Robertino Benis wrote:

> You would have never spoke like this, if you had spent a day living in that
> horrible country under Tito's ruling! 

Probably. It's just as possible to think that the horrors that happened
after Yugoslavia broke up were in some ways caused by Tito's rule than to
think that they were prevented by him.

Another interesting data point in this context: GDP per capita.

Yugoslavia (corrected): $3700
Serbia and Montenegro: $2700
Bosnia: $6800
Macedonia: $7600
Croatia: $11600
Slovenia: $21000

I'm not sure many of those outside Serbia share Russell's appreciation :)

Gerhard
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell McMahon
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 1:38 PM

> I didn't think very highly of Tito in his later years, until after he 
> died. When I saw what happened in 'Yugoslavia' subsequently I 
> appreciated him rather more.

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