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To: GAB-1955
When the Serbs take back control of Kosovo, it won't be peaceful, and it'll probably be just one part of a larger war in the region.

Milosevic gave strict orders to the 3rd Army NOT to harm any Albanians that weren't harming Serbs in 1999. The atrocities committed by Serb forces were committed by the paramilitary forces that Milosevic turned a blind eye (his biggest war crime in my opinion).

When the next war breaks out, I'll betcha the "nice" Albanians in Kosovo won't get the same consideration. I'm not saying this is going to happen tomorrow, or the next day, but that day will come. As for now, the Serbs are doing a great job of disrupting any possibilities that Kosovo is going to come even close to representing a proper "nation". They can keep this up for years. The Serbs are a very patient peoples.

I'm guessing the wrongs of Kosovo will be righted in the next 75 to 150 years. Just look at how much the maps of the Balkans have shifted over the last 150 years. You don't really expect the current status quo to be anything close to permanent, do you?

74 posted on 05/29/2008 12:17:03 PM PDT by getoffmylawn (Now it is 1984. Knock knock at your front door. It's the Suede Denim Secret Police...)
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To: getoffmylawn
Absolutely not. However, before I die, I suspect Kosovo will resemble Cyprus, with a slow process of reconciliation.

I hear the Austrians are taking over KFOR command this month. Maybe they can be a good faith partner with Serbia and Kosovo, though I doubt the two nations are in the mood to talk right now.

Serbia is Serbia. Kosovo is Kosovo. The twain shall meet but not before I die.

75 posted on 05/29/2008 4:26:47 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (Kicking and Screaming into the Kingdom of Heaven!)
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