[P-Marlowe]

And we supported it.

That was a diplomatic blunder of immense proportions. What did we get in exchange for giving our diplomatic recognition to Kosovo?

What was in it for us?

Was it worth alienating the Serbians and the Russians?

Now that a putative state of war exists between Serbia and Kosovo, who is going to stop the Serbians from exacting judgment against the rebels in Kosovo?

Are we going to send in troops to fight the Serbians when they and their Russian "advisors" invade Kosovo with tanks and artillery?

Are we willing to kill Serbs and Russians in a ground war over this postage sized future European Palestine?

[RobRoy]

>>Are we willing to kill Serbs and Russians in a ground war over this postage sized future European Palestine?<<

And will it begin with a “shot heard around the world?”

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I hope not but Jorge has repeatedly proved himself an idiot.

[normy]

You are making great points. Russia would have as much right to invade Kosovo as we did to invade Serbia. Are we going to go to the brink of nuclear war with Russia over Kosovo?

If Putin had any kind of balls his tanks would already be there, perhaps Bush did look into his soul and he knows better.

The truth is that stuff like this starts world wars.

[ScratInTheHat]

That was a diplomatic blunder of immense proportions. What did we get in exchange for giving our diplomatic recognition to Kosovo?

What was in it for us?

Was it worth alienating the Serbians and the Russians?

Now that a putative state of war exists between Serbia and Kosovo, who is going to stop the Serbians from exacting judgment against the rebels in Kosovo?

Are we going to send in troops to fight the Serbians when they and their Russian "advisors" invade Kosovo with tanks and artillery?

Are we willing to kill Serbs and Russians in a ground war over this postage sized future European Palestine?

Well This is going to be an interesting tug of war here and we should never have gotten in the middle of it.

The Russians are in a much better position to exert their influence on Europe. They have them by the Oil and Gas gonads. They are able to block anything coming out of the UN. It's going to be NATO or nothing if this blows up.

Getting involved in the Balkans is as stupid as a land invasion of Russia. This is a rebellion in the Balkans backed by outside governments. With everything else going on this could be the start of WWIII folks. It always has come from the least expected place.