US backs Albania, Croatia, Macedonia NATO bid

Khaleej Times Online ^ | May 07 2006 | AFP

[knighthawk]

Ping

[Eagles6]

Uh, isn't albania a muslim country that invaded Serbia and ethnically cleansed it of Serbs? Don't they facilitate the drug trade, launder drug money for terrorists and provide safe haven for jihadis?

Might want to rethink that NATO thing.

[COEXERJ145]

Albania has also been a strong ally in the War on Terror.

They're the only Muslim country to send troops to Iraq.

[Eagles6]

That doesn't answer the other points. Saudi arabia and pakistan are also "allies" in the WOT and officially denounce islamic terrorism, but there are elements in each that support the jihadis, which couldn't happen without official knowledge. The albanian government supports the kla and the invasion and ethnic cleansing of Kosovo.

[NYC Republican]

Invasion? Get your facts straight boy. Albania NEVER invaded Serbia.

[apro]

"They're the only Muslim country to send troops to Iraq."

As another Free-poster eloquently put it:

"Very soon these quaint and colorful tribesmen will control the heroin and hooker traffic in all of Iraq. The insurgents will find their vehicles and weapons stolen, their sisters in brothels from Oslo to Dubai, and their territory declared, as is most of the known world, part of The "Greater Albania". Get ready for the Pax Albanica. Oh! Snap! ;p

[Eagles6]

What do you call the kla in kosovo, boy?

[NYC Republican]

KLA is a terrorist organization, but they are Kosovars within Kosovo, not from Albania. What's up with the boy comment? Get your facts straight next time

[Eagles6]

Invasion? Get your facts straight boy. Albania NEVER invaded Serbia.

What's with the "boy" comment? Can dish it out but can't take it, huh?

The kla has training camps in albania and is supported by the albanian government with the express purpose of joining kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and other former Yugoslavian states with greater albania under muslim rule.

[NYC Republican]

You called me boy. Go back and look at your posts.

[Eagles6]

"Invasion? Get your facts straight boy. Albania NEVER invaded Serbia."

This is your post #6 in which you called me boy first. If you consider me a boy you must be an old timer.

"You called me boy. Go back and look at your posts."

So you call me boy, I respond in kind and you take offense without defending your position. Hmmm....

[Shqipo]

>>>Uh, isn't albania a muslim country that invaded Serbia and ethnically cleansed it of Serbs<<<

--Uh, no, it is not.

[Eagles6]

Is Kosovo part of Serbia? Was it invaded by the kla, supported by albania? Have a majority of Serbs left due to intimidation and murder? Have a majority of Christian churches in Kosovo been destroyed? Is albania predominantly muslim?

I rest my case.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

More joiners to an outdated organization. Unless they want to be a counterweight to a resurgent Russia or defend Europe against the Chicoms, they ought to just disband. We can certainly coordinate anti-terror policies without NATO.

[Shqipo]

* Is Kosovo part of serbia? ...At the moment.
* Was it invaded by the kla, supported by Albania? ... Hard to invade a country you already live in, and have lived in, for hundreds of years.
* Have a majority of serbs left due to intimidation and murder? ... Over the last 60 years, yep, after conducting the same behavior themselves. (Woe is us).
* Have a majority of Christian churches in Kosovo been destroyed? ...Tragically, so.
* Is Albania predominantly muslim? ...On paper, but you stated it is a "Muslim country." Most are irreligious, a sizable minority Christian.

*I rest my case... Read any book on Balkan history not written by an author with "vic" at the end of the surname (Misha Glenny would be a good choice) and it will become apparent your "case" is no shining beacon on much of anything, whatsoever.

[Eagles6]

Let's see now. You agree with all of my points except #2 which I'm willing to debate with you and you still you won't concede defeat. You may not be logical but you are determined, I will give you that.

I will throw you a semantic bone, though. I should have said that part of Serbia was invaded and ethnically cleansed.

9/11/01 Part of America attacked!

11/7/41 Japanese attack part of America!

9/1/39 German juggernaught rolls through part of Poland!

[Shqipo]

I don't have time to tutor you. Please by a factual book as suggested. fine'

[Eagles6]

I'm quite well read, thank you. Goodbye.

[Blackyce]

If you want to figure out who invaded and killed whom it depends on which point in the last 1200 years you want to consider your starting point. But that's worthless now. I couldn't care less who invaded whom. The Albanians are proving themselves useful, the Serbs are not. That's about all that matters at this point.

As far as the religion goes, they're more atheist than anything else. All of their churches and mosques were shut down by the communists in the late 60s. They've only recently been to practice much of anything at all. They're barely religious at all, so religious extremism would be a stretch.