For the Slovenian Presidency, as with others European leaders, it became more about pleasing America and "serving America" rather than what is really in the best interests of Europe and Europe's future.

In the coming years we will see that it would have been better to leave Kosovo alone, as Serbia, and have it enter the European Union when Serbia become a member...
 

The US wants it.  

The actions of all players are really pretty predictable here.  

The use of "might" to solve problems can actually create problems. It is not totally acceptable for a nation to invade another nation, although there is no "police force" to stop it as we understand a "police force" to be. "We" stopped Saddam Hussein when "he" invaded Kuwait and compelled him to retreat. The American invasion of Iraq, while there in no physical way to stop it, was condemned in the world and the American image suffers  because of the invasion. Use "might" too much, and your nation is viewed as a rouge nation.

The use of "might" over everything else is widely condemned in modern international relations, although I DO agree that the world is indeed "chaos." We need to evolve beyond "the chaos of the international order" and have some order, but so as long as the nation-state remains the basic unit of international order, we cannot.

A hope against "might" and an advancement in the global order os for the creation of security communities (like the EU is) where disputes are solved by peaceful means.  Realists and the continued dominance of realism, especially in American foreign policy are also contributing to the problem.

The world is chaos because realists make its so.

More:  International law is based on the idea of good faith--having it and keeping it, over time.  

In the long run, international law works much better than resorting to the army in every dispute.  

Americans do not understand that actions have consequences, and thus can not understand the very notion of international law.  

We are not very good on keeping faith, either.  

This has been thrown out of the window in the past 7 years, as the Bush administration decided to throw out all international restraints on its behavior, and it's going to haunt the US for a long time, given that might is right is a lot more confortable when you're actually mighty...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

We can also speculate that this latest American confrontation with Russia in Europe is part of keeping the old threat of the Russian boogeyman alive. It is about keeping the American flag planted in Europe.

Now, if you want to see American arrogance and just how Europe's "American friends" really feel about the Lisbon Treaty and the impact of the "transatlantic alliance" and protecting Britain, then check out what the neocon Heritage Foundation has to say:

With its range of policy instruments, the EU already has significant economic and diplomatic leverage but, more often than not, chooses not to use it. Its strategic interests often contrast with U.S. interests, and with European military and civilian power invested in the CFSP, rather than in NATO, America's interests inevitably lose out. The biggest security threats facing Europe and the U.S. are asymmetric and constantly evolving. Thus far, NATO under American leadership has been work­ing with a handful of its closest allies at the forefront of this struggle, but the U.S. cannot be expected to continue providing this leadership if the transatlan­tic alliance is downgraded.

The Reform Treaty proposes to abolish the EU's "pillar structure," in which member states maintain a strong national role in foreign affairs. America needs to recognize the dangers that this would cre­ate. In the few areas where the EU does speak with one voice--e.g., the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO)--the United States has lost traction in dealing with its European allies on anything resembling a bilateral basis. Frequently, it has found itself pitted against an institution that has predetermined its position and is intent on morally opposing American policy.

The U.S. Administration should not even con­sider backing an independent European security and defense policy in exchange for France's possibly rejoining NATO's military command structure. As former U.K. Shadow Defence Secretary Bernard Jenkin recommends on behalf of the Conservative Way Forward, France's involvement with NATO should be considered only if France reaffirms NATO supremacy in European defense and security and if NATO can be confident that France will not engage in deliberately disruptive policies.

Read more: The EU Reform Treaty: A Threat to the Transatlantic Alliance- Sally McNamara -The Heritage Foundation

Read the recommendations that Mrs. McNamara has for America to counter the Lisbon Treaty, listed at the end of her paper. No doubt that the Americans have another unwritten policy: To control the EU, which could happen if Tony Blair or any other "American" were selected as the EU President...

Given that some EU Member States reject "Kosovo independence" and the demands of acquis, it could be the 12th of Never before the "republic of Kosova" sees EU membership as in independent nation...

It will be said that Kosovo would have been better off as part of Serbia...

...unless, of course, Daddy Washington stomps his feet and demands EU membership for "the republic of Kosova..."