Bosnia’s reversed demographic proportions from 1961 to 1991 fueled ethnic cleansing.

Evidence

In 1961 Serbs constituted 43 percent and Muslims 26 percent of the population of Bosnia-Herzegovina. By 1991 the proportions were almost exactly reversed: Serbs had dropped to 31 percent and Muslims had risen to 44 percent. During these thirty years Croats went from 22 percent to 17 percent. Ethnic expansion by one group led to ethnic cleansing by the other. “Why do we kill children?” one Serb fighter asked in 1992 and answered, “Because someday they will grow up and we will have to kill them then.” — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 726 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Shifting demographic ratios in Bosnia directly drove ethnic cleansing by the losing group — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 726; Demographic momentum can reverse the direction of cultural colonization. — Michael A. Reynolds and Thomas D. Grant, The Future of Europe and Its Muslims:…, 57

Broader Connections

• Shifting demographic ratios in Bosnia directly drove ethnic cleansing by the losing group #corroborates (0.92) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 726