Eyes on the Balkans

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**** Milosevic’s Serbia. NATO intervention was good and justified and I’m glad Bosnians and Kosovars are free of Serbia.

Just an added bonus that it hurts the feelings of the fascists in Moscow.
 
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Burhead said:
Whose fault is it? The local Serb Mayors and police officers resigned leaving the new for new elections. They than boycott the elections allowing Albanians to win by default. The new mayors have to be allowed to take office and access the town hall. The Serbs are the reason for the latest round of tensions.
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No, they don't "have to be allowed" to take advantage of "sham" elections.

Macron, Scholz call for fresh elections in Kosovo
 
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Burhead said:
Guess elections don’t matter. They don’t get the right to complain when their actions caused this flare up.
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If you are thinking that a 3-4% turnout represents the will of the Serbians and that in turn justifies Pristina to insert their own leaders, then you are just dishonest.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
If you are thinking that a 3-4$ turnout represents the will of the Serbians and that in turn justifies Pristina to insert their own leaders, then you are just dishonest.
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Maybe they shouldn’t have boycotted the vote? Elections have consequences after all.
 
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My understanding is the Serbs boycotted the election....... If that is the case why complain about the forfeit when you took your ball and went home?

What am I missing here?
 
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I’m not going to feel sorry for them they knew what was going to happen when they refused to participate in the local elections.
 
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Burhead said:
Maybe they shouldn’t have boycotted the vote? Elections have consequences after all.
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They boycotted for a reason. And anyways, you still do not acknowledge that it is obvious the will of the people was not addressed if only 3-4% showed up to vote.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
They boycotted for a reason. And anyways, you still do not acknowledge that it is obvious the will of the people was not addressed if only 3-4% showed up to vote.
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Because Albanians make up the minority in the north so of course there won’t be a massive turnout if the majority take their ball s and goes home. Come on Ras you’re not stupid.
 
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Burhead said:
I’m not going to feel sorry for them they knew what was going to happen when they refused to participate in the local elections.
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It still amazes me that you support Kosovo independence from Serbia and Taiwan independence from China, yet don't defend the same rules and justifications for the people in Eastern Ukraine.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
It still amazes me that you support Kosovo independence from Serbia and Taiwan independence from China, yet don't defend the same rules and justifications for the people in Eastern Ukraine.
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1. Taiwan has been independent since the end of the Chinese Civil War. The CPC just hadn’t gotten over it.
2. The ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Serbia in Kosovo was real. The ethnic cleansing perpetrated by Ukraine is not.
3. All regions of Ukraine voted for independence from Moscow. Russia fabricated the independence “movement” in Ukraine.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
They boycotted for a reason. And anyways, you still do not acknowledge that it is obvious the will of the people was not addressed if only 3-4% showed up to vote.
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that doesn't invalidate an election.

Its like Brexit. there was a vote, most people didn't understand the ramifications of their actions to not vote in it, and then they got a result they didn't like. Unless they have a law specifying a quorum for turnout there isn't anything shady in honoring the election.

how many votes are they supposed to have? the will of the people was apparently to not vote in the local elections.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
It still amazes me that you support Kosovo independence from Serbia and Taiwan independence from China, yet don't defend the same rules and justifications for the people in Eastern Ukraine.
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Taiwan is still at war with west Taiwan, and that has largely gone with absolutely zero outside interference. not sure why it would be SHOULD suddenly insert ourselves into the matter.

Kosovo most people aren't going to care that the local's didn't get the results they wanted after their own direct actions lead to them losing the election they now think is important. the only reason anyone cares about this is because of the outsiders involved keeping the peace.

Most people didn't care about Ukraine until the Russian's crossed the border. in this case they were outsiders involved in destroying the peace.

if it was the US/NATO/EU STARTING the war in Kosovo you would finally have an argument. but we haven't started the fight.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
They boycotted for a reason. And anyways, you still do not acknowledge that it is obvious the will of the people was not addressed if only 3-4% showed up to vote.
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The will of the people was to boycott the election knowing what the result would be. They chose the outcome.
 
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Burhead said:
"This Yuri. Yuri signed up to protect Russia. Yuri is stationed in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Yuri is occupying a Ukrainian town to keep it from the Ukrainians who it belongs to. Yuri should go home."
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Yuri very likely has family connections to Ukraine since this entire area was part of the Russian Empire and USSR until 1991.

Stanley likely has ZERO connections to the land in the Balkans and would be better served standing guard on our southern border rather than a provincial border in side Serbia.
 
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