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		<title>By: indian religion and politics pre 1947</title>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;indian religion and politics pre 1947...&lt;/strong&gt;

Sorry, don&#039;t agree 100% with you on this!...</description>
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<p>Sorry, don't agree 100% with you on this!...</p>
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		<title>By: dimitar</title>
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		<dc:creator>dimitar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To make something disappear, to make it an amorphous matter you take away it&#039;s name!
It&#039;s ability to self-identify, to define itself apart from those around it!

   Macedonians are not &quot;re-writing history with the self martydom as a backbone, choosing to ignore many common bonds with all three segments of Macedon (Egejska, Pirinska and Vardarska)&quot;...We are writing our history for the first time! Everyone else but us has written our history for us. Self martydom? We had fun dreaming that one up!! Have you heard the saying, &quot;Sloboda ili Smrt&quot;, &quot;Freedom or Death&quot;; this says it all does it not? It&#039;s not a martydom complex, it comes from being under occupation, something you Serbs should understand with Kosovo. By the way, Aegean Macedonians will tell you that being under the Greeks was/is far worse than being under the Ottomans. Wow, talk about Christian charity! We do not separate the &quot;three segments of Macedon&quot;, it&#039;s all historic Macedonia, I&#039;m not sure what you mean there.

    So this is what I meant, if not clear so far. We&#039;ll sit back and someone (eg, post 70) will tell us our history. We should be so lucky. Thanks for the offer to write to you personally so you can set me straight, but no thanks. Happy Ilinden.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To make something disappear, to make it an amorphous matter you take away it's name!<br />
It's ability to self-identify, to define itself apart from those around it!</p>
<p>   Macedonians are not "re-writing history with the self martydom as a backbone, choosing to ignore many common bonds with all three segments of Macedon (Egejska, Pirinska and Vardarska)"...We are writing our history for the first time! Everyone else but us has written our history for us. Self martydom? We had fun dreaming that one up!! Have you heard the saying, "Sloboda ili Smrt", "Freedom or Death"; this says it all does it not? It's not a martydom complex, it comes from being under occupation, something you Serbs should understand with Kosovo. By the way, Aegean Macedonians will tell you that being under the Greeks was/is far worse than being under the Ottomans. Wow, talk about Christian charity! We do not separate the "three segments of Macedon", it's all historic Macedonia, I'm not sure what you mean there.</p>
<p>    So this is what I meant, if not clear so far. We'll sit back and someone (eg, post 70) will tell us our history. We should be so lucky. Thanks for the offer to write to you personally so you can set me straight, but no thanks. Happy Ilinden.</p>
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		<title>By: dimitar</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-10042</link>
		<dc:creator>dimitar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ilija, cheap loaded questions? I&#039;m a Albanian masquerading as a Macedonian? Off the dial, my friend!!! I posted you an email, website and all. And if you think it&#039;s a trick question, think deeper! The answer lies in the difference between ethics and morals. One has it&#039;s origin in a pure spiritual region, ie; beyond duality, darkness and light, us and them... whereas,&quot; morals&quot; is purely a social construct and used as a manipulating tool. Just as the Albanian and Serbian arguments repeat again and again and again. You know, you guys are the &quot;bad ones&quot;.

   There will be no solution to the Balkan ills. There needs to be an entirely new state of consciousness, and of course there will not be. As for your defense of Greece, you have no idea!!! I won&#039;t even go there with you! Finally, Goce Delchev Bulgarian??????????????? Well, you&#039;ve just revealed yourself as a complete Serb nationalist of the first rank or totally ignorant (or both).

  Your post reveals everything that is wrong with the Balkan mindsets. The Macedonian &quot;question&quot; is central to lasting peace, but is completely overlooked and downplayed. We are well aware of all of our neighbours appropriating our history, territory, culture etc. etc...As for Serbia&#039;s non-designs on Macedonia; leaked documents have revealed that in 1993 Greece was ready to invade Macedonia, and contacted Serbia as to whether they would be in on the party; you know- divide up the spoils. They needed to reply within 48 hrs. ( the Greeks were ready to go). The Serbs replied well within the time period that they were ready, however, plans were dropped as a casus belli could not be found!

