The question to me is what the Kosovarians want. I do not care that much about the political auto-erotic of some "local heroes" from Serbia or Albania, who are stammering around about "holy earth", "the defense of christendom/islam" etc. etc. etc. It has to be something the people can live with. They do not need a orgy of smeary nationalism, they need a place where their children have a future. Their own decision will be the best since they will make it in their own interest. The next problem to me is, that I do not want to waste much more German money and troops into this crazy quagmire. The problem has to be solved. Soon.
BTW - I wouldn't be that bad to me if boarders would represent the real boarders. The boundaries of i.e. Africa were made by British, German and French colonialists not regarding the local ethnic realities. Therefore it could be a political "quantum jump" for the Africans, if their boarders could be corrected into their needs. If you take north and south Sudan i.e.. It is not nessecary that the different ethnics (christian and muslim) are melted in one state and one government. I am aware that the change of boarders is usually a bloddy business, but if we have the chance to do it without loosing thousands of men like in Kosovo - why not try it?
Double standards. You are not interested what Basques want, because you consider Spain and France to be democratic. So what is the conclusion? If they are democratic then they can ignore the will of the people in other words democracy?
I understand that you don’t like nationalist especially in Balkan version but independence for Kosovo is not good solution. You are worries how Serbs will treat Albanians, with wide autonomy they are save, there is plenty of them here… What about the Serbs and other minorities from Kosovo? Albanians aren’t less nationalist than the Serbs are.
Autonomy is the only solution, if later the Serbs would somehow mistreat Albanians in Kosovo then eventually world should punish them.
Beside theoretically what is the sense of independent Kosovo, if not Serbia they should join Albania. Who needs second Moldova?
I am aware that the change of boarders is usually a bloddy business, but if we have the chance to do it without loosing thousands of men like in Kosovo - why not try it?
I hope that you are also aware that we have thousands of such Kosovos in the world. Do we really want thousands bloody wars? Which country would send troops to all those regions? This is like Pandora box… Better don’t touch.
Basicaly, you say that Albanians will descide fate of Kosovo?
That works with me.
So, Serbia should athnicaly cleams Kosovo from Albanians, so that 100% Kosovars are remaineed Serbs, and than claim that it is semocratic result?
Sorry, but falsley attained right is no rights.
(Albanian ethnical cleamsing, and attempt to verify it as OK)