Well, it’s definitely Clinton legacy, but it was Bush who ran right out and recognized Kosovo. I think even they were stunned by how fast we did it.
This was one of the most disastrous things he has done. If he had even waited a few months, until things had simmered down or the “new” Kosovo had self-destructed on its own, it wouldn’t have been this bad.
We obviously expected it, too, because there’s no other reason the Embassy would essentially have been empty and unguarded.
Probably got a call from one of his Saudi Arab masters.
“..but it was Bush who ran right out and recognized Kosovo.”
He had not much of a choice. He had to follow the leader - the EU.