   Once again, the whole &quot;trick question&quot; thing. There is a way out of the loop of the mind. One technique is try putting yourself into another&#039;s shoes. And the way to rise above the intellect, is to not identify with one&#039;s own &quot;intelligence&quot;. Detachment and indifference help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ilija, cheap loaded questions? I'm a Albanian masquerading as a Macedonian? Off the dial, my friend!!! I posted you an email, website and all. And if you think it's a trick question, think deeper! The answer lies in the difference between ethics and morals. One has it's origin in a pure spiritual region, ie; beyond duality, darkness and light, us and them... whereas," morals" is purely a social construct and used as a manipulating tool. Just as the Albanian and Serbian arguments repeat again and again and again. You know, you guys are the "bad ones".</p>
<p>   There will be no solution to the Balkan ills. There needs to be an entirely new state of consciousness, and of course there will not be. As for your defense of Greece, you have no idea!!! I won't even go there with you! Finally, Goce Delchev Bulgarian??????????????? Well, you've just revealed yourself as a complete Serb nationalist of the first rank or totally ignorant (or both).</p>
<p>  Your post reveals everything that is wrong with the Balkan mindsets. The Macedonian "question" is central to lasting peace, but is completely overlooked and downplayed. We are well aware of all of our neighbours appropriating our history, territory, culture etc. etc...As for Serbia's non-designs on Macedonia; leaked documents have revealed that in 1993 Greece was ready to invade Macedonia, and contacted Serbia as to whether they would be in on the party; you know- divide up the spoils. They needed to reply within 48 hrs. ( the Greeks were ready to go). The Serbs replied well within the time period that they were ready, however, plans were dropped as a casus belli could not be found!</p>
<p>   Once again, the whole "trick question" thing. There is a way out of the loop of the mind. One technique is try putting yourself into another's shoes. And the way to rise above the intellect, is to not identify with one's own "intelligence". Detachment and indifference help.</p>
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		<title>By: Iliya Pavlovich</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-9899</link>
		<dc:creator>Iliya Pavlovich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No there is no such sense Dimitar (or Emette or Dejavu - under another name). It is typical of Albanians not to sign their posts with a hyperlink or an email address, which leaves plenty of suspicion that you are an Albanian usurper masquerading as a Macedonian. There is absolutely no evidence that Serbia ever had any &quot;designs&quot; on Macedonia. As a matter of fact it the example of Macedonia&#039;s peaceful secession from Serbia/Yugoslavia which was cited in many sources foreign and Balkan. Greeks equally don&#039;t object to Macedonian existence except for the very name Macedonia. Ever since its newfound independence Macedonians are equally re-writing history with the self-martyrdom as a backbone, choosing to ignore many common bonds they have with all three segments of Macedon (Egejska, Pirinska and Vardarska Macedonia). Goce Delcev was a prominent Bulgarian whose work is proprietized by all nations in the Southern Balkans. There is no answer to your question because it&#039;s a trick question. My email is posted on several places, and if my view does not suffice, feel free to contact me, I&#039;ll be happy to answer any legitimate question, but not these cheap loaded questions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No there is no such sense Dimitar (or Emette or Dejavu - under another name). It is typical of Albanians not to sign their posts with a hyperlink or an email address, which leaves plenty of suspicion that you are an Albanian usurper masquerading as a Macedonian. There is absolutely no evidence that Serbia ever had any "designs" on Macedonia. As a matter of fact it the example of Macedonia's peaceful secession from Serbia/Yugoslavia which was cited in many sources foreign and Balkan. Greeks equally don't object to Macedonian existence except for the very name Macedonia. Ever since its newfound independence Macedonians are equally re-writing history with the self-martyrdom as a backbone, choosing to ignore many common bonds they have with all three segments of Macedon (Egejska, Pirinska and Vardarska Macedonia). Goce Delcev was a prominent Bulgarian whose work is proprietized by all nations in the Southern Balkans. There is no answer to your question because it's a trick question. My email is posted on several places, and if my view does not suffice, feel free to contact me, I'll be happy to answer any legitimate question, but not these cheap loaded questions.</p>
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		<title>By: dimitar</title>
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		<dc:creator>dimitar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My point is that, in a warring universe, the moral argument is no argument at all. Might makes right! The Serbs united front with Greece, which desires the elimination of the Macedonian nation, state and ethnicity makes many Macedonians suspicious of Serbia&#039;s intent toward us. Macedonia, at  the heart of the Balkans, in fact faces an existential threat from all of it&#039;s neighbours. What is necessary is the realisation from Balkan leaders that we&#039;re all going to be living together for a long time to come, and that steps should be taken to allow each people their beingness. Unfortunately, does anyone see this as a possibility in any real sense?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My point is that, in a warring universe, the moral argument is no argument at all. Might makes right! The Serbs united front with Greece, which desires the elimination of the Macedonian nation, state and ethnicity makes many Macedonians suspicious of Serbia's intent toward us. Macedonia, at  the heart of the Balkans, in fact faces an existential threat from all of it's neighbours. What is necessary is the realisation from Balkan leaders that we're all going to be living together for a long time to come, and that steps should be taken to allow each people their beingness. Unfortunately, does anyone see this as a possibility in any real sense?</p>
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		<title>By: dimitar</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-9259</link>
		<dc:creator>dimitar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dr Trifkovic,
  You write&quot;.. the discriminatory treatment of large Russian minorities in the former Soviet republics Latvia and Estonia, the Russians are subjected to arguably the worst treatment of any minority group by a member of the EU...&quot;

