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Thread #113349 Message #2415167
Posted By: Riginslinger
15-Aug-08 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: War in Georgia (2008)
Subject: RE: BS: War in Georgia
"Albania stealing Kosovo from the rightful owner, Serbia, is equivalent to Russia stealing South Ossetia from the rightful owner, Georgia. Unhappy inhabitants who were given Russian citizenship should move to Russia."
pdq - I remember trying to make this point in a previous thread and was shouted off the internet.
I think the Kosovo example was even more sinister in that a huge number of Albanians moved to Kosovo for the specific purpose of wresting it away from Serbia.
When Serbia tried to chase the Albanians out, Bill Clinton, desparately needing an international event to change the dialogue in the American press, jumped in on the side of Albania. The rest is...