Posted on 02/20/2008 2:56:21 AM PST by kronos77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jV_LnXaQ8A
Of course they were...and there ought to be MORE riots. Their COUNRTY has been stolen from them!
2. The Serbians do not like America.
And as an American, I cannot blame them for not liking America. What have we done for the Serbs? We bombed them (instead of the true enemy, the albanians) whle they were fighting a civil war against terrorists who have been trying to take over the heartland of their country for well over a century. We sat by and allowed those disgusting terrorists to destroy ancient sacred churches and monasteries in the years after the bombings. We have completely disregarded international law by recognizing the illegal declaration of independence by the terrorist Thaci. Why should they "like" us?
But never mind the facts, let’s just report like the Albanians are causing all the problems and the Serbians are the victims. If the Serbians would have not been so heavy-handed 9 years ago in dealing with the Albanians, NATO would have never gone in and taken control and Kosovo’s independence would not be an issue today. The Serbians made their own bed on this issue (before I get flamed, I don’t think NATO should be there).
The Serbs were fighting a war within their own borders against a thug terrorist group the UCK (remember it was even on the US terrorist group list until Albright got Clinton to remove it because of her pathological & deep-rooted hatred of anything Serbian) that was doing everything it could to violently take over Kos-Met. The war came about only AFTER the KLA-terrorists had been attacking Serbs and other non-albanians for a long time. The Serbs finally decided enough was enough and went in to protect their country from these thugs (who had trained in bin Laden camps in Afghanistan btw). Eventually the KLA staged the Racack "massacre" and that was the set-up for Clinton getting the US and NATO involved (to cover his sorry butt which was dealing with the Lewisky scandal and impeachment at the time!!).
What, you think that's not going to happen the way things are going now, especially if McAmnesty gets his way?
But according to the neocons, none of this is "our fault," right?
Not being a "neocon", I can't tell what their reasoning is. I really do-not-know. I am flabbergasted by all of this simply because it just makes no sense to support these thugs(the UCK and their supporters). None at all.
This goes beyone "neocon" and "liberal" ideologies. I don't believe that has nothing to do with it actually. I think a lot of it is willful ignorance due to the $$$ that comes for the powerful and large albanian Lobby. The Libs mostly supported the bombings and the UCK and the "neocons" mostly...just continued it...and contiued to support (the support for) the terrorist UCK - and are more than happy to accept the (blood)money from the albanian Lobby!!
Oh, I’m just being sour about how Ron Paul was treated on Free Republic and elsewhere when he pointed out the obvious fact that foreign policy decisions have consequences down the road, just as you’ve pointed out here.
“(before I get flamed, I don’t think NATO should be there)”
Indeed. This is a European (EU) problem. Instability in the Balkans effects them (you?) far more than us. Let Europeans put on the uniforms and deal with things - In the Balkans and with Russia. After all, these are first-world countries with more people and a larger collective economy than the US. If Europeans want to play great power games, let them end their vacation from history and play without using my kids as their pawns. Unfortunitely, like Dufar, Afghanistan, Congo, & Chad, the EU is long on talk, but short on resources/actions when it comes to these situations.
And repeated many times! This is a real threat here..
That is my thinking as well, who would have thought that Russia would provide leadership for that the rest of the world should follow.
I agree, foreign policy decision no doubt have consequences down the road....but that doesn’t mean you ignore it and don’t do anything. In the case of Kosovo, we just happen to be on the wrong side. We SHOULD have bombed the albanians and helped the Serbs keep their country together.
You’re right, if only the Serbs would have learned to place nice-nice with the Jihadists who were raping and killing their civilians and just handed over a portion of their nation without any qualms!
In the words of Freeper Godebert: “Outrageous that the Bush administration supports this Islamic takeover of a part of Serbia. It’s the same as allowing Hispanics and La Raza to have their own independent nation of ‘Aztlan’.”
Well, that took longer than I expected.
Google Skenderbeg and you will understand why I use his name; the fight of his day is the same fight of our day. It’s funny that Gjergj Kastriot, a Catholic Albanian, is known by his Turkish military title. It’s also funny that he used his training by the Turks against them. Maybe we need more politicians and military leaders like him.
Why do Freepers refuse to separate religion from nationality? The Serbs are just as guilty as the Albanians and there are Serbs who are mohamedans just as there are Albanians who are Christian. To the Albanians, this is not a religious issue at root, it is a national/ethnic issue. There are muhamedan zealots (indoctrinated abroad) who use the situation to their advantage, but this extremist view is not held by the generally secular public. If I find another non-native Serb/Alb Freeper who has spent more years working inside of Serbia/Albania and interacting directly with the population as I have, then I will be more willing to discuss the merits of the religion/nationalism issue. Until then, we will only get ethnic bias and BBC history on this board.
I am finding that in the Freep world there is only one opinion-the one that comes from the MSM. If you do not agree with the popular opinion, then instead of debate, you get accused of being a Nazi or a blind nationalist for X country. I am probably the only person who thinks the Serbians share blame with the Albanians over the Kosovo issue.
I know what the Albanians do in their spare time, and I don’t defend them. If I had more power in ‘99, I would have let the two ethic groups fight to the death. All the Kosovar Albanians would have fled to Albania (which many did), and Kosovo would now be 100% Serbian. I have no doubt of that. I also believe the fighting will restart as soon as NATO withdraws, which is why NATO is still there 9 years later. The choice to interrupt was wrong, but now we will have to live with that choice.
I am not an Albanian, btw, nor do I have Albanian ancestry nor do I keep friendly ties with Albanian nationals.
I understand the history of Skanderbeg. I was just curious why you adopted the Turkish variant.
The name, Skanderbeg (pronounced "skander bei") has the following explanation: The name which can also be written "Skenderbeu" is the Albanian way of writing the Greek name Alexandros (Skender or Skander from Turkish and Arab "Iskander") and the Turkish Bey (Lord or prince).
the fight of his day is the same fight of our day.
What do you understand that fight to be?
The reconquista of the Southwest is going to be Kosovo cubed, on steroids.
The fight in which we are engaged is the fight against mohammedan oppressors who would take away our freedoms in the name of their “religion”.
Instead of being "heavy handed", should Yugoslavia have just bombed the UCK terrorists and their infrastructure from 20,000ft? That a convenient fig leaf for naked agression by Clinton.
Are you as critical of the US being "heavy handed" in it's response to terrorists?
albanians (occupiers) stealing serbian lands
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