APOLOGY TO SERBIAN PRESIDENT

Actual photo of Mr. Boris Tadic, president of Serbia, during a press conference at Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian presidency headquarters.

Recently, the President of Serbia Mr. Boris Tadic stated that, he is the only president who apologized for the crimes done by his country and pointed out that it is really a shame that other presidents have passed the opportunity to also apologize to him.

Fair enough. To his credit, Mr. Tadic did attend the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Potocari. Little did we know that he wanted something in return: The Apology.

Well, why not? Let's make it official:

APOLOGY TO SERBIAN PRESIDENT BORIS TADIC

Author: Edin Begović

Yea, I am not a Bosniak Leader, but still ...

Mister Tadic,

On behalf of my family, I am apologizing to you that Chetniks killed my father, I am so sorry! I sincerely apologize, Mister Tadic, for a disappearance of my uncle, too.

I am apologizing for my youth, spent between walls of the dark vault, sorry. I am apologizing, Mister Tadic, for my two onsets of pneumonia and then asthma, incurred in the above mentioned vault.

I am apologizing for my youth, because as a boy, a few days before war aggression/Sarajevo siege started, I waved to the soldiers in the olive-green military trucks, and they would flash/raise three fingers ?!

I thought that those three fingers were connected to the three capital letters on the military trucks: JNA *[abbreviation for "Yugoslav People's Army"]*! What could I know.

I am apologizing for my youth, Mister Tadic... sieved by the pieces of missiles from the mortars, VBRs *[Multiple Rockets Launchers]*, recoilless artillery guns, and tanks, all of which displaying those same, distinct three capital letters: JNA.

I am also apologizing for my memories, Mister Tadic, whereas instead of memories of eid holiday festivities, merry-go-rounds/carousels, and, if You wish, New Years' gift boxes, I remember men and women, grandma's and grandpa's, guys and gals killed by harpshooters from Nedzarici *['92-'95 notorious Serb-hold suburb of Sarajevo]* while they carried containers with water from the hydrant in front of the "Oslobodjenje" *["Liberation", Sarajevo daily]* building.

I am apologizing for my memories, whereas, instead to remember new episodes of "Nadrealisti" *["Surrealists", popular pre-war TV satire/all-out-mocking show]* with "Djuro", "Siber", and that idiot "Nele", or to remember chocolates, snowball plays in winters or summer holidays at Adriatic Sea beaches,

I remember PRAHAs, PAMs, PATs *[military armoured artillery]*, death-sowers Karadzic, Mladic, Arkan and his "Tigers", "White Eagles" and what-who-not hayvans *[bestial inhumans]*.

I am apologizing for my memories, whereas, instead to remember sleddings on Bjelasnica *[mountain, cf. '84 Winter Olympic Games]* coached by my father, I remember Markale and morning "gusle" fiddling and singing about "Straze djenerala Draze ..." *["Sentries of general Draza ...", Draza Mihailovic, top WWII Serbian Nazi-Fascist collaborator Chetnik's genocidal WWII criminal, slaughtering 8% of Bosniaks in '41-'45 ]* while on the other side of the City I remember what happened at Kovaci ...

I am apologizing for my memories, whereas, instead to remember going out to movie theatres, biking and all sorts of "ziyans" *[kid's mischiefs] *I remember Srebrenica, Risto Djogo *[notorious Karadzic/Mladic et al TV Anchor]* when we had electricity*,* and so bony, emaciated Senad Hadžifejzović *[BiH TV]* - may Almighty God bless him.

I remember, Mister Tadic, boiling collected rain and melting snow in order to drink water.

I remember, Mister Tadic, and would love not to ...

But here it is, I am apologizing for my "crimes" !!! And given how many of us are like this, and yet those additional "sinners", I do not know how You will ever be able to forgive us ...

P.S.
Here, now and my neighbour Boris [Serb],
Your namesake who spent war aggression/Sarajevo siege at Chengic Vila,
is also apologizing to You.

Edin Begović