Sunday, October 08, 2006
Sunday
Emancipating Kosovo
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=52576
Interesting because this article is from the Phillipines, and since I don't know a lot about the Phillipines other than it's a Christian majority nation with a Muslim minority in the South, and it's pretty ethnically and linguisticly diverse and they make some interesting food there....
Speaking of the Phillipines...talk show host Art Bell recently re-married to a Phillipina lady named Erin, is about to become a father again, he's around my age, and I think she's a good bit younger. I wish them both well! Congradulations!
Hungarian Minority in Romania Want a Referendum
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061008/wl_nm/romania_hungarians_dc
I'm telling you...the world is simply getting too NationStates!
Serbian Foreign Ministry Bans Arms Exports to Georgia, Armenia
http://www.regnum.ru/english/718049.html
O.K. points for consistancy.
Bosnian Example for Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112000863.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
There's just a teensy weensy little problem...the 'Bosnian Example ' isn't really working in Bosnia! My contention is autonomous areas in Iraq are probably unworkable as well, it SOUNDS like an easy answer, but each place this means of trying to get peace has been tried, there has later been war, especially when partition goes short of full independance. The areas that are presently nations tend to harbor resentments, there's always some complex minority issues, basically it only works in ethnically homogenous areas. There are very few ethnically homogenous areas in the world, if ANY. It is a problem from Hell whenever this sort of thing happens.
Iraq was not in good shape when the U.S. invaded, and now a majority of the American people are realizing it might have been a bad idea to go there in the first place and a badly planned war on top of that.
The other difference between BiH and Iraq is that a U.S. presence was mostly positive in BiH, the U.S. presence in Iraq has done some positive things, bringing down Saddam Hussein is nothing to sneeze at, it was a good thing basically. In the case of Iraq there is basically no competant leadership able to take power on a national basis, and I suspect not regionally either. Things are basically at least calmer in BiH, but that can't be said for Iraq. A lengthy U.S. presence was necessary in BiH, the last U.S. troops are leaving in December, but a N.A.T.O. and an E.U. presence will remain for some time. Every time it looks like they can be withdrawn, something happens to give one pause about that. Still there aren't a bunch of suicide bombers running around in the Balkans. In most areas people can somewhat go about their daily business. There is a lot of rebuilding and mostly the buidings are staying re-built. You can't say that for most of Iraq.
Serbian Radicals Stand by Jailed Leader
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-08T143526Z_01_L08126675_RTRUKOC_0_US-SERBIA-RADICALS.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C2_worldNews-8
for those who have to have a score card to keep track of these people... this should serve as a reminder....If you are at work with anyone who understands the language you might not want to click on this at work, it's laced with seriously rude language....
Relics of St. George in Sofia
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=70826
Joe Cocker Performs at Fairy Tale Wedding in Sofia
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=70827
# posted by Katja R. @ 9:04 AM 
