A slippery slope for Kosovo

March 31, 2007

Re "Kosovo needs independence, mediator says," March 27



Martti
Ahtisaari, the Kosovo mediator, needs a solid lesson in international
law. The same applies to the U.S. government, which according to the
article "strongly backs independence for Kosovo." The United Nations
would be trampling on its own charter by ripping the province of Kosovo
from Serbia and handing it to those who constitute the majority, i.e.
Kosovo's Albanians.




It should also be noted that 40% of the Albanians who came to Kosovo
over the decades were illegal aliens from Albania who entered Serbia
through its porous border with Albania. Sounds somewhat similar to the
dilemma the United States has with illegal aliens who enter California
from Mexico. So, following the logic of Ahtisaari and the U.S., could
there not be some such future scenario vis-a-vis California?




The U.S. and its NATO allies are recklessly lobbying for the emergence
of an intolerant, ethnically cleansed Islamic state, and in so doing
are ignoring all recognized global constitutional norms and
international law. They began on this slippery slope in 1999 with their
illegal invasion of a sovereign Yugoslavia, which had posed no threat
to the U.S. or to any of the other NATO countries.



LIZ MILANOVICH



Edmonton, Canada

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