Kosovo Independance

First, it is a certainty that Kosovo will declare independance.

Second, the United States has backed this drive for freedom. Look closely at the list of dignitaries that will be in attendance, EU and NATO. Really only Russia and former puppet Serbia will decry this step in independance for the mostly Alabanian country.

My thought? If you are Serbian and live in Kosovo, live in freedom and peace. If you can't control yourself, move to Serbia. The times of ethnic cleansing are over, time for people to get over their very slight differences in ethnicity.

From AlertNet Reuters:

PRISTINA, Serbia, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The last time Kosovo declared
independence in 1990 it went unrecognised and ignored. When it splits from
Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of the West, which sees no way
back. The breakaway province is poised to cement a secession that its 2
million Albanians believe became irreversible the moment NATO went to war to
save them from Serb forces in 1999. "These will be days of joy and
happiness," Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Wednesday, flanked by the commander of NATO troops in Kosovo and the head of the United Nations mission that has run the province since the war.

"This is a decision based on the sacrifice and political will of the citizens," said the former guerrilla commander. The date for the declaration has not been announced, but political sources say plans are in place for Sunday. Certain of recognition from the United States and most members of the European Union, Kosovo will become the last state to emerge from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Backed by Russia, Serbia will reject the move. It will encourage Kosovo's 120,000 remaining Serbs to do the same, worsening a de facto ethnic partition that will weigh on the new state for years to come.

A new flag is being prepared and the Kosovo Philharmonic is primed to perform Beethoven's Ode to Joy to kick off the celebrations. Money has been set aside to import electricity between Feb 15 and 20 to ensure crippling power cuts do not spoil the party. The 16,000-strong NATO-led peace force has stepped up security around dozens of scattered Serb enclaves. Serbia has promised retaliation against the new
state and its backers -- including possible border closures and the expulsion of
ambassadors. But there will be no return of the Serb army and police that pulled
out in 1999 under NATO bombs.

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