A Decade Later Kosovo Could Become Independent State If U.N. Assembly Agrees…

Many remember the stories of massive genocide occurring during the mid-1990’s and the time when President Clinton sent American troops into the European continent alongside other N.A.T.O. forces to try and halt the fighting; but the results were all but looked over until now. Just days ago a special envoy delivered a report to the U.N. Secretary General. It outlines a recommendation that the Serbian province of Kosovo be given its independence. Special envoy Martti Ahtisaari told the U.N. Security Council that “independence is the only viable option for a politically stable and economically viable Kosovo.” From that, the new U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced that he fully supports such a move. The former Finnish president, Ahtisaari, suggests that international civilian and military monitors be present for the initial period of independence so that it is done in a diligent and dignified manner with little violence. Saving millions of Albanians in Kosovo was a monumental move that showed that the Americans certainly cared about the international community. A decade later there may finally be a settlement to the violence and tensions found in the Balkans. Kosovo just adds to the reason why the United States had justification for its actions in Iraq. Not only was Saddam’s regime murdering millions of its own citizens via weapons of mass destruction, they were funding terrorist actions abroad including but not limited to paying 20,000 dollars to the families of suicide bombers. Yes, they used W.M.D. weaponry! This situation in Kosovo shows that given proper time, stability and security will arise in the newly established democracy of Iraq.

During the horrible Albanian ethnic cleansing of Serbia, thousands died… Who saved the day to keep thousands or millions more from dying? The United States came to the side of the free world to stop the oppressive actions of the Serbs. Shouldn’t it be all right to continue that practice so that another Holocaust-scaled annihilation can be prevented?