[dragnet2]

Note to Serbs, this American had absolutely nothing to do with it.

[gitmogrunt]

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38b7e6657eee.htm.

[AuntB]

Bump for a later read.

[khnyny]

The US government should remember that both the Mujahideen of Afghanistan and Saddam's henchmen in Iraq were happy to take dollars and arms when their interests dictated they do so. Then, their power intact, they quickly turned on the United States. Indeed, the Afghans are currently shooting at American helicopters with US rocket launchers.

I was wondering what happended to all those SAM's that Charlie got for Afghanistan.

[kronos77]

[CivilWarguy]

“The United States is supporting Kosovan independence in the belief that the Kosovan people, who are mostly Muslim, support America...”

Where do supposedly serious writers get such notions?

I don’t think many Americans are under any illusions about Kosovo. The U.S.’s recognition of Kosovo ratified the existing situation in the region—the de facto Kosovo independence—and in no way showed any happiness about the creation of another Muslim-majority nation in Europe.

Short of sending in the Marines to kill Kosovars, what practical step could America (or Great Britain) do to stop Kosovo from becoming independent?

[E Rocc]

The Serbs have a track record of trying to keep Yugoslavia together under their domination. They even held on to a third of Croatia until the Germans and US retrained the Croatian Army, which then kicked their butts out.

Supporting Kosova's independence was the right call. As has been mentioned, there's no more threat of jihadists there than already exists in Albania.

-Eric

[hosepipe]

The West is becoming Serbia..

[Dante3]

Clinton did a terrible injustice to the Serbs by killing thousands, mainly women and children. By supporting independence, Bush has revealed his dark side.

Kosovo has brough a new paradigm into the concept of declaring independence. According to Kosovo experience, foreigners can infiltrate a country - such as Mexicans are doing to us with the blessing of McCain, Kennedy, etc. - and when they are a majority they can separate by declaring "independence." Will Washington recognize the new nation of Atzlan once the border states demand to separate from US?

[VOA]

“The West will live to regret its betrayal of the Serbs”

I’ve an open mind on the topic of “what went wrong in post-Communism
Yugoslavia/Balkans”.

Please find below an amazon.com link to an interesting book on the
subject that I’ve just started reading (on this very day!)

Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa’ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad
by John R. Schindler

http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Terror-Bosnia-Al-Qaida-Global/dp/0760330034/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205176614&sr=1-1

[KeyLargo]

Yep, another consequence of the Clintons and Democrats persecuting Serb Christians.