Comments on: Kosovo really should be none of our business. http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/02/23/kosovo-really-should-be-none-of-our-business.html Documents that the world is becoming a demented delusional and dumb place Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Roshan http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/02/23/kosovo-really-should-be-none-of-our-business.html#comment-630 Roshan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:22:03 +0000 http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/02/23/kosovo-really-should-be-none-of-our-business.html#comment-630 As a matter of fact, it is also none of Russia's business. Nevertheless, for once, I have to agree with the Russians on this one. Looking back on it, I think the cessation of Kosovo was not a good thing after all. On the one hand, I understand we have a pretty messed up situation there and a lot of tension. But on the other hand, Kosovo has traditionally been a Serbian province. If this was all about their Albanian ethnicity, then why didn't they want to become part of some "greater Albania?" The thing is lots of "Albanian" Kosovars in fact have Serbian ancestry. So it looks to me that the religious identity may be playing a larger role in all this after all, despite the majority of Kosovars being Muslims in name more than Taliban-style Muslims. I'm not picking sides here; I'm criticizing the diplomatic approach taken by most of the EU member states and the U.S. I'm all for the nation state but I don't think that's what we're dealing with here. But I'm also for national sovereignty. Either way, I think it's nobody's business but that of the Serbs/Kosovars. The West and other nations should have kept their noses out of this mess a long time ago and had them find out for themselves. That would be a radical break with the current U.N. backed "peace" policies but it would prevent us a lot of trouble and taxpayer's money. Let them fight their own bloody wars! Sounds harsh but it's just a reality we got to face. I find the current U.S. policy that was openly pro-Kosovo independence from the start to be very stupid. On the one hand the Bush administration wants to fight Islamic terrorism all around the world, but on the other hand you've now created a new Muslim state in Europe. What's next? The independent Muslim nation of Kurdistan? What about the Assyrian Christian population living in "Kurdistan?" Look at the partition of India when the Muslims created their own virtual countries - West & East Pakistan (modern-day Bangladesh). What the heck did that ever solve? All you have is continued strife, religiously motivated violence, and more arms races! Definitely the way to go, people... As a matter of fact, it is also none of Russia’s business. Nevertheless, for once, I have to agree with the Russians on this one. Looking back on it, I think the cessation of Kosovo was not a good thing after all. On the one hand, I understand we have a pretty messed up situation there and a lot of tension. But on the other hand, Kosovo has traditionally been a Serbian province. If this was all about their Albanian ethnicity, then why didn’t they want to become part of some “greater Albania?” The thing is lots of “Albanian” Kosovars in fact have Serbian ancestry. So it looks to me that the religious identity may be playing a larger role in all this after all, despite the majority of Kosovars being Muslims in name more than Taliban-style Muslims. I’m not picking sides here; I’m criticizing the diplomatic approach taken by most of the EU member states and the U.S.

I’m all for the nation state but I don’t think that’s what we’re dealing with here. But I’m also for national sovereignty. Either way, I think it’s nobody’s business but that of the Serbs/Kosovars. The West and other nations should have kept their noses out of this mess a long time ago and had them find out for themselves. That would be a radical break with the current U.N. backed “peace” policies but it would prevent us a lot of trouble and taxpayer’s money. Let them fight their own bloody wars! Sounds harsh but it’s just a reality we got to face. I find the current U.S. policy that was openly pro-Kosovo independence from the start to be very stupid. On the one hand the Bush administration wants to fight Islamic terrorism all around the world, but on the other hand you’ve now created a new Muslim state in Europe. What’s next? The independent Muslim nation of Kurdistan? What about the Assyrian Christian population living in “Kurdistan?” Look at the partition of India when the Muslims created their own virtual countries - West & East Pakistan (modern-day Bangladesh). What the heck did that ever solve? All you have is continued strife, religiously motivated violence, and more arms races!

Definitely the way to go, people…

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