Ron,
Good point Ron. I heard that alot of former Muhadjadin (sp?) went to fight in Bosnia. The Balkans are really a case of there being no good guys, only bad and badder. The Serbs have been fighting now for the past few long years to hold together Yugoslavia from seperatist nationalist ethnic movements. Their methods have been less than honorable, but neither side have been boy scouts. The Serbs, however, have the upper hand and that hand is a heavy one. Albania may very well have done as you said and "planted" Albanians in Kosovo with the intent of manufacturing an excuse to cede that province. I havent heard this before, but I do not doubt it.
So in the end, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. We don't want to stir the Bear in Russia by abusing Serbia too much, and at the same time we want to keep the confidence of our Arab friends by defending muslims against genocide. We also want to prevent a widening of the conflict to Albania (there are already skirmishes between Serb and Albanian border guards), and the furthur widening of the conflict with the joining of Greece and/or Turkey to the fray (and wouldnt that be a disaster, Greek and Turkish forces on the ground together?) which may precipitate US involvement through our NATO obligations.
Its an all around ugly affair. Should we get involved? Im not sure either way. I dont want us to get involved in a situation as you say, we're being shot at from both sides. And yet I also dont want to see us get pulled in later when its a truly hot war with much wider regional implications. Luckily I dont have to make the choices. |
