Granted the Turkish occupation of Serb lands was no walk in the park, but would "inat" and the Serbian will to survive terrible hardships be as strong as it is without it?
I kinda believe that if the Kosovo Albanians succeed in their goal to eradicate all that is Serbian from Kosovo, the Serbs will actually end up stronger in the long run.
Serbs have yet to be re-born. Right now, they are spiritually dead.