[The_Reader_David]

Besides Hyde, write to Darrell Issa. He's an Orthodox Christian of Arab ancestry, so he should know what's at stake in Kosovo from his grandparents experience of dhimmitude before they emigrated to the U.S.

[mark502inf]

Congressman Lantos, the sponsor of the resolution for Kosovo independence, is a Holocaust survivor. He had no problem recognizing what was happening to the Kosovar Albanians at the hands of the Serbs in the 1990s. As a result, he is committed to the issue and has sponsored this same legislation every congressional session.

Both the Clinton & Bush State Departments have opposed the resolution as the U.S. position is to reach a final status in Kosovo within the context of UN Resolution 1244 and the "standards before status" strategy. Final status talks will most probably begin this summer. Outright independence and re-incorporation into Serbia are both unlikely outcomes.