Bosnian-Serbian confederation 1991

Milošević gets toppled by someone even more insane than him, assuming he didn't lie when he supposedly consented to the idea. Serbian nationalists wanted Bosnia badly. It was the reason why Archduke Ferdinand died. This offer had to be a ruse, and the bloodbath would only be delayed in B&H.

IOTL Croatia survived the worst times when Bosnian authorities simply stayed neutral. Did this alliance idea envision Bosniaks attacking Croat areas?
 
Why would he be overthrown if he keep the whole of Bosnia in Yugoslavia albeit as a confederation?
He hadn't been allowed to rise to the top of Serbian CP leadership to do confederations, but to create a Greater Serbia- they wanted a reunifier of "Serbian lands". Yugoslavia wasn't enough for them any more. Currently on Croatian TV there is a documentary series about the pre-war events that in a few parts, also explained the rise of Milošević.

B&H would end drowned in blood sooner or later. These Serbian ultranationalists also had an image of Serbs being "defenders of Europe against Islam", and would definitely push for violent conquest. Bosniak naivety would cost them as it did IOTL, and maybe worse. The only military assistance they could, and will ever get, is Croatia. Turkey is too far.
 
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