Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia

Republican_Man · **Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:21 pm Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia**

Big news today:

squiggy · **Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:57 pm**

Since my actual views on this spawned quite a rather... fascinating... set of events, I'm just going to wish them the best of luck on this one?

Omok · Lieutenant Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 170

Having been there in 1997, when much of the fight was between the KLA and Serbia, I can say that while this is a good thing in the long run, but I worry about the immediate situation. Violence and reprisals are most assuredly to happen in the weeks and months to come.

Kai Sanchin · Senior Cadet Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 25 Location: USA

squiggy · **Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:05 pm**

An interesting spin on this tale; Two similar events in the world:

CHINA/Tibet

China's ambassadors approved of Canada's stance on a 'one China' view, which many Canadians, actually can't agree with. It's a conservative government thing.((Don't look at me, I voted Liberal.))
However, Many people called Kosovo "Unique"... but Tibet is rather similar. It has a larger public knowledge base, but the support for Kosovo is there. Otherwise the UN wouldn't be there, trying to keep the peace.

CANADA/Quebec

Perhaps the reason Canada's stance on a 'one China' view is because they also want to keep a hand firmly on thier' french roots. Quebec's seperatist party has been chiming that it was "Today: Kosovo. Tomorrow: Quebec". While the Harper government declares that Kosovo was a unique occurence... I think the biggest difference between Serbia/Kosovo or China/Tibet and Canada/Quebec is that we don't need a squadron of 10's of thousands of troops armed with automatic machine guns keeping the peace in Quebec.((Quebec's police force is actually one of the most successful police forces in Canada, so they really don't need outside help on this.))
However, many acuse Harper's government of savage hypocracy. I'm one of them. How he can say "Congratulations Kosovo!" While turning a blind eye towards Tibet is beyond my logical grasp. It IS savage hypocracy.