Kosovo's Independence: The Real Story

by moonwolf | February 26, 2008 at 08:26 pm | 379 views | add comment

Kosovo is Serbia-Kosovo Protest-Feb 23-2008

A fascinating and extremely informative editorial on the present situation in Kosovo and Serbia illuminated by clear historical context since NATO in the 1990's, at the behest of Bill Clinton decided to take on interfering in another nation's internal affairs, beginning with relentless, destruction being rained on the Balkans from the air. With concise information it dispells the propaganda myths put forth as justification for the original invasion, and exposes the reality of the indiscriminate attacks on civilians, schools and hospitals, including the US air attack which destroyed the Chinese Embassy causing the death of 3 consular staff; interesting in the face of the US skolding to Serbia for allowing an attack on the US Embassy. The current angry US verbal and diplomatic attack on Serbia over violation of international law is just another case of the double standard of the US Administration. There is obviously one set of international laws for the USA and one set for all other nation states other than US allies.

News Flash: The Bush administration acknowledges there is a such thing as international law.

But, predictably, it is not being invoked to address the US prison camps at Guantanamo, the wide use of torture, the invasion and occupation of sovereign countries, the extraordinary rendition program. No, it is being thrown out forcefully as a condemnation of the Serbian government in the wake of Thursday's attack by protesters on the US embassy in Belgrade following the Bush administration's swift recognition of the declaration of independence by the southern Serbian province of Kosovo. Some 1,000 protesters broke away from a largely non-violent mass demonstration in downtown Belgrade and targeted the embassy. Some protesters actually made it into the compound, setting a fire and tearing down the American flag.