| 2/17/2008 12:43:23 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
jklman
Peachtree City, GA
age: 53
| Pretty exciting what is going on in Kosovo right now. A new country is being born. I was posted there for a year and a half a couple of years ago and they were excited about it then. We knew it was coming but did not know when. I have competing opinions about the situation but the bottom line is that it appears to be what a majority (90%) of the population wants and isn't that the democratic way?
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| 2/17/2008 1:05:17 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
jewelz5
Monteagle, TN
age: 53 online now!
| jklman, positive progress is good any way you slice it, though don't get too excited because your rulers, the keepers of your destiny have reasons beyond our understanding as to why they move the chess pieces around the chessboard like they do. Everything you see and hear in your world on the news is as deliberate as the day is long. Your rulers have very definate plans for you and it's not cookies and ice cream.
No matter how terrific the news may sound, make no mistake about it, there is a mass eugenics program taking place for depopulation control and you better hope they didn't pick your number. There is nothing good about what you see taking place in your world, as it is all preplaned and orchestrated and is a very slow gradual process over the course of a long period of time, so you never notice while you are busy with your job working to raise your family and pay your bills so you can purchase your rulers goods and services.
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| 2/18/2008 4:49:55 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
pamela0324
Pasadena, MD
age: 54
| Its going to be interesting to see how the US handles Russia's refusal to acknowledge the declared independence of Kosovo. Serbia is refusing, as well, and Russia has their back, so to speak. Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo were waving Albanian and American flags over the weekend. Not a crowd-pleaser in Moscow!
This is not as simple as a breakaway republic wanting independence and going its own way, unchallenged. There are old loyalties - and old rivalries - to watch and be wary of.
The EU hasn't weighed in yet, have they? Maybe if the entire EU supports the declaration of independence, then the refusal to support and recognize will be overshadowed.
Wait and watch, I guess.
Peace, Pam
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| 2/18/2008 6:29:05 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
paclantchief
New Port Richey, FL
age: 58
| I agree Pam.The reaction of the EU is the most important factor.Good luck to the citizens of Kosovo.It must be an exciting and scary time,
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| 2/18/2008 6:42:58 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
curiousone2
Springfield, IL
age: 42 online now!
| If they want to be seperate, and why shouldn't they ?
I think ,personnally that it is GREAT!
the only thing that worries ME about it, is that Condoleeza Rice' degree is in cold war politics, and damned if it doesn't appear as if, The Bush administration is trying to roll back time , to create another cold war today,
Putin is already acting like chief of the damned KGB, remember the poisonings and murders of the press people? and Russia is buddying up to Iran. They are going to have LESSrevenue coming in which is either going to force them to make money some OTHER way, or they are going worse case, they could screw up the nuclear crap, because they already don't have control of it all, and who knows where it is, or how it is being cared for.
Not that we have the right to complain, what with our giant toxic missle, in the form of a rogue satellite waiting to HIT the earth.
just in time for the end of the Mayan calendar??? hmmmm we will see huh?
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| 2/18/2008 6:44:00 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
curiousone2
Springfield, IL
age: 42 online now!
| Didn't Condi recognize today??? or did she just make an un official apology
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| 2/19/2008 2:52:26 AM | Kosovo Independence | |
jklman
Peachtree City, GA
age: 53
| The position of the EU is fractured as well, it seems that Spain is not going to recognize the action (keep in mind the Basque issue in the north). China with its Taiwan situation is resisting from the Asian front as well. Keep in mind that any country that has the threat of separatism in their own backyard will be hesitant in supporting others separating from any country.
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| 2/19/2008 5:41:38 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
edawg2
Knoxville, TN
age: 59
| How does this size up against the idea of a secessionist Scotland in the UK, Quebec in Canada, Hawaii and several Native American groups in the western US, Tibet and China, etc. What if 90% of our Indian population wanted independence, would it happen? The Civil War settled that one here 140 years ago. If one goes along with a Kosovo idea, how can they deny the others? What you support might come back to haunt you in unforeseen ways.
Two trains of thought. 1. All culture groups should have autonomy 2. Only with a system of several strong "great powers" usually insures a lasting piece. A great book on this topic is Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" which dissected the culture splits becoming so much more common in the modern post-Cold War world.
Condi is like Wolfowitz and Brzezinski-old Russophobes.
[Edited 2/19/2008 5:42:28 PM]
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| 2/20/2008 8:22:35 PM | Kosovo Independence | |
pamela0324
Pasadena, MD
age: 54
| The US has now officially recognized Kosovo's independence.
But I'm thinking Russia is still very concerned. As goes Kosovo, so might go...Chechnya and other disaffected regions.
According to what I read, Kosovo is about the size of Connecticut and is very poor. The article I read the other day states Kosovo will be an economic basket case for many, many years to come. A charity case for developed nations to support.
I am reminded of the phrase:Be careful what you wish for.
Peace, Pam
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