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The Serbs will fight again for Kosovo.

With what? A bunch of yahoos with AK-47s?

What's our gain in such a deal?

If we're Serbs, nothing.

If we're Americans, on the other hand, putting the present instability in Southern Europe down will allow us to concentrate those diplomatic and military resources presently devoted to that region elsewhere - something we've been looking forward to doing for some time. Hence our referring to the current Kosovo negotiations as the "Final Status".

I'm not really sure how the creation of a new Islamic state with unemployment of 70% will improve stability.

"If we're Americans, on the other hand, putting the present instability in Southern Europe down will allow us to concentrate those diplomatic and military resources presently devoted to that region elsewhere - something we've been looking forward to doing for some time. Hence our referring to the current Kosovo negotiations as the "Final Status"."

The current instability in Southern Europe is due to the push for Kosovo Independence. Should the push move from words to deed, then a shooting war will erupt.

That would be less stable, not more.

Serbs are as capable of building IEDs as are Iraqis, by the way, a considerable problem for the current "borderless" EU.

If you haven't been to Europe lately, there are no longer border stops between the EU nations, just as there are no border stops driving from California into Nevada.

This situation includes the active ETA Basque separatists in Spain and France...a group that has contracted out their talents in the past. Ditto for November 19 in Greece and the IRA in Ireland.

Greece in particular is sensitive to the Serb cause anyway, much less if France starts bombing Serbia (which is what France wants, as Chirac's plans include breaking up NATO).

The Serbs will fight again for Kosovo.

With what? A bunch of yahoos with AK-47s?

Do not be so quick to dismiss the Serb Army.

The Serbian military currently has over 800 tanks, 1200 APC's, 2500 artillery pieces, countless anti-tank guns and missiles, and numerous anti-aircraft missiles and guns. While a lot of this equipment is old when compared to American weaponry, the Serb Army is still one of the most powerful in that corner of the globe.

I would much rather have them on our side than have them fighting against us.

current Kosovo negotiations as the "Final Status".

NO Hoppie/Helot - more like fetal status.

As time goes on, independence for yet another terror state seems thankfully futile. The fascist admirer Ahtisaari cannot force his will on the Serbian people. He cannot ignore Metohija and the perilous predicament it finds itself in once again.

The US and in particular the State department needs to reformulate the way it sees and processes the world: focus less on temporary fixes in order to advance international bonds traders fantasies but concentrate more on being a wise steward of the world taking into account a complex psychological/historical framework of events.