So, would Serbia be better incorporating Kosovo?
Given that Kosovo now has the Albanian muslim majority and alleged alQaeda connection, with the potential to be a terrorist state, what is the best move for Serbia?
Isn’t rioting and burning the U.S. embassy like shooting yourself in the foot when you should be making smart moves against your real enemy, the Albanian terrorists? Shouldn’t Serbia be trying harder to win the support of the U.S. and other free world allies? Allegedly, they have instead tied themselves to Russia. How wise is this?
Well the problem is that the Albanian lobby in the US did a darn good job in 1997-9. You can’t just ‘try harder to win support’ when you were bombed only a few years ago. The other side that was bombing you needs to be receptive. Recognizing seccession is saying ‘our position from when we bombed you is unchanged today’.
Well - can’t give up on the birthplace of your nation, what do you do ? Go to the next big player with a stake in the game. And - Russians have far more at stake here than the EU or US. That makes for motivated players. The Embassy thing is just buncha pissed off drunk guys getting out hand. When the other set of pissed off vodka drinking drunk guys get out of hand it’ll be something more valuable that’ll be burned.
The United States has made itself Serbia’s enemy for the last decade. Russia has been its only friend on an international level. Sure, they would be better off to be our friend but we have chosen to ally with their Albanian enemies. We are forcibly taking the spiritual and historical heart of their country and giving it to the Albanians so of course they are going to ally with the Russians (who have been their allies for the last several hundred years) rather than with us.
That's a tough question. Consider what would happen if in 50 years or so Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona were 90% Mexican nationals, and the population there decided to declare independence. Would the United States "be better incorporating" those states? Bear in mind that, until this declaration, Kosovo was just as much part of Serbia (more so, in fact) as Arizona is part of the United States.
Isn’t rioting and burning the U.S. embassy like shooting yourself in the foot when you should be making smart moves against your real enemy, the Albanian terrorists?
Obviously. Unfortunately, when people feel powerless they act irrationally. They can't really act against the terrorists, since NATO forces (including, sadly, US forces) are protecting those terrorists.
Shouldn’t Serbia be trying harder to win the support of the U.S. and other free world allies? Allegedly, they have instead tied themselves to Russia. How wise is this?
Not very, but they don't really have any choice. The US state department tends to be dominated by pro-arab and pro-muslim career bureaucrats. Serbia doesn't stand much of a chance of getting any fair treatment from them regardless of how "pro-american" they act. Russia is a poor second choice (and let us hope for the sake of peace that they fail to act), but it is the only ally the Serbian people have with any significant power who might occasionally act in their interests.