1. The riots were started by Serbians, not Albanians.
2. The Serbians do not like America.
But never mind the facts, let’s just report like the Albanians are causing all the problems and the Serbians are the victims. If the Serbians would have not been so heavy-handed 9 years ago in dealing with the Albanians, NATO would have never gone in and taken control and Kosovo’s independence would not be an issue today. The Serbians made their own bed on this issue (before I get flamed, I don’t think NATO should be there).
Your logic is flawed. The Serbs were heavy handed, but Albanians in Kosovo were going to separate no matter what. All Slobo did was postpone the inevitable and all NATO did was bomb the Chinese embassy.
Duh... Captain Obvious to the rescue! I wouldn’t like America either if they bombed my country and helped Muslims capture a large chunk of it. America is on the side of evil in this conflict.
Let's not let facts stand in the way.
Of course they were...and there ought to be MORE riots. Their COUNRTY has been stolen from them!
2. The Serbians do not like America.
And as an American, I cannot blame them for not liking America. What have we done for the Serbs? We bombed them (instead of the true enemy, the albanians) whle they were fighting a civil war against terrorists who have been trying to take over the heartland of their country for well over a century. We sat by and allowed those disgusting terrorists to destroy ancient sacred churches and monasteries in the years after the bombings. We have completely disregarded international law by recognizing the illegal declaration of independence by the terrorist Thaci. Why should they "like" us?
But never mind the facts, let’s just report like the Albanians are causing all the problems and the Serbians are the victims. If the Serbians would have not been so heavy-handed 9 years ago in dealing with the Albanians, NATO would have never gone in and taken control and Kosovo’s independence would not be an issue today. The Serbians made their own bed on this issue (before I get flamed, I don’t think NATO should be there).
The Serbs were fighting a war within their own borders against a thug terrorist group the UCK (remember it was even on the US terrorist group list until Albright got Clinton to remove it because of her pathological & deep-rooted hatred of anything Serbian) that was doing everything it could to violently take over Kos-Met. The war came about only AFTER the KLA-terrorists had been attacking Serbs and other non-albanians for a long time. The Serbs finally decided enough was enough and went in to protect their country from these thugs (who had trained in bin Laden camps in Afghanistan btw). Eventually the KLA staged the Racack "massacre" and that was the set-up for Clinton getting the US and NATO involved (to cover his sorry butt which was dealing with the Lewisky scandal and impeachment at the time!!).
“(before I get flamed, I don’t think NATO should be there)”
Indeed. This is a European (EU) problem. Instability in the Balkans effects them (you?) far more than us. Let Europeans put on the uniforms and deal with things - In the Balkans and with Russia. After all, these are first-world countries with more people and a larger collective economy than the US. If Europeans want to play great power games, let them end their vacation from history and play without using my kids as their pawns. Unfortunitely, like Dufar, Afghanistan, Congo, & Chad, the EU is long on talk, but short on resources/actions when it comes to these situations.
You’re right, if only the Serbs would have learned to place nice-nice with the Jihadists who were raping and killing their civilians and just handed over a portion of their nation without any qualms!
In the words of Freeper Godebert: “Outrageous that the Bush administration supports this Islamic takeover of a part of Serbia. It’s the same as allowing Hispanics and La Raza to have their own independent nation of ‘Aztlan’.”