  Are Russians allowed to refer to themselves as Russians, speak in their mother tongue? Perhaps I could draw your attention to that bastion of democracy, &quot;Greece&quot;, and its &quot;Greek Acts Against the Macedonians&quot; at http:/maknews.com/html/articles/medichkov_report.htm  

  Its surprising that Serbs,naturally, are against the partition of their country and unspeakable acts committed against its population and heritage by Albanians, but are unaware of Greece&#039;s behaviour and actions toward the ethnic Macedonians of Aegean Macedonia. The Albanians at least have no pretense at being something they are not, unlike today&#039;s 98.5% pure &quot;Greeks&quot;, who drape themselves in a veneer of &quot;democracy&quot;. Macedonians too, were a majority in Aegean Macedonia from the time of Greece&#039;s illegal and brutal annnexation of what were never Greek, but historically Macedonian lands, unlike today&#039;s Kosovo Albanians. How are the two morally different?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr Trifkovic,<br />
  You write".. the discriminatory treatment of large Russian minorities in the former Soviet republics Latvia and Estonia, the Russians are subjected to arguably the worst treatment of any minority group by a member of the EU..."</p>
<p>  Are Russians allowed to refer to themselves as Russians, speak in their mother tongue? Perhaps I could draw your attention to that bastion of democracy, "Greece", and its "Greek Acts Against the Macedonians" at http:/maknews.com/html/articles/medichkov_report.htm  </p>
<p>  Its surprising that Serbs,naturally, are against the partition of their country and unspeakable acts committed against its population and heritage by Albanians, but are unaware of Greece's behaviour and actions toward the ethnic Macedonians of Aegean Macedonia. The Albanians at least have no pretense at being something they are not, unlike today's 98.5% pure "Greeks", who drape themselves in a veneer of "democracy". Macedonians too, were a majority in Aegean Macedonia from the time of Greece's illegal and brutal annnexation of what were never Greek, but historically Macedonian lands, unlike today's Kosovo Albanians. How are the two morally different?</p>
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		<title>By: Iliya Pavlovich</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-9180</link>
		<dc:creator>Iliya Pavlovich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have demonstrated several times that in Austria top 100 most wanted criminals have an ample Albanian representation (around 76% to 92% - since many of them list being citizens of Yugoslavia. How cute? Today&#039;s International Heral Tribune has a nice little clip from Austria at: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/28/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-Serb-Stabbed.php

