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KOSOVO:How a 'Success Story' Became Such a Mess
Inter Press Service (IPS) ^ | 28 February 2008 | Apostolis Fotiadis

Posted on 02/29/2008 11:45:46 AM PST by Doctor13

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1 posted on 02/29/2008 11:45:49 AM PST by Doctor13
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To: Doctor13

This is a totally biased story. Serbs are causing all the trouble? I suppose all the murders and church burnings by the Muslims were OK? And the unilateral and illegal “declaration of independence”?

The UN never authorized the attack on Serbia, but by consenting to police Kosovo they too have become complicit in these crimes.

And given the Kosovan precedent, why isn’t it equally legal for Mitrovica to declare independence, eh?


2 posted on 02/29/2008 11:55:26 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Doctor13

I wonder how the stupid people took over the world.


3 posted on 02/29/2008 12:22:02 PM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (The Republican Party must die!)
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And given the Kosovan precedent, why isn’t it equally legal for Mitrovica to declare independence, eh?

Precisely because the Russians and Serbs say Kosovo independence is not legal. If it's not legal then where is the legal precedent? It certainly hasn't been recognized by the UN. If Kosovo independence is illegal, then so would Mitrovica independence be illegal. For Serbia to recognize Mitrovica independence, they would have to recognize Kosovo independence first.

4 posted on 02/29/2008 12:42:25 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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More simple for Mitrovica to re-iterate that they are a part of Serbia, regardless of what Kosovo thinks.


5 posted on 02/29/2008 1:01:59 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Not saying they should do it. I just can’t get over the one-sided stupidity of the UN. They just stand there while the Albanian terrorists run amok, and then they bitch when the Serbs suggest they might not lie down like good dogs and roll over.


6 posted on 02/29/2008 1:08:44 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

The UN is obviously biased pro-Islam.

Therefore, we need to just classify it as a hostile entity.


7 posted on 02/29/2008 1:10:05 PM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Cicero

The UN is also bitching that Kosovo is passing legislation that is not valid because it is not ratified by the “supervising international authority.” They’re just bitching because nobody is paying any attention to them. The UN’s irrelevance is well deserved.


8 posted on 02/29/2008 1:15:34 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: MrB

There was a big window of opportunity when Bush could have dismissed the UN, or at least made a big cut in our contribution, after the oil for food scandal. For the first time, American public opinion was very disillusioned with the UN.

Regretably, he did nothing, let the whole affair drop out of sight, and it looks like we’re stuck with it for another four years, at least.


9 posted on 02/29/2008 1:22:33 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Tailgunner Joe; Bokababe; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ...

UN Resolution 1244 is the closest thing to international law on record regarding the status of Kosovo and it clearly recognizes that Kosovo-Metohija is a province of Serbia.

It all depends on whether one supports the rule of law, in which case Kosovo is Serbian, or thuggish anarchy, in which case NATO tries to appease the Jihadists.


10 posted on 02/29/2008 3:23:27 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: FormerLib

Can’t say I’m a big fan of the UN myself. “International law” is an oxymoron.


11 posted on 02/29/2008 3:34:12 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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Maybe so, but we agreed to UN Resolution 1244 at the end of Clinton’s bombing of Serbia (which did get Monica off the front page).

So now the question is simple, can the word of the United States of America be trusted, yes or no?


12 posted on 02/29/2008 3:40:08 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Doctor13

btt


13 posted on 02/29/2008 3:46:09 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: FormerLib

Can a promise from Billary Clinton be trusted? I think you know the answer to that.


14 posted on 02/29/2008 4:03:40 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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Can a promise from Billary Clinton be trusted?

Well, "they" promised full support for an "independent Kosovo" and look where we are now.

15 posted on 02/29/2008 4:19:48 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: FormerLib

No, they were the ones who agreed to the UN resolution. Now you expect America to keep promises Billary made to the UN? Fat chance.


16 posted on 02/29/2008 4:28:50 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Cicero
I just can’t get over the one-sided stupidity of the UN.

The one-sided stupidity of the UN is apparently shared by the US.

And, to make myself clear, yes, you are correct, it is stupidity.

17 posted on 02/29/2008 4:38:30 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Actually, I expect America would be smarter than to support a bunch of Jihadist illegal immigrants from grabbing someone else’s property.


18 posted on 02/29/2008 6:01:09 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Cicero

“This is a totally biased story. Serbs are causing all the trouble? I suppose all the murders and church burnings by the Muslims were OK”

Of course it’s OK. Muslims will be Muslims!


19 posted on 02/29/2008 7:49:59 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What other treaties and international agreements that the Clinton administration negotiated do you think that the United States should also ignore. If we don’t keep our word when we sign international agreements then we are no better than the Germans at the start of World War I when Kaiser Wilhelm declared that the treaty which recognized the nuetrality of Belgium was just a scrap of paper. I disagree with a lot of what Clinton did but in foreign policy matters we can’t have each new administration feeling that they are not bound by any international agreements which were signed by the previous administration - that would be anarchy.


20 posted on 02/29/2008 10:52:02 PM PST by dschapin
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