"The army did what Milosevic's regime asked of it, which was to create a 'Greater Serbia'"

Stjepan Mesic's quote is describing the actions of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) throughout the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. The JNA was under the control of Slobodan Milosevic's regime, and it was entrusted with producing a "Greater Serbia" by forcibly removing non-Serb populations from areas of the previous Yugoslavia. This was done through a mix of military force, ethnic cleansing, and other human rights abuses. The JNA was also used to support Serb-led paramilitary forces in their efforts to produce an unified Serb-dominated state. The actions of the JNA were a major consider the breakup of Yugoslavia and the resulting violence and displacement of millions of people. The quote by Stjepan Mesic is a suggestion of the role that Milosevic's program and the JNA played in the Yugoslav Wars.