Let me help you with the title of the article, in case the page doesn&#039;t open &quot;Kosovo Albanian suspect arrested in stabbing of Serbian man during dispute at Austrian hotel&quot;

Total and absolute removal of all criminal elements on the grounds of Serbia must the priority no matter what the nationality, but it will be practical to start with the Arnauts.

Ceterum censeo Albanium esse delendam.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have demonstrated several times that in Austria top 100 most wanted criminals have an ample Albanian representation (around 76% to 92% - since many of them list being citizens of Yugoslavia. How cute? Today's International Heral Tribune has a nice little clip from Austria at: <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/28/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-Serb-Stabbed.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/28/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-Serb-Stabbed.php</a></p>
<p>Let me help you with the title of the article, in case the page doesn't open "Kosovo Albanian suspect arrested in stabbing of Serbian man during dispute at Austrian hotel"</p>
<p>Total and absolute removal of all criminal elements on the grounds of Serbia must the priority no matter what the nationality, but it will be practical to start with the Arnauts.</p>
<p>Ceterum censeo Albanium esse delendam.</p>
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		<title>By: Iliya Pavlovich</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-9168</link>
		<dc:creator>Iliya Pavlovich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One more proof that with the bullies of all kinds only a bigger bully makes sense. Thank God that Russia starts at the Northern Atlantic and ends at the Pacific. Even if by any chance some inequity would prevail, I am absolutely confident that Kosovo will not be in the terrorist&#039;s hands for too long. They were unable to hide their ugly unshaven face. Today I spoke to the NYU Law professor who is appalled that this is &quot;still going on&quot; in spite of fairly clear international laws. The poor man had no idea that the strings were being pulled from all sides - I am not the only naive observer - but I make up for it in ruthless militancy. When all else fails &quot;Klin se klinom izbija&quot;.

Ceterum censeo Albanium esse delendam.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more proof that with the bullies of all kinds only a bigger bully makes sense. Thank God that Russia starts at the Northern Atlantic and ends at the Pacific. Even if by any chance some inequity would prevail, I am absolutely confident that Kosovo will not be in the terrorist's hands for too long. They were unable to hide their ugly unshaven face. Today I spoke to the NYU Law professor who is appalled that this is "still going on" in spite of fairly clear international laws. The poor man had no idea that the strings were being pulled from all sides - I am not the only naive observer - but I make up for it in ruthless militancy. When all else fails "Klin se klinom izbija".</p>
<p>Ceterum censeo Albanium esse delendam.</p>
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		<title>By: Iliya Pavlovich</title>
		<link>http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/07/23/kosovo-back-to-square-one/comment-page-2/#comment-8914</link>
		<dc:creator>Iliya Pavlovich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is when things get real funny. One of the brightest Arnautic parasites now questions Von Clausewitz? Why stop there?

How about all the mistakes Napoleon made?

Alexander the Great?

Arnautic parasites have noticeably toned down their rhetoric, since a more overt negotiating style has been proposed. They will never admit it, but this is a time of their biggest disadvantage (over the last 10+ years). Exactly as I thought, not only the parasites that walked into Kosovo from Albania but wipe the Albania proper.

