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Kosovo asks U.S. for permanent military base, speedier NATO membership
Reuters ^ | February 27, 2022

Posted on 02/27/2022 12:25:21 PM PST by McGruff

Kosovo has asked the United States to establish a permanent military base in the country and speed up its integration into NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kosovo's Defence Minister Armend Mehaj said on Sunday.

The United States has already 635 soldiers in the Balkan country to maintain the fragile peace as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission. read more

Kosovo's 2008 independence is recognised by more than 110 countries, mainly Western nations, but not by Serbia or its traditional ally Russia. Four NATO members also refuse to recognise Kosovo's independence.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kosovo
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1 posted on 02/27/2022 12:25:21 PM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

How about no.


2 posted on 02/27/2022 12:27:03 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: McGruff

Entanglements....


3 posted on 02/27/2022 12:27:55 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: McGruff

Kosovo was Bill Clinton’s gift to the islamofascists, his little reservation of koranimals.


4 posted on 02/27/2022 12:28:06 PM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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To: BenLurkin

I am kind of coming around to just letting Europe have NATO, i.e. the U.S. withdraws. They have been mooching off our defense budget for 75 years.


5 posted on 02/27/2022 12:30:47 PM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: McGruff

A moslem extremist hell-hole in NATO. A perfect fit for the neocons.


6 posted on 02/27/2022 12:31:17 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: McGruff

F No. Hire mercs instead.


7 posted on 02/27/2022 12:32:44 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: McGruff

And in other news, Putin complains NATO is encroaching on Russia. Putin can’t figure out why/s.


8 posted on 02/27/2022 12:34:15 PM PST by tlozo
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To: McGruff

I’m still pissed off about how Clinton treated the Serbs :-(

I was embarrassed for my country during those sad days...


9 posted on 02/27/2022 12:36:00 PM PST by Bobalu (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth...)
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To: McGruff

Kosovo was Serbian for centuries.
Illegal immigration from Albania eventually led to losing it.


10 posted on 02/27/2022 12:37:53 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: McGruff

How about rejoin Serbia then we’ll talk.


11 posted on 02/27/2022 12:39:09 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: WMarshal
Kosovo was Bill Clinton’s gift to the islamofascists, his little reservation of koranimals.

It's also one of the main reasons we got Putin.

12 posted on 02/27/2022 12:39:37 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The Kosovo Precedent Is Still Haunting NATO

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/kosovo-precedent-still-haunting-nato-200771


13 posted on 02/27/2022 12:40:35 PM PST by McGruff (A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World Before the Truth Puts On its Shoes.)
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To: McGruff

They already have a permanent American base, have had it for over 20 years. I used to say back when it first went up that Camp Bondsteel was built for the ages.

Kosovo join NATO? NATO forces have had to babysit that place for over 20 years. What a joke. Speaking of “keeping a fragile peace”, the only threat to peace around there are the “Kosovar Albanians” (as Clinton called them) themselves.

The timing and reporting of this is telltale: A little jab at Putin. But it also exploses our hypocisy. It’s fine, you see, when NATO violates its own charter and the UN Charter, attacks a sovereign nation, tears off a piece and declares it independent, then proceeds to occupy it.


14 posted on 02/27/2022 12:42:45 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: McGruff

Kosovo is Serbia!!!!

NO NATO—NO “permanent base”!!!!


15 posted on 02/27/2022 12:44:56 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: WMarshal

How a President, Distracted by Scandal, Entered Balkan War

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/041899kosovo-recap1.html

Monica’s War


16 posted on 02/27/2022 12:45:20 PM PST by McGruff (A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World Before the Truth Puts On its Shoes.)
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To: McGruff

Sure, why not? Our treasury is loaded with money.

https://www.usdebtclock.org


17 posted on 02/27/2022 12:45:46 PM PST by entropy12
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To: McGruff

Putin did what many thought could not happen, REVIVED NATO.

What a flaming fire dumpster miscalulatikn. He was worred about NATO and should have let it just gas out on the fumes it was running on. BUT NO, THE GREEDY OVEREACHING PIG STEPPED IN IT.


18 posted on 02/27/2022 12:47:08 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

I’ve been saying, keep an eye on the Balkans, Serbs are still pretty loyal to Russia, it wouldn’t take much to flare things up there.


19 posted on 02/27/2022 12:49:43 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Honorary Serb

Didn’t you get the memo. The NWO and its military wing Nato can cut chunks out of nations whenever they feel like it


20 posted on 02/27/2022 12:55:39 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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