tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post5034847358382193730..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: Kosovo CatastropheCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-14678208611378734462008-03-07T11:09:00.000-05:002008-03-07T11:09:00.000-05:00One of the problems is that the US is increasingly...One of the problems is that the US is increasingly suffering from 'imperial hubris'. As I point out in my post on my blog, "Ain't it amazing?" (http://ruminations52.blogspot.com/2008/03/aint-it-amazing-here-is-quick.html), as Lincoln so well noted, "How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg does not make it one." Bush, Rice and the rest of American 'diplomacy' has gone to great lengths to proclaim Kosovo a sui generis case. Simply because US diktat is that Kosovo is sui generis does not make it so.<BR/><BR/>The last 2 US administrations (Clinton and Bush) have just about thoroughly wrecked the Westphalian order that has obtained since 1648 with nothing other than the 'new world order' to take its place. Most of the rest of the world just isn't playing along.Cossackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173376043295568270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-52921988235094522372008-03-06T23:38:00.000-05:002008-03-06T23:38:00.000-05:00I would not say that muslim fanatics claimed that ...I would not say that muslim fanatics claimed that the west was just standing idly by. It was more of a case that they just picked up and ran with that chant. It was the western press which was trying to convince ordinary people that they should support action against serbs that was the origin.<BR/><BR/>I would also say that non recognition by muslim states shows that even the most radical and fanatical politicians know when to be pragmatic. I'm sure most of them would be fully aware that they could find themselves at the wrong end of the kosovo precedent if a future US president ever decided to use their country for some target practise.Robstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080913377547236519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-23833055451339989312008-03-06T00:12:00.000-05:002008-03-06T00:12:00.000-05:00One day the US will learn what all imperial countr...One day the US will learn what all imperial countries have in the past: You can beat some your neighbours all of the time, you can even beat all of your neighbours some of the time but you cannot beat all of your neighbours all of the time.Deucaonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09912203797099601649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-29388974467756243812008-03-05T06:15:00.000-05:002008-03-05T06:15:00.000-05:00Of course not. The notion that kicking the Serbs a...Of course not. The notion that kicking the Serbs around would earn the Empire "Muslim gratitude points" has been mistaken from the start. If anything, claiming that genocide was taking place in Bosnia and Kosovo actually helped inflame the jihad, with Muslim fanatics claiming that Europe and America "stood idly by" (which wasn't true).CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-84283184375070600942008-03-05T05:48:00.000-05:002008-03-05T05:48:00.000-05:00Looking at the world map of who does and doesn't r...Looking at the world map of who does and doesn't recognise Kosovo shows how much of a mistake it is.<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kosovo_relations.svg<BR/><BR/>Outside the US/EU, recognition is virtually non existent. The reaction, or lack of in the muslim world is very revealing given how much the Bush and co went on about how these countries would be the first to recognise, and how this would win over the muslims. Seems they are not buying it.Robstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080913377547236519noreply@blogger.com