Nobody knows where anything is...

[Betonov]

Serbia will never recognize Kosovo. And why should they.
But they have only themselves to blame. Albanians moved to Kosovo in waves and slowly became a majority and the Serbs reacted with violence and nationalism and made the Albanians the victims.

If it weren't for Milosevich and Tudjman, Yugoslavia would slowly fall apart peacefully into a loose confederacy, not unlike the EU. And slowly joined the EU piece by piece.


You think you know the Balkans ?? You merely served in the Balkans.
I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the rest of the world until I was already a man.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Betonov

You think you know the Balkans ?? You merely served in the Balkans.
I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the rest of the world until I was already a man.

Nah, what I know is barely a scratch on the surface of graphene. All I can remember is that it's been a battleground on and off for hundreds of years and not likely to cease being so in the future.

My point was why should we assume you are any more enlightened to Kosovo just because you're in the Balkans? You're about 500 miles (rough guess?) away, and that's like me knowing all about the French, or the Belgians . . . which I don't, other than their stereotypes.

[Betonov]

Because I work in a company that employes Bosnians, Serbs, Macedonians, Albanians and Montenegrans. Plus a few Bulgarians and Romanians.

Info from all sides comes to me

[Herr-Berbunch]

All fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth columnists, just waiting for the day.