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Balkans: Are dogs of war barking?
...Clearly should Kosovo be allowed to declare independence Moscow will use that as a pretext to push ahead with overt support for separatist regions in the former Soviet republics in which it has interests (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh and Transdnistra). Just yesterday Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated in an interview, regarding the Georgian separatist regions: It is hard to say how events will develop. But much will depend on how the West behaves on the question of recognizing Kosovo. However a growing alliance between Russia and Serbia, which would most probably be enhanced by Serbian nationalists being in power, whod welcome a powerful backer against NATO-supported Kosovar separatists, could entail an attempt to prevent the Kosovo secession, seemingly in opposition to Moscow desire for said pretext. On the other hand this would in turn bar the way for Serbia to join NATO, a desirable outcome for the Russians.Both Clinton's "Dayton Accord" that served Bosnian Muslims and Croat Fascists, and the NATO/Wesley Clark intervention that followed, are the worst follies ever brokered by a US President. As the Jihadi entities of Kosovo and Bosnia complete the ethnic cleansing of the last remnants of Roman and Orthodox culture, Clinton's commitments from Hell force US troops to guard the destroyers of cultures older than America, in support of the remnants of Ottoman savagery. Would not Russia and Serbia be better allies of America than Pakistan and Saudi Arabia? I think so. So whats the game plan here for Moscow? If the Serbian referendum that described Kosovo as part of Serbia must be taken into consideration, as Sliska insists above, are the Russians in turn going to take into account a Georgian referendum on Abkhazia and South Ossetia? An Azeri referendum on Nagorno Karabakh? Obviously neither would go in their favour, so no. Perhaps their actions will depend on the success of their general strategy to bring former USSR republics back under their control by buying up their state assets and using energy blackmail in the near future (as is currently being done with Belarus, the Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia) and for now they are just playing for time. On the other hand, how far are they willing to go in supporting Serbian nationalists, should hostilities break out over Kosovo or even Republika Srpska? And is Serbia undergoing a re-re-alignment, again looking eastward, realising that 2007 will be the year of an ascendant Russia, declining EU (following the addition of Bulgaria and Romania, invalidating French and German domination), a NATO transfixed on Afghanistan and a US (still) tied up in Iraq?... In case there is any doubt, it is my belief that our respect for independence and the democratic wishes of brainwashed peoples, must be secondary to our general security interests. Jihad power must be put down on ALL fronts. Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-15 |
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