This thread is decidedly pro-Serb. There is plenty of Balkan guilt to go around since all sides have been guilty of atrocities.
The factionalism makes Iraqs' look simple in comparison.
The Orthodox Serbs have always had problems with Catholic Croats & Moslem Albanians. In turn the Croats have always had problems with Orthodox Christians and with Moslems. While the Albanians have always been in conflict with Serbs, Greeks etc. Bulgarians have fought Serbs, Romanians, Greeks & Turks. FYRO Macedonias' existence is challenged by Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria & Albania.
None want foreign interference, but none are willing to work out their own mutual problems with a spirit of understanding and cooperation.
Experts predicted that when Tito died, exactly what is happening now would happen.
What is the solution? Dividing regions and smaller regions within into a checkerboard map?. If that were to happen, as minority numbers shift based on employment opportunities, food supplies, escaping bloodshed, everything would have to be re-evaluated again.
All parties concerned need to elect moderate, intelligent leaders who would cooperate in solving the existing problems and plan for a peaceful, beneficial future for all. Throughout history, nationalistic dreams of a Greater Serbia, a Greater Albania and a Greater Bulgaria have caused hatred and conflict and the land is soaked in the blood of its' citizens.
Perhaps a committee of moderate/progressive "men of God" representing Catholics, Orthodox and Moslems could reach a viable solution.
It is indeed a very black mark that while the rest of Europe is coming together in a spirit of peace, cooperation and understanding that the Balkans continue to hate and kill each other.