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The KLA I speak of is the popular uprising that began after Milosevic showed he was willing to indiscriminantly kill Albanians, and ended after NATO troops rolled in.

Okay, I gotta speak up now because this statement is nothing more than a steaming pile of horsecrap. There probably WOULD have been much indiscriminate killing of Albanians if Milosevic had NOT ordered the 3rd Army NOT to harm any Albanians that were not harming Serbs. I've talked to several different former members of the Serb regular army that were in Kosovo and they claim it would have been a real slaughter if Milosevic hadn't had them on such a short leash. You and I very well know that Albanians are the most hated people in all of Europe and this back and forth ongoing struggle between the Serbs and Albanians of Southern Serbia puts the Serbs at the forefront of Europe's stuggles with Albanianism.

I wish you people would get your act together and get your facts straight and stop making me defend Milosevic.

By the way, you're the ONLY person of Albanian Orthodox heritage I've ever even heard of that supports the Albanian Muslims/Catholics in their conquest of Southern Serbia.

You have spoken to members of the regular Serb army in Kosovo, I have spoken to some 30 Kosovar refugees (since it seems you've been keeping track of my comments you will likely already know this was as a translator). For a couple of them I translated as they went to regular sessions at the shrink. What I say, I say out of conviction, I do not believe it to be "a steaming pile of horsecrap" as you so elegantly put it.

Whatever opinion you have of "us people", you cannot deny almost 2 million people the chance to have freedom, especially considering what Milosevic put them through... Oh wait, you admire Milosevic... then I'm sorry you feel that way, but the only reason you even have a chance to feel that way is because the Free World (if only Clinton was not involved in this) decided to put a stop to this psychopath. Do you really believe this wa all about Kosovo? I don't think so. Milosevic was attacked for Kosovo as well as Bosnia, and Croatia.

Orthodox Albanians created their own autocephalous church, because both Greeks and the Serbs used their respective churches to establish hegemony over other peoples in the Balkans, this is the same reason Macedonia is trying to form an autocephalous Orthodox Church. I know many other Orthodox Albanians who supported and continue supporting the Kosovars in their struggle for freedom. Look, I'm not stupid, I do not claim or believe that everybody involved with the KLA were angels, but Kosovars waited for a long time to fight for freedom. The only reason the KLA went from a small extremist movement to a major popular uprising, is because things had reached a breaking point, and because Milosevic showed he had no intention of giving even an inch.
Would the expulsion of a million people have been acceptable to you if only 10 000 people were killed, 8 000 people, how about 100 people? Do you believe they would have been allowed back if the KLA had been destroyed and NATO gave up bombing after a couple of weeks?

Everytime I get one of these posts, I get this vibe, that no matter what I do or say, it will not make a lick of difference. The mark of an intelligent person is the ability to reform his/her opinions, if you never find this happenning, there is something wrong. I am not saying you should reform your opinions on Kosovo, just that you should try to keep an open-mind, and make sure that you're not reinforcing your opinions with biased information (I am likely a bit guilty of this one myself).

And finally, a question: do you think the hatred of Albanians is deserved?