John Bolton: Kosovo Will Spark Islamic Extremism in Europe

Posted on February 18, 2008

I got quite an education the other day when I opined on Kosovo’s independence. I’ll step back and keep my mouth shut on this one, and let someone who knows what they are saying comment.

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PRCalDude on February 19th, 2008 3:30 pm

Jay, I found this comment over at Gates of Vienna:

Well, well, tpfkag, why not go back another decade further? 35 Injured as Police in Yugoslavia Break Up a Protest by Students REUTERS March 29, 1981Student protests over cafeteria food? But at a guess that well have been misreported by the Yugo commie media which would have been loathe to ascribe unrest to nationalism. The next news article suggests it was the culmination of several protests …Belgrade Reported to Send More Troops to End Unrest AP April 5, 1981That’s Albanian nationalist unrest, (the first warm days of spring are apparently Albanian riot season)…SACRED SERBIAN SITE DAMAGED BY BLAZE By MARVINE HOWE, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES April 21, 1981They did not even wait for the verdicts before torching monasteries ….EXODUS OF SERBIANS STIRS PROVINCE IN YUGOSLAVIA By MARVINE HOWE, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: July 12, 1982Ethnic cleansing, by Albanians, despite the oppresive powers of the communist Yugoslav state, in 1982.And much much more from then until 1989. Indeed, Milosevic may never have come to power as a nationalist without the Albanians and their violence.A LAND OF SERBS AND ALBANIANS AND TROUBLE ALAN COWELL, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES : April 29, 1987Around this time communist peacemaker Milosevic became Serb nationalist troublemaker MilosevicIn Yugoslavia, Rising Ethnic Strife Brings Fears of Worse Civil Conflict DAVID BINDER, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES : November 1, 1987Which states that As Slavs flee the protracted violence, Kosovo is becoming what ethnic Albanian nationalists have been demanding for years, and especially strongly since the bloody rioting by ethnic Albanians in Pristina in 1981 - an ”ethnically pure” Albanian region, a ”Republic of Kosovo” in all but name.The mind just boggles, no? Sometimes it seems there is nothing new under the sun. So cease and desist that “started in 1989 with Milosevic”, because it is rubbish.