[wonders]

I'll grant you, the UN is far from perfect. However, in this case, the US was in charge of instigating this entirely predictable fiasco with its bombing campaign on behalf of the UCK/KLA in 1999 (and no, there was no UN support for this bombing, in fact it was in violation of the UN Charter -- NATO Charter, too for that matter). The UN is there for window-dressing and to act as a handy scapegoat. US/NATO (KFOR) has all the military power in-theatre and they're under US/NATO command, not under UN command. UNMIK is strictly civilian.

[MarMema]

the US was in charge of instigating this entirely predictable fiasco with its bombing campaign on behalf of the UCK/KLA in 1999

And what a huge coincidence that here in the US the media has been completely silent on this. I recall the hours on end of Albanian refugee pics on CNN or whatever. I recall having a target on my van (remember those?) and people at work either ridiculing me or shouting angrily at me. I don't mean this for my personal vindication, I don't work there anymore. I just want all those people to know the truth. Or at least have a chance to make a decision from the facts...and it really kills me how they are selectively silent. It doubles the victimization of the Serbian people.