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"Canada’s Big Mistake," March 1

The Banning of Dr. Trifkovic



Thank you for being one of the few media outlets in Canada that discussed the embarrassing (for Canada) denial of entry into Canada of Dr. Srdja Trifkovic. It was deeply disappointing that Dr. Srdja Trifkovic (a well recognized and highly-regarded commentator in global affairs who was to give an invited talk to the University of British Columbia's Serbian student organization) was banned from entering Canada.

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It is precisely because of these kinds of efforts to censor and muzzle activists such as Dr. Trifkovic and myself (among many many others) for over the past two decades that the Western public has received a very distorted and one-sided view of the events that transpired during the Yugoslav wars and why egregious mistakes continue to be made by Western foreign policy "experts" in the Balkans which have largely now resulted in the destruction of international law vis a vis the illegal theft of Kosovo from Serbia. Bosnia is, despite billions of dollars of aid from the West, an economic basket case and failed, frustrated pseudo-state. Only the Bosnian peoples (Serbs, Croats and Muslims) who are all ethnically related will be able to find true peace and reconcile with one another as millennial neighbors. It can't be enforced by the West but must come from within. Preventing and discouraging necessary dialogue from all sides in this tragic conflict by banning people such as Dr. Trifkovic not only hurts the future of Bosnia but also besmirches Canada's image as a free society that holds the principle of true debate - required for a successful democracy - in high esteem. It also demonstrates the weakness of Canadian leaders in the face of threats from Islamic extremists who do not wish to assimilate into Western democracies but are instead committed to destroying them. Canadians should investigate the events that led up to the banning of Dr. Trifkovic, demand answers from their elected leaders pertaining to this shameful episode in Canada's history, and then re-invite Dr. Trifkovic along with Bosnian Croat and Bosnian Muslim leaders to the University of British Columbia for a real debate on how to help Bosnia transition from the 15th Century into the 21st Century. Dr. Michael Pravica, Ph.D. Henderson, NV


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