Kosovo is about to declare independence. I wonder if this will go smoothly or not. I know a Serbian personally who has very strong feelings that they shouldn't be allowed to do so. I can't say I agree but I do not want to get into it with him since it's his home country.

Kosovo to declare independence ‘within hours’ - Times Online

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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Historical moment, the century late people will recall and judge - could that have been avoidable or not, and "what if not" scenarios as we today dispute the Saraevo of 1914.

Independence Is Proclaimed By Kosovo
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. Nato and Clinton accomplished close to nothing. Get ready fo another terrorist hot spot from both sides , but this time, let it remain a "European problem".

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1998, France won the World Cup

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Hope the Kosovars will help the Serbian minority of Kosovo to integrate well

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Agreed, the US has enough problems of its own, without adopting a new one. Though it'll be interesting to see just how United the EU is.

Why is that a European problem ? It was a pet project of the Evil Empire, so take responsibility and suck it up.

If you don't have short-term memory, the EU claimed it was a Europen problem back in the 90s in hopes that the US would stay out of it. The Evil Empire is now Russia, so yeah, you can suck it up, along with the EU.

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I am an American. That's the way most of us put it, just matter of factly. They are plain words, those four: you could write them on your thumbnail, or sweep them clear across this bright autumn sky. But remember too, that they are more than just words. They are a way of life. So whenever you speak them; speak them firmly, speak them proudly, speak them gratefully. I am an American. ...a tradition

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So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

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FA Hayek (interpretation)


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On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
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I hope the leaders of the world will move diplomatically regarding this issue. The rhetoric from Russia and the from the EU and the US are cause for serious concern, I think.

I think everyone on earth is tired of conflict, but there is no shortage of hostility on all sides regarding Kosovo. These are strange days ..

Bush says people of Kosovo now independent | International | Reuters

I am particularly interested in some Russian opinions. I hope some of the Russian regulars will chime in here with their thoughts

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It's not that simple.
Albanians in Kosovo are the descendants of immigrants. Serbs were the major group, but now newcomers have claimed the land.
Good thing about the matter is that now Serbs can form a stiff border and keep Albanians from moving into Serbia and doing the same thing in the course of time. And I really think that soon Serbs still in Kosovo will start dying. Albanians have already been brutal in their attempts to expell all Serbs from Kosovo.
Serbs should therefore move into Serbia and keep that land, learning from current events.

Believe it or not, but Albanians are already talking about "grand-Albania", which includes Albania, Kosovo and parts from Macedonia.

Racist view? Hell no, Ask Albanians about that. They are.

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How deep? Three and a half yards?

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Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Mabye the Muslims will see it as the will of the Lord to conquer Europe. But for sure it shows Erdogan in Turkey that the population bomb is more successful than nuclear power.

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Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

About time Kosovo became independent. They suffered ethnic cleansing at the hands of savage serbians with a war criminal leader who is now behind bars.

I hope now the rest of Europe will support this new born country and get its economy going.

WS.

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