re europe vs muslim bosnians in article srespinnsua mojo eng umd edu josip eng umd edu josip loncaric writes under such conditions it is very easy for serbs to play a divide and conquer game and to get the muslims and croats who have strong common it is the serbs who were divided when croatia and bosnia hercegovina attempted to secede from yugoslavia ripping more than serbs and their property out of yugoslavia the croatian and muslim nations had the right to secede not the republics additionally the secessions were to be negotiated which would probably have required international mediation instead the secessions were illegal unilateral and acts of war against yugoslavia and those who did not want to be ripped out of yugoslavia by the secessions nick
