I agree. I think it's partially because of all the tension that's been happening in that area for so long. People have become paranoid because of it, and they come to think that anything different coming into Croatia is a threat. In a way, I understand. But I've also heard things from Croats like "Stop the Islamization of Croatia! It's tearing our country apart!" And it makes me sad.

I've officially lived in the US my whole life, and I've never spent more than a month in Croatia, so I can't really say whether or not I miss it. Sometimes I do, just because I think the Croatian language is very beautiful, and the people there are usually much friendlier than a lot of people in the US, but my father refuses to ever go there for more than a short amount of time, and he only ever wants to go to certain cities. Again, it's primarily because of the violence in the past 15 or so years.