Neocon,
Thereupon, you have nailed it on the head. Self-determination really is all about the use of arms. This is one more reason why "The Militia, being necessary to a free state, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed", is now amended to the United States Constitution. Mindless gun-control chatter aside, I think the Muslims of Kosovo probably would have had a fighting chance had they been able to form militias. However, Commie doctrine does not allow citizens to keep and bear arms simply because it does allow people to self-determine and undermines the authority of the State.
Personally, I don't have much sypathy for these stupid Muslims. I can see why the Croats and later the Serbs tried to exterminate them. I once saw a video of Karadic, the speaker of the Bosnian parlament, trying to explain to the assembly, why the Muslims should not try to leave Yugoslavia. He said "You Muslims don't realise what you are doing. If you try to break away, you are going to drag Bosnia into Hell..." For that, the Muslims in the Assembly were cursing him. Of course, he was right.
-John |