BFP Exclusive- What is Cooking in the Bosnian Pot? CIA Director’s Visit to the Balkans

BFP Exclusive- What is Cooking in the Bosnian Pot? CIA Director’s Visit to the Balkans



Considering that the CIA is hardly oriented toward the past (it acts according to the moto - "what's done is done"), let's hypothesize what its future "headaches" in Bosnia might be caused by. In this respect, it should be noted that for the past 20 years the CIA has considered Bosnia and Kosovo as its key regional strongholds. However, its unilateral intelligence domination over the large portion of the Balkans has recently been challenged by the increased Russian involvement. It has become obvious at least since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine and the Russian military involvement in Syria that Russia will try to oppose the U.S.-dominated international order in any and all regions of the world in which it can find allies. In the Balkans, Serbia has been a traditional Russian ally since the 18th century and today's Bosnia includes the Serb Republic [Republika Srpska] as one of its autonomous components. If we look, for instance, at the recent public statements by the autocratic president of the Serb Republic Milorad Dodik, we will see a much more pronounced praise of Russia and the Russian influence in the Balkans than ever before.[11] There is no hiding that it is precisely this that has caused a major wave of concern in the U.S. intelligence community. The rub (in Hamlet's sense) is that the Russian ‘footprint’ will not go away any time soon. In fact, I expect the Russophile tendencies to intensify all across the Balkans, not only in Bosnia, but also in Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece (the two latter being the members of both NATO and the EU). In this connection, it should be noted that Brennan's hosts in Bosnia did not include any of the top Serb Republic officials. So the “lines of exclusion,” which can quickly deteriorate into the “lines of fire,” have been drawn. All this leads me to think that there is a strong possibility that the issue of Islamic radicalism in Bosnia was only a convenient cover story for the actual discussions and preparations for the new stage of the U.S.-Russia Cold War in Southern Europe. The latter, in my opinion, was the primary reason for Brennan's visit. In this new stage of the perennial struggle with the “Main Enemy,” both the ISIS fighters and their helpers in Bosnia and beyond will also, no doubt, have various roles to play. From the useful idiots to the cynical and murderous proxies. - See more at: http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2016/05/08/bfp-exclusive-what-is-cooking-in-the-bosnian-pot-cia-directors-visit-to-the-balkans/#sthash.xoVrG4ug.dpuf