a solution to this corrosive problem before Greece exercised its veto.
Now they must ratchet up the pressure on Greece to achieve that compromise so that NATO’s insult to Macedonia is reversed as quickly as possible.
4 comments:
FYROM right up to the NATO summit/meeting sent provocative messages to Greece as though to say stick it! We don't need you the rest of NATO will will invite us. Provocative material such as Advertising the Greek Flag with a SWASTIKA where the greek cross on the Flag is, and also showing Greece's Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis posing as a NAZI SS Officer of the THird Reich. Did FYROM believe this will go unnoticed by other NATO members. Treating one of their oldest and important NATO member as NAZI's. NO. Thats why they did not get the invite. Greece said on many occassions it would like to see FYROM in NATO and EU but FYROM's continues to be an intrasigent country believing others will save the day for them. So Shame on FYROM and the POST headed 'Shame on Greece: Messing with Macedonia.'
can't blame you.You dont have a history which they could steal.You dont even like history for the same reason.And you are probably used by now,to see people decorating your flag with swastikas.
Destabilising the Balkans?Is that a threat?Are you trying to scare us?
Accepting Skopje under the name of Macedonia would be more than just an insult.It would be utterly wrong and unfair.
And please do not forget that Greece has never got in the way of any other nation to seek its happines.Once we ve done something you feel is wrong,you rush to attack us with fierce language and awfull propaganda!
The only absurd thing I see around here is the accusation that we just dont like their name,WE DONT LIKE PEOPLE STEALING FROM US.
This summit has been a Waterloo for
US diplomacy.Learn from
your mistakes.
Theese are ,after all,The Balkans.
"Dear" "tc_ezone"
Sorry,have to wake you up because you are dreaming. You said: "WE DONT LIKE PEOPLE STEALING FROM US." Guess what?We dont like it either.Just to let you know,there is already a genetic prove that the Macedonians are in NO conection vith the Greeks,but with the ancient Macedonians!Here some parts of the study:"The Macedonians are one of the most ancient peoples existing in the Balkan Peninsula,probably long before arrival of the Mucaenian Greeks about 2000BC.""Macedonians are related to other Mediterraneans and do not show a close relationship with Greeks.""Much to our surprice,the reason why the Greeks did not show a close relatedness with all the other Mediterraneans analysed, was their genetic relationship with SUB-SAHARAN ethnic groups now residing in Ethiopia,Sudan and West Africa.""Macedonians are NOT related with the geografically close Greeks,who DO NOT belong to the "older" Mediterranean substractum".Are you clear now why Greece is leading pathetic,nationalistic,destructive and cowardly politics?Are you clear now why "there is not any ethnic Macedonian minority in "Greece".Greece is doing everything to destroy the Macedonian existence!Since is NOT POSSIBLE, they are trying to ADOPT it as Greek!Sorry, NOT POSSIBLE either.
"dear" tc_ezone, my condollence to you and your life full of dreams and lies. Let me wakw you up: YOU (greeks) (and bulgarians)have no history and that's why you are stealing ours.Do you have any prove that Alexander of Macedonia was Greek? No, exept of your falce greek propaganda. Well WE have. It's called GENETIC PROVE.Here some parts of the study: "The Macedonians are one of the most ancient peoples existing in the Balkan Peninsula, probably long before arrival of the Mucaenian Greeks about 2000BC.""Macedonians are related to other Mediterraneans and do not show a close relationship with Greeks.""Much to our surprice,the reason why the Greeks did not show a close relatedness with all the other Mediterraneans analysed, was their genetic relationship with SUB-SAHARAN ethnic groups now residing ie Ethiopia, Sudan and West Africa.""Macedonians are NOT related with the geografically close Greeks, who DO NOT belong to the "older" Mediterranean substractum".Sorry my "dear" sub-saharans, but 123 countries in the world already know the truth. You can continue reading your greek fake history books. Soon you will be left alone with it. Good is one, and is watching over us. And for you "Greeks" ANATHEMA SAS (me duo heria)!
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