"...it was not clear what was expected of us." Rexhepi seems to say: Please do not blame us for the Kosovo reign of terror conducted after the Great Air Campaign ended in June of 1999. "...it was not clear what was expected of us", so we terrorized the minority Serbs, Roma and Gorani, and blasted churches and monasteries and laid seige to southern Serbia, and threatened Skopje from Aracinovo--where we were rescued by our US friends.
An American role in Kosovo's military and political future was a vital symbol, (Rexhepi said), to reassure Kosovars and prevent the province's neighbors, and Serbia, from meddling in the final status discussions. Serbia's role reduced to "meddling," reductio ad absurdum. The Great Power has another Road Map in another part of the world: Rexhepi should not put his faith in American road maps.
Privatization deals for state-owned industries in Kosovo have also been delayed. The lament of the corporate vultures delayed too long from their dinner.
Kosovo. Catastrophe. The unfinished business of failed US policy, based on violence for profit.