Comments on: Independence for Kosovo? Nyet! http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691 Toward a Broader Vision of Military History and National Security Affairs Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:34:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: 1389 http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691&cpage=1#comment-42790 1389 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:43:43 +0000 http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691#comment-42790 Don't be so quick to write off Russia's military. They've modernized a great deal since Putin took office. And unlike the US, they are not overextended with commitments elsewhere. Don’t be so quick to write off Russia’s military. They’ve modernized a great deal since Putin took office. And unlike the US, they are not overextended with commitments elsewhere.

]]> By: J Thomas http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691&cpage=1#comment-38279 J Thomas Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:08:23 +0000 http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691#comment-38279 I hate to admit I never thought about it before, but now that you mention it, it might likely be very good for the USA to give texas back to mexico. Likely good for mexico too. Maybe even good for texans. An independent texas would probably be good for the USA, provided they didn't get nukes. I don't want to think about texas with nukes. I hate to admit I never thought about it before, but now that you mention it, it might likely be very good for the USA to give texas back to mexico. Likely good for mexico too. Maybe even good for texans.

An independent texas would probably be good for the USA, provided they didn’t get nukes. I don’t want to think about texas with nukes.

]]> By: Mark Pyruz http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691&cpage=1#comment-38104 Mark Pyruz Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:50:33 +0000 http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691#comment-38104 I would add a third element to the two mentioned above, and that is the blood tie that exists between the Russ' and the Serbs. The cultural comparison the Serbs are fond of mentioning to Americans is that the loss of Kosovo is similar to Texas being broken away from the US and returned to Mexican rule. I would add a third element to the two mentioned above, and that is the blood tie that exists between the Russ’ and the Serbs.

The cultural comparison the Serbs are fond of mentioning to Americans is that the loss of Kosovo is similar to Texas being broken away from the US and returned to Mexican rule.

]]> By: Dave Stone http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691&cpage=1#comment-38084 Dave Stone Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:56:13 +0000 http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=691#comment-38084 I disagree that Russia has no diplomatic options. If the world accepts self-determination as grounds for breaking up a sovereign state against the will of that sovereign state (the core of the Kosovar case) then the Russians can quite legitimately claim a precedent for an independent and internationally-recognized Abkhazia carved out of Georgia, Transdniestria carved out of Moldova, and further cases to named at a later date. The potential for mischief opened up by Kosovar independence is enormous. Kosovo is the perfect example of an international problem best kicked on down the road a few years. I disagree that Russia has no diplomatic options. If the world accepts self-determination as grounds for breaking up a sovereign state against the will of that sovereign state (the core of the Kosovar case) then the Russians can quite legitimately claim a precedent for an independent and internationally-recognized Abkhazia carved out of Georgia, Transdniestria carved out of Moldova, and further cases to named at a later date. The potential for mischief opened up by Kosovar independence is enormous. Kosovo is the perfect example of an international problem best kicked on down the road a few years.

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