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Kosovo's future Friday, March 2, 2007 Kosovo's future Despite what you say in your editorial "Moving Kosovo on" (Feb. 27), the UN's chief negotiator for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, does not have "a sensible plan for the future of Kosovo." Ahtisaari and many others in the West have turned a blind eye to all of the negatives that anywhere else in the world would preclude even the thought of independence. Somehow the West must now get out of a dilemma of its own making by falsely insinuating that Kosovo is ready to move on toward the goal of complete independence. Perhaps it would be better to focus attention on the West's reckless policies in the Balkans, which have opened Europe's door to Islamic extremists, via Bosnia and Kosovo. In the years since NATO's invasion in 1999, Saudi Arabia and Iran have generously funded the building of hundreds of new mosques in Kosovo to replace countless ancient Christian holy sites destroyed by marauding Islamic extremists. Liz Milanovich, Edmonton, Canada Nearly eight years of international administration have not resulted in the return of the Serbs who fled Kosovo after the war. And it is generally expected that any remaining Serbs will flee when Kosovo becomes semi-independent. Instead of taking this humanitarian disaster seriously, the international community has chosen to let ethnic cleansing happen. Requests for border changes to allow autonomy for Kosovo's Serbs are rejected with indifference and technocratic arguments. Ahtisaari's plan is diplomatic ethnic cleansing. For that reason we should reject it. Wim Roffel, Leiden, the Netherlands Supporting a solution that is rejected by all of the parties involved is a recipe for disaster that is more concerned with saving face for Europe and the United States than with achieving a viable peace in the Balkans. The unilateral dismemberment of Serbia by the UN Security Council is simply not going to work. The precedent of such a move is obvious not only to China and Russia, but also to Somalia, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Cyprus and other countries faced with secessionist movements. There may be no good choices in Kosovo, but there is no alternative to returning to the bargaining table with a more open mind and more imaginative proposals. NATO's intervention is the proximate cause of the present dilemma, and an unworkable plan should not be forced on either Serbs or Kosovar Albanians because the so-called international community is running out of patience. _____ Top of Form Bottom of Form _____ _____ <http://www.iht.com/> International Herald TribuneCopyright © 2007 The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com Re: "Moving Kosovo on" <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/02/opinion/edlet.php> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/02/opinion/edlet.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
