In independent Bosnia, they managed to win the war championship in 1993, but never actually established themselves as a title winning team.
But Bosnia, independent around six months, to most appearances has become paralyzed.
That made the Muslims' decision for an independent Bosnia inevitable.
The Muslims and some Croats wanted one independent Bosnia.
If the plan is accepted, it will probably mean the end of an independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To create a workable, independent Bosnia where none ever existed.
Intervention there broke no principle of international law, nor did it pose serious questions about what, once the fighting was over, an independent Bosnia might look like.
The Serbs gave ample warning that they would not tolerate an independent Bosnia.
They never wanted to be part of an independent Bosnia.
Our goal must be to help secure the survival of a multi-ethnic, independent Bosnia at peace with its neighbors.