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Bush Recognizes Kosovo's Independence
AP ^ | 2-18-08 | AP

Posted on 02/18/2008 7:23:50 AM PST by CJ Wolf

President Bush on Monday hailed Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying "The Kosovars are now independent."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: appeasement; balkanization; balkans; bds; blamebushfirst; bush; illegalimmigrants; immigration; jihad; kosovo; mohammedanism; praise; russia; wot; wrongside
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To: kronos77

Israel reserved on Kosovo

Published: 02/18/2008

Israel is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.

A statement from the foreign ministry Monday said that the Jewish state “was following the developments and will formulate its position later on.”

Kosovo was the southern region of Serbia where a war between the majority ethnic Albanians and Serb troops ended in stalemate in 1999, after which it was administered by the United Nations.

The ethnic Albanian government of Kosovo, backed by the United States and key European Union countries, is set to become Europe´s newest country.

Israel has strong historical ties to Serbia, which opposes Kosovo’s independence. In a December interview an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman told JTA that Israel would not be the first country to recognize Kosovo, but added it would not be the last.


101 posted on 02/18/2008 12:44:34 PM PST by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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To: kronos77

Serbian churches in Kosovo.

http://www.byzantinesacredart.com/iconographer-inspiration-kosovo.html


102 posted on 02/18/2008 12:45:13 PM PST by ScratInTheHat (Don't like my immigration stance? I'm dyslexic. PC keeps sounding like BS to me!)
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To: kronos77

Asian countries fearful over Kosovo independence

The unilateral secession of the Albanian Kosovars risks being “an unmanageable precedent” for all groups aspiring to independence. China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Israel are concerned over the consequences for Taiwan, Tamil, Aceh, Palestine.

Rome (AsiaNews) - The declaration of Kosovo’s independence is generating fear in many Asian nations, above all those made up of various ethnic groups. They are afraid that Kosovo’s unilateral independence could be a model for many other groups, leading to the disintegration of countries like China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and even India.

Yesterday, the Kosovar parliament unanimously (and unilaterally) declared its independence from Serbia. The region, which now has an overwhelmingly Albanian and Muslim majority population, has separated from the rest of Serbia, which is of Slavic and Orthodox tradition.

The decision, which has long been supported by the United States, has created joy in Kosovo, but great concern in the world. Various countries of the European Union - Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy - are ready to recognise the new country, together with the U.S.

Russia, allied with Serbia, asked overnight for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, and obtained a more formal and extensive meeting on the topic for tomorrow afternoon.

Russia criticises the decision and highlights the difficulties of guaranteeing the safety of the 120,000 Serbians who live in Kosovo. But it fears above all that the push for independence will spread through various regions of Russia, leading to division in the federation. In the same way, Spain will not recognise Kosovo, fearing the encouragement for Basque and Catalan separatists.

In Asia, the independence of Kosovo is seen as a threatening model. China, which is fearful of seeing Taiwan take the same step, today declared its “deep concern” over Kosovo’s unilateral decision, and asked the Serbian and Albanian Kosovars to find ‘a ‘proper solution through negotiations’’.

Taiwan, on the other hand, is celebrating and congratulating Kosovo. A declaration from the foreign minister affirms that “self-determination is a right recognised by the United Nations, and it is the people who are masters of their nation’s future”. Taiwan, considered a “rebel” island by China, has tried dozens of times to be recognised by the UN, but has always found itself blocked by Beijing and its allies. “In no way”, continues the Taiwanese declaration, “should the independence of one nation be denied by another “.

Indonesia, which has a war for the independence of Aceh behind it and is composed of many ethnic groups, has declared that it is “not yet in a position to recognise Kosovo’s statehood”. But Indonesian Islamic groups are celebrating the declaration of independence of the Kosovars, who are Muslims. But Abdillah Toha, a member of the parliamentary commission, has said that in all likelihood, if the UN votes on the independence of Kosovo, Indonesia will abstain from voting.

Sri Lanka, which has been fighting against Tamil efforts for independence for 20 years, declared today that the move by Kosovo could create “an unmanageable precedent in the conduct of international relations”. The foreign minister in Colombo does not support the secession of Kosovo, because it “poses a grave threat to international peace and security”.

In the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has declared that with the move by Kosovo “the taboo” of the unwritten rules of the United Nations safeguarding the integrity of the countries that it recognises “has been shattered”. After years of fighting for the independence of Mindanao, the Front has agreed to open talks with the government, setting aside the goal of independence and asking only for administrative autonomy for the southern region. “What is prohibited for decades”, says Khaled Musa, deputy chairman of the Front, “is now a virtual part of international law”.

Israel is looking with concern and reservation at what it calls “the unilateral secession” of Kosovo, because this could have implications on the Palestinian issue.

The Israeli foreign minister said yesterday in a terse statement that it is “following the developments” of the situation and will express itself in the future.


