Thank you.
Everyone on FR who complains about liberals and Democrats taking the side of other nations over America should not be blind to the disgusting display of these so-called Americans who take Serbia's side over America's.
Such people are not conservatives, or patriots or Americans.
One of the greatest things about America is its ability to rise above historical tragedies like the slave trade and the Civil War, to put the past behind us and work productively toward the future. If the US were like almost any other country the Civil War would have left scars so deep that Texans would fear for their lives today if they set foot in Massachusetts, and families from New Jersey buying real estate in North Carolina would get burned out and assaulted.
Luckily, most Americans are made of sterner mental stuff.
The worst thing about Serbia and the rest of these Balkan countries is that they are still whining about events that took place 600 years ago.
We have Serbs crying about 1389 and Arabs whining about 1096 and 1492.
Grow up and man up.
We have Serbs crying about 1389 and Arabs whining about 1096 and 1492.
Grow up and man up.
Yours is the best post on this whole thread! Thank you for relaying the same thoughts that I have but in a more eloquent way!
This tribal/blood feud crap is old world stuff. Let's all move into the 21st century for heavens sake.
Nobody "supported" the embassy burning. But a lot of us "understand" the motive behind it and it is a legitimate motive. What we don't understand is why the US Government chose to violate UN Resolution 1244 and recognize the independence of Kosovo, when that resolution guaranteed the territorial integrity and Kosovo as a Serbian province.
The seeds of war have been planted and the US Government has chosen to sow the seeds. We have embarrassed and humiliated the Russians so the question now becomes whether we are going to be willing to sacrifice American troops to ensure the territorial integrity of an independent Kosovo? We have bases there with American troops that are now in the sights of a pissed off Russian Army. That base represents the ONLY strategic military target in the "independent" republic of Kosovo. We should have kept out of this from the beginning.
America makes mistakes and Americans and Conservaties and Patriots need to be ready to criticize our government when it does stupid things like violating UN Resolution 1244 and recognizing Kosovo.
Our reaction should have been to announce that we were pulling our troops out of Kosovo, because our only reason for being there was because of UN Resolution 1244 and that was violated by Kosovo in declaring its independence.
We have now forced Putin's hand. We can only pray he folds. I don't think he will. Why would he?