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To: Hoplite
It's been done, failed, and we're not wasting any more time with it.

Who are „we”? :-)

The Serbs chose to turn their backs upon negotiations and compromise back in the 1990's. Had they not thereafter engaged in three unsuccessful campaigns of ethnic cleansing to either secure or enlarge Greater Serbia, there might have been some room for further negotiations in regards to Kosovar autonomy.

It was long time ago, today’s Serbia is different country. Beside Albanians were also involved in ethnic cleansing, so we can say that they don’t deserve to be independent as well according to the same standards. Idea of Greater Albania was also popular among them.

As it stands, however, they didn't, so there isn't, any more than there is a chance of Belgrade regaining authority over the Krajina or Republika Srpska.

Of course, it must be clearly said that the Serbs must forget about Bosnia if they want to keep Kosovo. No double standards.

Further, the Serbian police and army to this day still have not been held accountable for their actions in Kosovo (or Croatia and Bosnia, for that matter) in any meaningful way by the civilian government supposedly in charge of Serbia, so they're not going back to Kosovo.

This might be another ultimatum if they want to keep Kosovo, I don’t see any problems.

21 posted on 01/30/2006 11:08:57 AM PST by Lukasz
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To: Lukasz
We as used here is Uncle Sam, as embodied by the State Department.

"I" still have to overthrow the government and install "Us" as King before anybody will recognize "Our" using "We" in the third person, unfortunately.

Bloody peasants.

It was long time ago, today’s Serbia is different country.

Unfortunately it's not different enough. The biggest political party in Serbia is the Radicals, their leader still talks smack about "Greater Serbia", and the Serbs continue to choose sticks and protecting Ratko Mladic over accepting the international carrots for his extradition to the Hague - and that's what it comes down to: while the Croats, Bosnians, and K-Albanians have shown a willingness to work with us, the Serbs haven't.

This might be another ultimatum if they want to keep Kosovo, I don’t see any problems.

The point is that that deadline has already passed. We can't get the Serbian government to prosecute police who murdered American citizens much less investigate the murder of Kosovar Albanians.

Realistically, the only reason that Serbian sovereignity over Kosovo is still discussed is because Serbia's nationalist politicians realize that to accede to Kosovo's independence is a political death sentence.

22 posted on 01/30/2006 11:41:53 AM PST by Hoplite
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