Presioni ft.Unikkatil-Nentori i trete/Albania Tribute by EGD

One step forward – three steps back

The announcement of the Declaration of Independence and recognition by the US, France, and the United Kingdom is a step forward. Kosova for the first time has been recognized as an independent state from these significant states of the world.

However the Declaration of independence has turned Kosova three steps back

Një hap para – tre hapa mbrapa

Shpallja e Deklaratës së Pavarësisë dhe njohja që pasoi nga ShBA-të, Franca, Britania e Madhe etj. është një hap para. Kosova për herë të parë u njoh si vend i mëvetshëm nga këto shtete të rëndësishme të botës.

Megjithatë deklarata e pavarësisë e ktheu Kosovën edhe tre hapa mbrapa.

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Russia's Medvedev warns Kosovo's independence could set Europe ablaze

Medvedev said recognition of Kosovo's declaration Feb. 17, spearheaded by the United States, has "put Europe in a very difficult situation."

"The United States is far away and is not facing any risks, but Europe could go ablaze," he said in a campaign speech in the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod. "It's enough to put a match to set everything ablaze."

Posted Feb 27, 2008 11:21 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

It appears that First Deputy Prim Minister Medvedev has an appreciation of history, and the consequences of political actions devolving into violence.

Unfortunately at this time, the foreign policy makers here in the US have little or no understanding of history.

If they had, they never, ever would have backed the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.(MR)

Kosovo warns Serbia as riots continue

Kosovo told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosovo's secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region.

Kosovo won't be part of Serbia again-US State Dept

The people in the West have no idea what Pandora's Box they have opened by supporting the independence of Kosovo.

They also have no clue about the history of the region, which is going to come back to haunt them, unfortunately.

Posted Feb 26, 2008 09:05 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

Kosovo will never be part of Serbia again, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, but said Washington would keep working on the issue with Belgrade and its ally Russia, which both oppose independence.(MR)

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Russia's NATO envoy says U.S. wants to divide and rule

Russia's ambassador to NATO suggested Sunday that Kosovo's split from Serbia was the result of an imperialistic American effort to "divide and rule."

The Oil factor in Kosovo independenc

Kosovo does not have oil but its location is strategic as the trans-Balkan pipeline - known as AMBO pipeline after its builder and operator the US-registered Albanian Macedonian Bulgarian Oil Corporation - will pass through it.

The pipeline will pump Caspian oil from the Bulgarian port of Burgas via Macedonia to the Albanian port of Vlora, for transport to European countries and the United States. Specifically, the 1.1 billion dollar AMBO pipeline will permit oil companies operating in the Caspian Sea to ship their oil to Rotterdam and the East Coast of the USA at substantially less cost than they are experiencing today.

The Real Story Behind Kosovo's Independence

In the bigger picture, the Bush administration's quick recognition of an independent Kosovo has given us a powerful reminder of a fact that is too often overlooked these days: empire is bipartisan, as are the tactics and rhetoric and bombs used to defend and expand it. Posted Feb 25, 2008 07:46 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

In this country, although we have the illusion of two parties, in reality, we only have one party; that's the "War Party".(MR)

Kosovo, the Kremlin, and the Kurds

If the Kosovars can have their own "nation," then why not the South Ossetians? Why not the Abkhazians? Why not the Transdniester Republic? And why not the Kurds?

The Christian Science Monitor reported that "Peshmerga Gen. Muhammad Mohsen took down his American flag, folded it up, and placed it in his office corner Sunday, reflecting the growing anger in Iraq's Kurdish north with U.S. support for Turkey's campaign against separatist rebels operating in the region." One hopes symbolic actions such as these are sufficient to express the full extent of his anger at his erstwhile American allies, but somehow I doubt it.

Posted Feb 25, 2008 07:30 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

One has to wonder if geopolitical and historical myopia are prerequisites for becoming policy directors in Washington.

There will be a wave of actions and reactions to Kosovo having declared its independence that no one in this administration can begin to imagine, and that - in itself - is scary.(MR)

Kosovo Serbs count on Kremlin 'saviour'

In this ethnically-divided northern Kosovo town Serbs see the Kremlin as their saviour, everybody wants to believe that the situation will change and everyone predicts violence.

Posted Feb 25, 2008 06:56 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

Unfortunately, in terms of future violence, the question is not if, but when.(MR)

Serbophobia

The Real Story Behind Kosovo’s Independence

News Flash: The Bush administration acknowledges there is a such thing as international law.

Serb official blames U.S. for violence

In a sign that Serbia is fast drifting away from the West and toward Russia, which is backing its fierce resistance of Kosovo's secession, hard-line Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica condemned anew the U.S. and other nations that have recognized Kosovo as an independent state.

Posted Feb 23, 2008 02:01 PM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

Notice how Putin and Russia are cast in the role of the "heavies" and bad guys in this article.

What the US, the EU, and NATO have done here is to declare that any part of any country can, unilaterally and pre-emptively, declare its independence (if we say so), even though it may have been part of another country for centuries.

This would be like Texas, or, let's say, New Hampshire, declaring their independence from the US.

Would the government of the US say, "Gee, that's great: goodbye."?.

Or would every available military person be sent immediately to to the capitals of those states to bring them back into the fold of the Republic?

You know exactly what the answer here would be.

And from this precedent, Palestine may be ready to unilaterally declare their independence from Israel.

And at this point, after the US having supported the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, it's going to be rather hard to explain why Kosovo's independence is good, but Palestine declaring independence from Israel is wrong, bad, and impossible.(MR)

The question is, how far Serbia and Russia are prepared to go to bring Kosovo back to Serbia.

The Serbs' Self-Inflicted Wounds

With Kosovo independent, Yugoslavia is finally dead.

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Russia Threatens ‘Brute’ Force Over Kosovo

Moscow - Russia could resort to military force in Kosovo if the situation degenerates and NATO oversteps its boundaries in the region, Russia’s NATO envoy said Friday. “We, I think, will need to assume that in order to be respected we have to resort to brute military force,” Russia’s newly appointed NATO ambassador Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.