# Kosovo delares independence from Serbia **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 17, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007 "2008-02-17T20:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/21 "2008-02-19T02:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=FoieGrasIsEvil] isn’t it reasonable that these small republics go on ahead and break themselves apart into mutually acceptable racial/ethnic lines? [/QUOTE] Sure. Just ship the Albanians back to, oh, I don’t know, maybe Albania? Albanians taking over Kosovo is probably the same to the Serbs as Mexican illegal aliens taking over Philadelphia or Boston and declaring independence from the US would be to Americans. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/22 "2008-02-19T02:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=Dag Otto] Albanians taking over Kosovo is probably the same to the Serbs as Mexican illegal aliens taking over Philadelphia or Boston and declaring independence from the US would be to Americans. [/QUOTE] But, the Albanians in [Kosovo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo) have been living there since the Middle Ages. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/23 "2008-02-19T02:55:20Z")
That’s like yesterday in the Balkans. The Serbs have given up a bit in the last few years, but from what I’ve read Kosovo has a special meaning to them. I don’t expect this to go on without a battle. Edited to add: What I have read (er, am reading) is Robert Kaplan’s ‘Balkan Ghosts’. It’s a pretty good book to start understanding the region. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/24 "2008-02-19T03:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] [Less comprehensive list, but with flags and website links!](http://www.angelfire.com/nv/micronations/exile.html) [/QUOTE] _Ontarian_ separatists? Wow. I thought we were the ones everyone else was trying to separate from. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/25 "2008-02-19T03:46:50Z")
It never seems to end well there, does it? Please make amends or allow for seperate countries to resolve your differences, oh Balkan states… ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/26 "2008-02-21T19:50:56Z")
Well, it appear the first rocks have been thrown… by Serbs. CNN’s current article describes an incident wherein Serbian army reservists, in uniform, attempted to strom across the border. Chanting slogans like “Kosovo is ours!” _Sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007/27 "2008-02-21T22:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] Well, it appear the first rocks have been thrown… by Serbs. [/quote] [Literally](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/21/kosovo.independence/index.html). > [@](#): > > CNN’s current article describes an incident wherein Serbian army reservists, in uniform, attempted to **strom** across the border. Chanting slogans like “Kosovo is ours!” > > _Sigh_ Yeah, I’d say they do their fair share of race-baiting, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosovo-delares-independence-from-serbia/438007.md?page=1)