I had a most pleasurable talk with General Mordechai Hod a few years ago, and he claimed that to this day in Israeli Military Academies Carl von Clausewitz is being taught on the example of General Zivojin Misic - so much for Arnautic military brains. Obviously the only viable solution is to exactly make serous efforts of getting rid of the usurpers (Alexander the Great had to do it too) - why live with this explosive element. They claim they have friends in other countries who &quot;support&quot; them. Let&#039;s see that support once the start to rob and steal the future hosts too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is when things get real funny. One of the brightest Arnautic parasites now questions Von Clausewitz? Why stop there?</p>
<p>How about all the mistakes Napoleon made?</p>
<p>Alexander the Great?</p>
<p>Arnautic parasites have noticeably toned down their rhetoric, since a more overt negotiating style has been proposed. They will never admit it, but this is a time of their biggest disadvantage (over the last 10+ years). Exactly as I thought, not only the parasites that walked into Kosovo from Albania but wipe the Albania proper.</p>
<p>I had a most pleasurable talk with General Mordechai Hod a few years ago, and he claimed that to this day in Israeli Military Academies Carl von Clausewitz is being taught on the example of General Zivojin Misic - so much for Arnautic military brains. Obviously the only viable solution is to exactly make serous efforts of getting rid of the usurpers (Alexander the Great had to do it too) - why live with this explosive element. They claim they have friends in other countries who "support" them. Let's see that support once the start to rob and steal the future hosts too.</p>
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		<title>By: Rodney King</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rodney King</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;If War Ministers in Serbia are even half as thorough they will know that they have the advantage of Speed, lay of the land and Spite to see them through&lt;/i&gt;

When will they ever learn? -- all this blather about 3rd Generation War blitzkrieg and 2nd Generation firepower.  I should think that anyone with a memory of Yugoslav history before 1980 (or knew anything about Yugoslav terrain) should know the folly of such outmoded generations.  Ol&#039; Adi thought he knew the &quot;lay of the land&quot; of Yugoslavia in 1941; he also had plenty of &quot;spite&quot;; he also had plenty of &quot;speed&quot;, and rolled completely though the country in a few weeks.  He couldn&#039;t conquer the country.  He killed a millon+ Yugoslavs.  He still couldn&#039;t conquer the country.  It was the first shot, so to speak, in 4th Generation War, followed by the British in Palestine, the French in Indochina and Algeria, Gringos in Viet-Nam, your prized Russians in Afghanistan, Israel last year in Lebanon, and Iraq now. I thank Martin van Creveld for this historical fact; listen to his lecture on the Mises Institute page, &quot;media&quot;.  

Better yet, you guys need to start with the basics in 4th Generation War and sit at the feet of the master.  After looking at the Wikipedia article and its links, be serious and read Van Creveld&#039;s &lt;i&gt;The Transformation of War&lt;i&gt;, especially the subchapter on &quot;Non-Political War: Existence&quot;, pp 142-149, the war for national survival.  In the war you guys seem so eager to fight and yet so ignorant of what kind of war it will be, nothing, NOTHING that the Serbs can or could do to the Albanians in Kosovo -- no matter if Serbs leave no stone on stone, no matter how many Albanians they despoil or kill -- can be worse than the consequences of defeat for the Albanians: their enslavement, or their genocide (at least from their point of view). 

Rather than Serbs just roughing up a few Albanians with minimal loss of life and limb to Serbs, and then fatuously thinking it will then be over, in fact the more Albanians they killed, the more the Albanians will fight on, for more will it be necessary that it all not be in vain. What is more, &quot;fighting the weak demeans those who engage in it&quot; (van Creveld, p 175); in the court of world opinion, everything will be allowed to the Albanian David, no matter how brutal, and nothing to the Serbian Goliath. 

And that it might be July-August 1914 all over again, as View as suggested -- escalating to a war that extends from Vladivostok to Dakar, from Helsinki to Zanzibar  , from Gibraltar to Darwen -- goes without saying.  And if Americans think America blood will not be shed on America soil in this war, they&#039;ve learn from Sept 11 zero. 

