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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
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A "great job" started by good old Bill Clinton, when he bombed Beograde to "protect Albanians in Kosovo" that finally resulted in this so called "independence." I wonder where is the public outcry from the left? Imagine if the Kurds declared independence from Iraq, the left would crucify Bush for "breaking up a sovereign country."
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I can understand the Serb position on Kosovo. Kosovo has been a Serbian land for over 1000 years and is an important part to their history. In fact, much of their folklore and history as a people is entrenched in Kosovo, and the Albanian domination came in much more recent times. It's not like Slovenia, Croatia, BIH, Macedonia, and Montenegro that have unique histories... Kosovo is to Serbia what Nova Scotia is to Canada.
But on the other hand, I can see the EU and U.S. position that Serbia relinquished it's moral right to the area after the 1998-99 campaign against the Albanians who live there. Even before that, the Albanians were not considered full citizens of Serbia despite many tracing their roots back several generations. Europe is trying to rid their continent of these types of oppressive systems... next stop; Moldova and Belarus.
It is a very complicated issue though. The Serbian component of Bosnia said they will use this as a precedence and now they will work towards independence and possible unification with Serbia. Their position is that if Kosovo can gain independence with EU and U.S. support - but without UN support, then they should be able to do it with Russian support regardless of the EU, U.S., and UN.
As much as I am happy for Kosovars, I am wondering if the potential destablization of Balkans (again), is worth it.
Re: Kosovo vs. Iraq:
Kosovo is a Western probelm with a Western solution... hence the difference. NATO is a North American and European alliance designed to protect European and North American countries. It has the moral to authority to act in Europe.