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Thread #113349   Message #2410833
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
11-Aug-08 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: War in Georgia (2008)
Subject: RE: BS: War in Georgia
"Kosovo was taken from historic owners the Serbs (Orthodox) by Muslims who had slowly but intentionally moved into Serbian territory as an expansion move, both by ethnic Albanians and Muslims. Pure expansionism."

This is pure, ignorant, prejudiced rubbish and shouldn't go unchallenged! There have been ethnic Albanians in Kosovo for centuries and they have just as much right to be there as the Serbs! If you don't believe me read Noel Malcolm's book, 'A Short History of Kosovo'.

Many ethnic groups in the Balkans have nationalist myths, all of which should be taken with a pinch of salt. A particular Serbian myth is that, at the end of the 17th century, after Kosovo Serbs were defeated by the Ottomans, they were forced to flee to Hungary and Albanians 'flooded' into Kosovo. Dr Malcolm shows this narrative to be largely mythical. And even if it were true, it is no excuse for the vicious practice of 'ethnic cleansing' 300 years later!!