US and UK Again Blunder in Serbia

One of the many errors that former President Clinton made was to allow the Germas to 'bounce' NATO into recognising Slovenian and Croatian independence. Unfortunately, President Bush has failed to learn the lesson, and has repeated the stupidity, as stupidity is what it is.

Clinton failed to recognise the hundreds of years of mutual hatred in the Balkans, between Serb, Slav, and Muslim. More recently, whilst the Slav and Muslim peoples allied themselves with Hitler, atrocities were committed against the Serb.

Tito managed to keep both the Russians out of the newly formed Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslavs from the throats of one another. On his death, the far right nationalists strived for independence, as did the swathes of incoming migrants from Albania. Serb atrocities provided Clinton the opportunity to 'bloody' Russia's nose, and demonstrate their impotence. Fine; other than the break-up led to resentment amongst the Balkan countries, a rise in Russian nationalism, and a training ground for militant Islam.

So, now we see the birthplace of Serbia becoming the Islamic State of Kosovo. Should Russia choose to intervene, the West will be unable to respond. Much of the world policing is now down to the States, the UK, and Canada. With Australia becoming an unwilling ally, the UK and Canada are swiftly following. Countries such as Greece and Spain (quite correctly) are livid about the unstabling affects on their own seperatist leaning regions. The potential for a renewed war on our borders is clearly evident, with no realistic response immediately evident.

Either way, this will be a victory for Russian nationalism or militant Islam. Possibly both! It always amazes me, as oft I write, how world leaders try to make history without knowing the past.