Indeed, you guys make the same mistake of all Clausewitzians, not only in the tactics you propose, but also in your very understanding of what the logic of war itself really is (p. 166-167).  The logic of war is not &quot;the ground is consecrated; therefore let us shed our (children&#039;s) blood on it, and the enemy&#039;s.&quot;  Instead it is &quot;Our children&#039;s blood has been shed on this ground; therefore it is consecrated&quot;.  Want proof?  The Indians and the Pakistanis have been trading shots for years over a glacier at 20,000 ft. and of no practical value, all because the sacrifice of children&#039;s blood to the god Moloch has made it of sacred, inestimable value. 

Make also William Lind&#039;s blog &quot;On War&quot; your weekly reader. 

Hey, man, I an Alban&#039;? No way, Jose; I&#039;m from L. A.  I thought everyone knew that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If War Ministers in Serbia are even half as thorough they will know that they have the advantage of Speed, lay of the land and Spite to see them through</i></p>
<p>When will they ever learn? -- all this blather about 3rd Generation War blitzkrieg and 2nd Generation firepower.  I should think that anyone with a memory of Yugoslav history before 1980 (or knew anything about Yugoslav terrain) should know the folly of such outmoded generations.  Ol' Adi thought he knew the "lay of the land" of Yugoslavia in 1941; he also had plenty of "spite"; he also had plenty of "speed", and rolled completely though the country in a few weeks.  He couldn't conquer the country.  He killed a millon+ Yugoslavs.  He still couldn't conquer the country.  It was the first shot, so to speak, in 4th Generation War, followed by the British in Palestine, the French in Indochina and Algeria, Gringos in Viet-Nam, your prized Russians in Afghanistan, Israel last year in Lebanon, and Iraq now. I thank Martin van Creveld for this historical fact; listen to his lecture on the Mises Institute page, "media".  </p>
<p>Better yet, you guys need to start with the basics in 4th Generation War and sit at the feet of the master.  After looking at the Wikipedia article and its links, be serious and read Van Creveld's <i>The Transformation of War</i><i>, especially the subchapter on "Non-Political War: Existence", pp 142-149, the war for national survival.  In the war you guys seem so eager to fight and yet so ignorant of what kind of war it will be, nothing, NOTHING that the Serbs can or could do to the Albanians in Kosovo -- no matter if Serbs leave no stone on stone, no matter how many Albanians they despoil or kill -- can be worse than the consequences of defeat for the Albanians: their enslavement, or their genocide (at least from their point of view). </p>
<p>Rather than Serbs just roughing up a few Albanians with minimal loss of life and limb to Serbs, and then fatuously thinking it will then be over, in fact the more Albanians they killed, the more the Albanians will fight on, for more will it be necessary that it all not be in vain. What is more, "fighting the weak demeans those who engage in it" (van Creveld, p 175); in the court of world opinion, everything will be allowed to the Albanian David, no matter how brutal, and nothing to the Serbian Goliath. </p>
<p>And that it might be July-August 1914 all over again, as View as suggested -- escalating to a war that extends from Vladivostok to Dakar, from Helsinki to Zanzibar  , from Gibraltar to Darwen -- goes without saying.  And if Americans think America blood will not be shed on America soil in this war, they've learn from Sept 11 zero. </p>
<p>Indeed, you guys make the same mistake of all Clausewitzians, not only in the tactics you propose, but also in your very understanding of what the logic of war itself really is (p. 166-167).  The logic of war is not "the ground is consecrated; therefore let us shed our (children's) blood on it, and the enemy's."  Instead it is "Our children's blood has been shed on this ground; therefore it is consecrated".  Want proof?  The Indians and the Pakistanis have been trading shots for years over a glacier at 20,000 ft. and of no practical value, all because the sacrifice of children's blood to the god Moloch has made it of sacred, inestimable value. </p>
<p>Make also William Lind's blog "On War" your weekly reader. </p>
<p>Hey, man, I an Alban'? No way, Jose; I'm from L. A.  I thought everyone knew that!</i></p>
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