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Originally posted by danwild6
I have a few questions regarding this subject.
1. Is a mutually agreeable solution possible?
2. If so what do you bleieve that solution would be?
3. If not is it possible that Kosovo would once again erupt into violence and hatred?
Originally posted by Lonestar24
Originally posted by danwild6
I have a few questions regarding this subject.
1. Is a mutually agreeable solution possible?
2. If so what do you bleieve that solution would be?
3. If not is it possible that Kosovo would once again erupt into violence and hatred?
1. Sadly not with the current view of the population - and that mainly on the behalf of the majority of Albanian ethnicity. Until now they are neither willing to return to the historic status as autonomous province of Serbia, nor to accept a divison of the province into Serbian- and Albanian-controlled areas. A complete switch to the status of province of either Serbia or Albania is not acceptable by the opposite side.
Originall posted by Lonestar24
2. The easiest solution would be a complete split of the country in a Serbian majority region in the north (which would become a serbian province again) and an Albanian region which would become a province of Albania - on the basis of reports on political stability over the past years I do not believe that the Kosovo could become a peaceful independent country. IMO the best solution for the future good of Kosovo would be to return to Serbian province status - but there is too much Albanian opposition against that now and for years to come.
Originally posted by Lonestar24
3. Yes, without a solution to the ethnical conflicts in the country a civil war would be imminent if the Kosovo would become an independent country without international military authority. The Albanians have shown a great deal of nationalism against Serbs in the past years (which of course is partly understandable).
Apart from the knowledge gained from international media, a few years ago I have been to Bosnia-Hercegovina where there still could erupt a civil war, the country still is under a "truce" between the ethnical groups and split into 3-4 regions, each under main authority of the conflicting groups; and I have spoken to a load of people who have been to the Kosovo (as peacekeepers or in civil functions) and they assured me that the situation in the Kosovo is even worse and the region is still on the verge of a civil war.
Originally posted by Lonestar24
I hold the opinion that democratic Serbia nowadays is the best guarantee for prosperity and peace in the region - but of course they erased their chances on political supremacy over the region with their actions since Tito passed away. Maybe in 10-20 years to come enough trust in Serbia can be restored - a major power in that region is needed to provide peaceful coexistence (which at the moment is KFOR and SFOR).
Originally posted by Zhenyghi
Was Kosovo ever an "autonomous" republic in Yugolsavia? I thought it held some lesser status that that of the republics (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Slovenia)?
My understanding that it some sort of "region" ala Banat and Vovodjnia (spelling?).
Originally posted by danwild6
1. Is a mutually agreeable solution possible?
2. If so what do you bleieve that solution would be?
3. If not is it possible that Kosovo would once again erupt into violence and hatred?
Originally posted by danwild6
This is the problem that hasn't gone away. It's been six years since the NATO alliance went to war with Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
Ever since then Kosovo has been an international protectorate. Now the UN has given the go ahead for final status negotiations to begin. However each of the opposing sides has taken intractable positions on the future of Kosovo.
The Albanians want independence the Serbs want to stay within Serbia offering instead "more than autonomy less than independence".
news.bbc.co.uk...
I have a few questions regarding this subject.
1. Is a mutually agreeable solution possible?
2. If so what do you bleieve that solution would be?
3. If not is it possible that Kosovo would once again erupt into violence and hatred?
Originally posted by StellarX
That was not the reason NATO went to war with Serbia as i have tried to explain in the past... The reason was to keep up their campaign of ensuring the break down of unity in the region as was made possible by the formation of Yugoslavia in the first place. If it was not for the USSR this would have happened in the 50's and 60's and even thought NATO considered Yugoslav socialism a relatively useful bulwark against the USSR they did not like and still did their best to undermine as many of the social programs as they could...
Originally posted by StellarX
I can assure you that if you investigate this you will find that it's the Albanians who are allowed to prevent the negotiation from proceeding in useful directions as they are the type of corrupt society ( investigate Albanian drug lords role in the European and world wide distribution) the UN and other so loves.
Originally posted by StellarX
Do Albanians really want independence? I am not so sure that that is in fact the case even though they will not really get independe under western sponsored right wing facist dictators....
Originally posted by danwild6
And on every occasion I found your unsubstantiated arguements of an "evil western conspiracy" rather unconvincing.
Oh and during WWII the US support Tito's partisans far more than they supported the Chetniks due to the latters colaboration with Germans.
Ethnic insults don't help your arguement Stellar
You know your posts used to be pretty funny but now they're just tiresome.
So tiresome I'm not going to respond to the crap you post anymore