West haunted by Balkans blunder (2001. article, but great explaining Balkan Blunder)

"There is no denying that the Serbian government’s treatment of the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo was deplorable. In 1981 in particular the Kosovo Albanians (the only non-Slav and non-Christian group in former Yugoslavia) had protested violently against their status, which they regarded as discriminatory. The removal of that status in 1989 was a provocation. The Kosovar parliament was dissolved, the teaching of the Albanian language banned and over 150,000 Albanian-speakers were sacked from their jobs in the civil service and state-owned companies. Martial law was introduced, giving the Belgrade forces of repression a free hand. In the last ten years they have stepped up their persecution of the Albanians to persuade them to leave the country"

There are so many mistakes it's difficult to know where to start . The Kosovo Albanians could be educated in their own language , they could use their language in court . They weren't dismissed from their jobs , they were ordered to quit by the KLA They chose to have their kids educated outside the state system and then cried "Apartheid" .

Those Kosovo Albanians ( largely Catholic ) who stayed loyal to Belgrade sent their kids to school where they were educated in Albanian , their parents had state jobs , etc .

At Rambouillet the Serb side was represented by ethnic Turks , Ethnic Albanians ( four if I remember correctly ) Roma , Gorani , Ethnic Macedonian , etc .

Representing the Kosovo Albanians were........you guessed it ........only Kosovo Albanians .

Yet it was the Serbs who were labelled "racists"

I have a translation and will file a complaint. I can't say more than that here, but, it suffices to say that the article is out of whack and in many cases took my info out of context in a massive way. So, just another learning experience.

The numbers they are using, IMO are exaggerated and the quotes are interlaced with their own opinions, sources, etc.....to make it look like mine, to protect their own sources or insert sensationaism...plus they misstated my role in Kosovo by light years.

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