There are only four things to understand and I guarantee that you won't like them. The rest is a smokescreen.
1. We are sacrificing Christian land in order to show that the US isn't "anti-Muslim" and to please Saudi Arabia. 'Metohija' in the name of the area, "Kosovo-Metohija" literally translates to "Land of Monasteries" and the US wants to turn it into "Land of the Mosques"
2. The Albanian American Civic League has poured millions into American Congressional and Presidential campaign coffers over the last 15 years, and the AACL is funded by the Kosovo Albanian Mafia.
3. Albania and Kosovo are completely and totally corrupt -- a dreamland for making money for a politician's corrupt friends and supporters.
4. We have screwed up and now we are not willing to admit that we have made a mistake, so we are trying to put "a happy face" on the Kosovo Albanians as being "only moderately Muslim" -- while they have desecrated and destroyed over 150 Christian churches right under the noses of NATO troops.
"This should be noted by both responsible leaders of Islamic governments, such as Indonesia, and also for jihadists of all color and hue. The United States' principles are universal, and, in this instance, the United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe." Representative Tom Lantos, Chair of the US House Foreign Relations Committee
I've reached the same conclusion as your point #1: i.e., We are supporting this islamic foothold in Europe - at the expense of Serbian-Christians - in order to provide 'cover' that we're really not anti-islamic as we try to hammer Al-Queda and Sadam's old regime...
Kind of dumb. And something that I'd like to blame on the State Department - since I know they don't serve our nation's interests - but President Bush has been in charge long enough, and he could have rectified this situation had he chose.
I can only hope that we're just playing lip service regarding our support for the mohammedan interests in Kosovo.
Thanks for your helpful and informative reply.