Ok, it only seemed eternal back in the 1990s, when their myriad Hatfields-vs-McCoys conflicts were on my newsroom’s lineup every damned night and when I was simultaneously studying Russia’s involvement in the First World War in grad school.
I will acknowledge there was a time when that stupid JPF/PFJ feudin’ and fussin’ in the Balkans didn’t exist, and will certainly concede that such raging ethnic and religious hate is not unique to the Balkans. Things have calmed down a bit since 2010. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised to see another flare-up there in my lifetime.
