But he didn't recognize Kosovo independence, did he? Bush managed to open that can of worms all on his own. Someone should have told the president this wasn't the place in that Beach Boy's song.
He couldn’t recognize it because UN resolution 1244 was too new to violate. 911 didn’t teach America one damn thing.
No, he set up the situation so the next President would be left holding the bag!
Bush took the easy way out, a few thousand angry Serbs throwing stones and setting fires. If he had rejected Albanian independence we would already be at war and the body bags would be on their way home!