Posted on 06/23/2015 9:45:21 AM PDT by Ravnagora
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — It was one of the biggest nights in Croatia's sporting calendar: a European Championship soccer qualifying match with Italy. Seconds after kick-off in a game beamed around the world, a gigantic swastika materialized on the pitch under the shocked gaze of European soccer officials.
The swastika, sprayed by an unknown vandal with a chemical that became visible only when floodlights went on to start the game, has become the most potent symbol of a rise in ultra-nationalist sentiment that appears to be bleeding into the mainstream population in the European Union's newest member state.
But it's not the only one. In the mixed ethnic towns of eastern Croatia, road signs in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet have been destroyed and Serbian Orthodox churches have been vandalized with a "U'' symbol representing the Nazi-linked World War II Ustasha regime. On weekends, Ustasha chants echo at sports venues and rock concerts.
The appearance of such symbols is perhaps unsurprising for a country that during World War II which sent tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies to death camps. But the Balkan state's current leaders have called for change after the global outcry prompted by the swastika on the field.
"This act has inflicted immeasurable damage on the reputation of Croatian citizens and their homeland all over the world," said Croatia's new conservative president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. "Therefore, we must finally put a stop to such things."
The rise of the right in Croatia has been fueled by deep economic hardship and growing public anger over the inability of the left-leaning government to deal with it, even after the country entered the EU two years ago, fueling dreams of sudden riches that have not materialized.
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Worth a min when you have time.
http://sheikyermami.com/2015/06/bosnian-muslims-killed-their-own-people-to-blame-the-serbs/
Europe is heading right—how long before the islamic people fill trains to “Camps” for a final solution? Look to see the ghost of Hitler stalking Europe once again. It has happened many times in the past—and perhaps in the future.
More than a few Serbs died protecting downed US fliers in WWII while the Croats were signing up for the SS and working with the Nazis throughout the Balkans.
So, Clinton & NATO bomb the Hell out of the Serbs, create a Muzzie State, and now someone is supposed to be surprised that the totally unrepentant Croats are once again showing their love for Fascism and all things Hitler?
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