Dodik declared Bosnia ‘dead’. Irrelevant rhetoric or serious threat?

Bosnian Serb leader’s controversial comments ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s high-stakes elections.Speaking at the final rally of his right-wing alliance ahead of Bosnia’s October 4 election, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik delivered a predictably controversial statement.“Bosnia-Herzegovina is dead. It is an impossible country, it makes no sense,” Dodik told supporters of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) party in Banja Luka on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel opens trade office in Bosnia’s Republika Srpskalist 2 of 3Mladic’s funeral: Were no lessons learned?list 3 of 3Serbia’s snap election: Can Vucic outmanoeuvre the student revolt?end of list“It is now nothing more than an empty shell … for those who are trying to keep it alive, so they can prove themselves right about something,” said the former president of Republika Srpska, who is known for frequent separatist threats and for challenging the country’s constitution.Dodik’s comments came as Bosnia remains deeply divided over its political future more than three decades since the 1995 Dayton peace agreement. It split the country into two semi-autonomous parts – the Serb-majority R...