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To: Bokababe
The Serbs named the place and virtually all the cities in it because it was and is theirs. “Kosova” is just an Albanian bastardization of the Serbian name “Kosovo” that has no meaning in the Albanian language. Who owned “Kosovo” in the Stone Age is irrelevant

That is not a valid argument for saying that Kosovo should be 100% Serb and others should be driven out. The English named most of the East Coast of the Americas and virtually all the citis in it because it was theirs -- should the north-east be handed back to ole blighty?

Similary, Kosovo should be a joint Serb-Albanian statelet as genocide (whether committed by either side) is NOT an option and should not be tolerated
376 posted on 09/29/2008 6:10:24 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: Cronos
"The Serbs named the place and virtually all the cities in it because it was and is theirs. “Kosova” is just an Albanian bastardization of the Serbian name “Kosovo” that has no meaning in the Albanian language. Who owned “Kosovo” in the Stone Age is irrelevant"

"That is not a valid argument for saying that Kosovo should be 100% Serb and others should be driven out. The English named most of the East Coast of the Americas and virtually all the citis in it because it was theirs -- should the north-east be handed back to ole blighty?"

Who ever said that "Kosovo should be 100% Serbian and all others should be driven out"? Certainly not me! What I said above was in response to the continual Albanian argument that "Kosovo has always been Albanian and Serbia seized it". That thinking is nonsense. Kosovo was founded as a Serbian territory with a Serbian name and Serbian city names.

"Similary, Kosovo should be a joint Serb-Albanian statelet as genocide (whether committed by either side) is NOT an option and should not be tolerated."

The Albanians in Kosovo were offered nearly complete autonomy within Serbia -- they rejected it because we (the US) were telling them to reject it. The reason? Camp Bondsteel, which was built in Kosovo within a year of the NATO Bombing and was on the drawing board long before that. In short, we had built the second largest US military base in Europe on Serbia's land without Serbia' permission, so we had to transfer that land to the Albanians who had already agreed to the base in return for us championing their cause. This was a dirty, ugly political deal that broke international law and, thanks to our insane State Department, will continue to cost us politically for decades to come.

388 posted on 09/29/2008 9:22:01 AM PDT by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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