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Miso

Miso — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

There is a vested interest why Serbs should continue such acts because it gives all the excuse to them and their Russian backers to justify their claim on Kosovo.

Serbia and Serbians must understand that Kosovo has slipped out of their hands and there cannot be any turning back. It is like a broken relationship. The more you try to forcefully claim it, the more you would alienate the people of Kosovo.

Fjolla

Fjolla — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

the future for kosovo looks bleak. after undergoing the tragedy in the last 10 years the situation looks even worse for kosovo. now there is a virtual stale mate position. serbia now has the official backup of the russians and the nato cannot bomb it as they did the former yugoslavia when they indulged in war crimes.

though the usa and eu support the kosovo declaration of independence without support of the russian and the serbs nothing is going to happen. it seems that the fresh violence is instigated by serbian and russian agents in mitrovica.......

Rubin

Rubin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I fail to understand why the Serbs in Kosovo should move to Serbia for peace. This is their homeland. If the Serbian youth is moving to Serbia and other places, it is because of employment and other opportunities and not because of they hate to be in Kosovo.

The Albanians in Kosovo have hounded the ethnic Serbs following the war. They feel perpetually bullied. Not for nothing that Serbia is so enraged. It is after all an integral part of Serbia. You cannot bully the Serbs out of a Serbian province because they are minorities there and then with the help of terrorists like KLA declare independence.

Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You say that Serbs are rioting because they are living in the past so what about the future —- right? The future is something that the people of Kosovo must think about. What would be better for them? An independence that will never be legitimized with all sorts of problems and violence or peace and prosperity being within the Serbian framework with a high degree of autonomy.

The Kosovans must think of what they really want in the future.

Ian

Ian — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Serbs who are rioting are not the elderly but the youth. It is not a question of clinging on to a renegade province for historical reasons. The Serbs were systematically turned into a minuscule minority because of continuing Albanian infiltration over the years. The situation for the Kosovo Serbs was not - as what you termed as - precarious till very recently, say in the 70s of 80s when Yugoslavia was still a united country.

How can anyone expect the Kosovo Serbs to maintain calm when so much is happening so fast. The attitude of Kosovo towards Serbia and its Serbian minority is the main reason why we are continuing to witness such unfortunate violence. The West is just adding fuel to the fire.

Edward

Edward — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

My point with regard to the youth leaving Kosovo was meant purely as an observation and not as an act of praise. My belief is that Kosovo should be a multi-ethnic state: Let us not forget that Serbs are not the only minority in the country, there are also Roma, Bosnjaks, Turks and others. Albania is the Albanian state, Kosovo is one for all, but this requires an effort to be made on both sides.

Yes, it is the youth who are rioting at the moment, but they make up an ever diminishing part of the Kosovo-Serb population. With regards to acts that took place on an ethnic level during the 70s and 80s in Kosovo, the stories of both sides must be taken with a pinch of salt. One claim for example was that Serb women were being raped by Albanian men, when in fact police records from the period show that more victims of rape were Albanian women in Kosovo. Another example of the murky side of complaints were the Rallies of Truth which were hardly the spontaneous meetings they were intended to appear as.