Pathetic Don Quixote fights the windmills (authentic not)
I got shivers from this editorial on Washington Post by Kostunica:
In attempting to preserve the province of Kosovo within its borders, Serbia has acted in the most reasonable and constructive way possible. It is prepared to accept any form of compromise that does not entail independence, and it offers Albanians the greatest possible autonomy, including all legislative, executive and judicial powers, while expecting in return only the inviolability of borders and safety for the non-Albanian population of the province.
In its struggle for Kosovo, Serbia is also struggling for fundamental principles of international justice and order. And, by defending an inalienable part of its territory, Serbia may even be defending the future of democracy as a way of life and a view of the world.
If the only reason for keeping Kosovo is for the sake of keeping it, then why keep it? If Kosovo economy is not viable, why does Serbia want to take the burden of supporting it and how exactly it would do it and still fight the 9% poverty at home? If crime is blooming, why is only Serbia that is so concerned about it and not Montenegro, Albania, and Macedonia? But I forget: Serbia is fighting for the heavenly kingdom once again.
The ownership of Kosova is not out there to serve as inspiration for Serbia on its road to democracy. Kosovo is more than a lucky charm for wannabe democratic Serbia; it is home to two million Kosovars.
While Mr. Kostunica chastises Albanians for threatening with violence, isn't he in the same article threatening the West with chaos if Kosovo goes its own way? In the Balkans, the area that should concern Mr. Kostunica, there are only Bosnian Serbs that could follow the Kosovo domino. If Mr. Kostunica is worried about border changes, I'm sure he can help keep Bosnia together.
I agree in one key point with Mr. Kostunica: we're both worried about the survivability of Kosovo economy. Therefore let's do all possible to get it going. Mr. Kostunica's Serbia can start by not threatening investors with lawsuits if they invest in the country we're both so concerned about.
4 comments:
From the whole text, you menaged to hook on a frase... No hard facts, no arguments, just some haze.. Well, yeah, allright, you don't need them,
Albanians never needed no arguments, it's enough to lie...
My question: If it was so bad living in Kosovo for Albanians (repression?!?), how come that no Albanians were going back to Albania to live there freely, but they kept coming in Serbia during 60 years, asking for help and getting it, and on the other hand Serbs were leaving Kosovo during the same period...?
Liar....
English can't stand double negatives.
Serbia is doing exactly what it did in January 1999 when presented with the Rambouillet Agreement; in a nutshell, capitulate to NATO's (read: The U.S.) demands (basically, military occupation) or be bombed.
Kosovo isn't just another piece of real estate; you should already know that Serbs have always considered it the cradle of their culture, religion and national identity.
Joni,
You've bought into Milosevic propaganda. Serbia sent Albanian collaborationists, Gypsies, and other clowns to the negotiations not realizing that NATO would deliver. Serbia never even attempted to challenge the clause about troop transport.
Never say never. Serbs did and ended up getting bombed for 77 days.
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