Quote Originally Posted by Brenus View Post
@ Panzer: The Government of Kosovo is not controlling all the Kosovo’s territory. The North is still a Serbian Strong Hold and it didn’t stop the majority of the EU countries and the US to decide it could be independent…

“how cute”: Thanks. I am confusing nothing.

“Because Israel has better lobbying than Serbia” Surely but that is not the problem. It may happen that it will be an Independence recognised by China and Russia with a Veto from USA. So, the answer to US for Kosovo…
Clinton was responsible for the NATO attack on Serbia, but the independence was granted by G.W Bush. On this point, the US policy is constant.

“This is a massive oversimplification of United States foreign policy. Come back and try again with a thread that doesn't seek to apply an algorithm to international relations.” Is it? Oh, Me who thought that we were fighting for Democracy and Freedom… Why do you hate Freedom?

But still the (hypocritical) question is why The Palestinian people can't have a State and the Albanian from Kosovo can? It is even more simple as this time it was the Israelis who carve their territory in Palestinian lands whereas the Albanian of Kosovo carved their territory in Serbian Land (in term of previously Internationally Recognised Borders). In theory it should be easier...

The other question is why to oppose it?

I can understand why Serbia is opposed to loose part of it territory, I can understand why Russia, Spain, China and others countries opposed Kosovo Independence, but why to oppose Palestine's independence?
Ronin was being a bit facetious. His 'you are confusing' meant that you were not confused about it.
(Gah! I seem to be start all my posts lately with 'what was meant by that is')

As for why Kosovo and not Palestine...for much the same reason as 'why South Sudan and not Brittany', 'why Andorra and not Catalunya'.

As for 'why Kosovo', this is because Serbians went on a killing spree in the 1990s and now face the consequence. There is always some element of coincidence in crime. Some get punished, others walk. France too lost Algeria when it went on a killing spree in the 1950s, complete with the problem of mass expulsion, trampled minority rights, the formation of new minorities and the creation of a mostly mostly barbaric, backward state that was worse than what was before.