Reading Western press one gets impression that the Serbs settled in Krajina recently. The media keeps calling these Serbs "Croatian Serbs" and says that the Serbs "occupied", "grabbed", "conquered", etc. this land. As evident from any major reference book the Serbs were invited to settle in Krajina in 1578. Ever since Krajina was independent and separate entity from Croatia. Only since 1941 (during Croat Nazi occupation) and after 1945 (during Croat Communist Tito's rule) was Krajina assigned to be part of Croatia.

Having in mind that the first Pilgrims set sail (from Southamton) for America (in the ship named Mayflower) almost half a century later - in 1620 - one can conclude that the Krajina Serbs have more right to the land they were expelled from (after NATO supported Croat attack) then the white Americans have on the land they reside on.

Where is Krajina:

The following map of Krajina appears in the book "Yugoslavia - A Country Study" issued by U.S. Government Printing Office, Headquarters - Department of the Army, Edition 1992, page 14.

In case you can not read the text associated with the above map here it is:

SOURCE: Based on information from United Kingdom, Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division, Yugoslavia, 2: History, Peoples, and Administration, London, 1944, 20.

Figure 2. Military Frontier Province Between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, ca. 1600-1800.