103 posted on 02/18/2008 12:47:19 PM PST by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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To: KC_Conspirator
Is anyone else concerned and thinks this is a big mistake?

I thought it was a mistake when Clinton began the intervention. I thought it a mistake when Belgrade was bombed. I thought it was a mistake for John McCain to call for boots on the ground. I thought the treatment of Milosivic was unjust and criminal and possibly murderous.

I think it a huge mistake for the Bush administration to essentially give the green light to this egregious breech of international law and complete disregard for the sovereignty of a nation. Outrageous. It sets a mind-numbing precedent.

104 posted on 02/18/2008 12:48:37 PM PST by LordBridey
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To: kronos77

rusun@un.int Send an email to The Russian Mission at the U.N. on this Kosovo nonsense created by the 3 ignorant Saudi Arabian Princes named Bush-Clinton-McCain.


105 posted on 02/18/2008 12:57:52 PM PST by gitmogrunt (Pass this around to Serbia Supporters)
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To: kronos77

Good for them!! Go Serbia. Hold your head up in the face of madness.


106 posted on 02/18/2008 1:00:37 PM PST by MarMema (kosovo will always be Serbian)
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To: gitmogrunt

Thanks, I sent one...


107 posted on 02/18/2008 1:03:32 PM PST by MarMema (kosovo will always be Serbian)
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To: CJ Wolf

That’s nice, lets send them some money. I’m sure there are some Serbian towds near the border they can shell.


108 posted on 02/18/2008 1:03:37 PM PST by SJackson (If 45 million children had lived, they'd be defending America, filling jobs, paying SS-Z. Miller)
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To: LordBridey
In remembrance of killed people in NATO aggression

http://www.serbia-info.com/news/2001-03/24/22921.html


109 posted on 02/18/2008 1:04:13 PM PST by whatisthetruth
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To: MarMema

You bet Bro!!! Thanks. This fight is just beginning.


110 posted on 02/18/2008 1:07:51 PM PST by gitmogrunt (Pass this around to Serbia Supporters)
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To: gitmogrunt

Did you see the post on Hollywood support?


111 posted on 02/18/2008 1:08:55 PM PST by MarMema (kosovo will always be Serbian)
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To: kronos77

A friend of mine is a well-known journalist in Belgrade, who had to barricade himself in his office when Milosevic came after him for opposing him years ago. This friend is also an American citizen who knows the US Ambassador in Belgrade & the Ambassador sent him an email yesterday, telling him to “be careful as Americans and American businesses may become targets after Kosovo declares independence”. The friend copied me on the email and his response, which involved telling the Ambassador to “take a cruise to the bottom of the ocean” & literally ended with, “Go f**k yourself!”

I don’t blame my friend one bit. I’d tell Bush the same if he were in front of me for disgracing the US in this way!

What’s next? Cars that run on Orthodox Christian blood? Because that’s the trade off we just made — Christian blood for oil!


112 posted on 02/18/2008 1:21:26 PM PST by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: joan; Smartass; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ma bell; ...
Serbian anti-EU poster, got this from friend via e-mail. Its a modification of Russian WWII poster
113 posted on 02/18/2008 1:26:13 PM PST by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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To: devere; dfwgator
The main airport in Albania is Mother Teresa International Airport, named of course after their most famous citizen, who as it happens was not a Muslim.

In another sign of the intolerance of Islam in the modern world, the inhabitants of a city in northern Albania are campaigning to prevent a statue being erected to Mother Theresa...
source
114 posted on 02/18/2008 1:30:35 PM PST by F-117A (Mr. Bush, have someone read UN Resolution 1244 to you!!!)
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To: whatisthetruth

Caption: The Bind Sheik?


115 posted on 02/18/2008 1:35:02 PM PST by F-117A (Mr. Bush, have someone read UN Resolution 1244 to you!!!)
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To: F-117A

I love your tagline.


116 posted on 02/18/2008 1:35:36 PM PST by MarMema (kosovo will always be Serbian)
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To: MarMema

Thanks!


117 posted on 02/18/2008 1:40:06 PM PST by F-117A (Mr. Bush, have someone read UN Resolution 1244 to you!!!)
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To: F-117A
In another sign of the intolerance of Islam in the modern world, the inhabitants of a city in northern Albania are campaigning to prevent a statue being erected to Mother Theresa...

They must be Ghegs, who live in Northern Albania and are predominantly Muslim.

Tirana, and the southern part of Albania are primarily Tosks, who are more secularized than their Gheg brethren.

118 posted on 02/18/2008 1:44:49 PM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: anita; TigersEye; All

Thanks for the ping and your links, anita. Interesting. Thanks for the link at post #99, TigersEye. Important. Thanks to all posters/linkers on this thread


119 posted on 02/18/2008 2:55:19 PM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt

You’re welcome.


120 posted on 02/18/2008 3:30:29 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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