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Macedonia gave the world Alexander the Great, who, legend has it, wept
because he could find no more lands to conquer. Now, George Soros, the left-
wing billionaire who also wants to rule the world, is meddling with events
that could plunge Macedonia into chaos or civil war, and escalate U.S.
tensions with Russia.
Locked between Greece, Kosovo and Albania – and friendly with none of them
-- Macedonia is an ethnic patchwork of languages, religions and loyalties.
Last year, elections left the nationalist ruling party weakened politically.
A group of opposition parties that represent the country’s largely-Muslim
Albanian minority put together a fragile coalition that could have let them
form a new government.
President Gjorge Ivanov, a member of the nationalist party, refused to
accept the opposition coalition, claiming they were puppets of the Albanian
government next door. Protesters from both sides spilled into the streets of
the capital, Skopje, setting the stage for potential conflict.
GOP push to probe federal funding for Soros-backed groups
Behind the scenes, Soros, a Hungarian-American hedge fund magnate, has
reportedly been spending part of his considerable fortune to create groups
in Macedonia that would further his socialist agenda. Among them: the
Platform for Citizens Oriented Politics, Journalists for Human Rights, and
an LGBT Support Center.
Soros, whose track record leaves no doubt he favors the left of center
challengers, is not shy about spending for causes he supports. He is said to
have spent hundreds of millions of dollars for last week’s “Day Without
Women” protests in the United States. He is also a prime force behind
moveon.org.
As many as 61 left-wing groups in Macedonia, affiliated with Soros’s Open
Society Institute, received millions of dollars from the U.S. Agency for
International Development and the State Department during Barack Obama’s
administration. Several Republican congressmen recently wrote to the State
Department to complain about this use of taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. and the European Union have called on Ivanov to reverse his
position and let the coalition of his opponents take power. Russia, on the
other hand, backs Ivanov and says the West is trying to impose its will on
Macedonia.
Behind all this is a strong Macedonian streak of antipathy toward its own
Albanian ethnic minority, which makes up about a quarter of the population.
While Albanian is the official second language of Macedonia, its use is
restricted by law. Ivanov successfully stoked nationalist sentiment by
claiming that a government led by his political opponents would install
Albanian as a co-equal language.
Macedonia may not be at the top of President Trump’s concerns – yet. But
it is an outlier of the many potential conflicts in which the U.S. and
Russia will find themselves on opposing sides.
John Moody is Executive Vice President, Executive Editor for Fox News. A
former Vatican correspondent and Rome bureau chief for Time magazine, he is
the author of four books, including "Pope John Paul II : Biography." | l*******g
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