As far as WW...Do not forget, Serbs are defending their country. Nato is attacking a sovereign country!!!!
OK.. let's do some mental gymnastics...
Who established that Kosovo was officially a part of Serbia?
Let's remember that ALL of Yugoslavia was a creation of the post-WWI and II political environment with borders that constantly shifted with each war or ethnic routing.
Much of Yugoslavia has broken up along ethnic lines. It has been a primary focus of Milosevic for Serbia to bring in those regions that are predominantly populated by Serbs, regardless of historic precedent, and create a "greater Serbia".
Following this logic, the Kosovars who make up 90% of Kosovo should be entitled to govern themselves or join up with Albania.
After all, it was good enough of a policy for Milosevic, why not the Albanians??
So now he has "cleansed" Kosovo of all Albanian presence and can then justify taking over parts of Macedonia which are predominantly Serb.
And there are parts of Hungary with a large Serb population... why not take them over to under the goal of a "greater Serbia".
But I will tell you one thing. Leave the situation at the current demographic status quo, with Kosovars in permanent diaspora, and you can GUARANTEE that this won't be over. It will threaten Montenegro, Macedonia, and leave the entire region steaming with hatred for decades unresolved.
Place Kosovo under protectorate status, change the gov't in Serbia to one that is more conducive to negotiating in good faith and then we can see what happens. But you simply HAVE TO HAVE A BUFFER between these two warring factions.
And that isn't going to happen unless Milosevic is out of the way. He has been opposed to NATO and UN presence in Kosovo for years claiming it was a violation of Serbia's sovereignty. But now there will be a peacekeeping force there and it is only a matter of when and which countries will participate.
One potential solution to having a token Serb presence in Kosovo for peacekeeping duties is to have a token Kosovar security presence there as well. Certain select Kosovars could be trained as police and given a role in securing the safety of returning civilians.
Regards,
Ron
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