Originally posted by Carlin15
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Honestly the whole dance gets on my nerves. This is about one thing and one thing only. Bulgaria doesn't recognize a separate Macedonian identity. They nibble around the edges of that by going after our language, the founders of our modern nation, and our religion when really if you oblige to their views on those key topics what you are doing is admitting that we are in fact Bulgarians and that their is no such thing as a Macedonian.
Our conflict with Bulgaria is much more dangerous than the one with Greece and I can't believe no one could foresee that we would end up here. Greece associates the name Macedonia with a narrow period of antiquity because of a few very well know historical figures. Of course there is the issue of ethnic Macedonians on former Macedonian territory but that is such a far cry from where we are today. Although those things are important to us, it pales in comparison to what Bulgaria is suggesting. At the end of the day we are talking about nations and a national identity. You can cave to every Greek demand and still have a national identity. Bulgaria's claim on our identity is also a claim on our territory by default. Greeks don't claim we are Greek, they just don't want us to call ourselves Macedonian, Bulgarians don't care what we call ourselves as long as that means we are Bulgarian. They insist on being considered liberators during WW2 because they consider us Bulgarians and our territory Bulgaria.
How we end up in this dance of words is beyond me given how obvious their intentions are.
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