On the one hand, in principle I support the right of people to secede from a country whose government they find onerous.
On the other hand, I have a decidedly ominous feeling about revising borders on the Balkans.
On the third hand, I think that in the long run it would be rather hard to keep Kosova in Serbia.
On the fourth hand, I think that the Union has been entirely too high-handed in this matter. If the Serbs and Russians are angry about this - well, it's hard to blame them.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Some old news, reported today over two weeks late...
And Spain's take on Kosovo as of 3 days ago:
The article goes on to Russia's attacks on Spain's "hypocrisy" and Spain's explanations that there's no possible comparison between Spain and Serbia. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Catalan Left Republican Nationalist party ERC has claimed that "Spain increasingly resembles Serbia". We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
On the seventh hand, there are the Albanian villages beyond the border of Kosovo in Serbia. And also in Montenegro. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
