>>I dont remember what comrad Ceausescu said but im sure it was along the same line :))Back the, Yugoslavia was for us pretty much like a western country. I dont know how Tito managed to stay clear of the big brother influence.
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>He was a major player... played both big brothers against each other and then received favors from both. Don't know how he got away with all of it all of his time, but we sure lived damn good back then. Too bad he didn't educate a generation which would carry on, no matter how it would be called. Instead, after him we got six packs of wild dogs.

As an outsider I always appreciated Tito for his abilities to keep Yugoslavia independent. Residents of Yugoslavia may feel different towards him. It seems amazing how he united the various warring factions of his country to fight the Nazis. He knew how to play one side against the other and people within his country seemed to prosper with little pressure from external sources.

When Tito died things fell apart. Imagine how important one person can be? I am sure you have deep knowledge and understanding of what Tito meant to Yugoslavia. I would imagine that some people loved him, hated him or were somewhere in between.

I judge a leader by his accomplishments and his attitude towards humanity. There have been a few good dictators in the world. No leader is perfect and some are not human. The United States did not like anyone who was communist, and that was our problem (phobia).