tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post219696600654332648..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Bantustans for Europe? Should Kosovo be independent?Steve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-36832446141923099152007-04-23T02:20:00.000+02:002007-04-23T02:20:00.000+02:00Exactly so! The "Free Texas" example is rich--and...Exactly so! The "Free Texas" example is rich--and so appropriate under the circumstances. All the examples you list--the Basques, Wales, Scotland, Quebec--all have infinitely more legitimate claims to nationhood than Kosovo. And to that list we could add: Catalonia, splitting Belgium between the Flemish and the Walloons, Corsica, Bavaria, Sicily, Savoy, and Hawaii. The list goes on and on.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-51330549063493195892007-04-22T06:26:00.000+02:002007-04-22T06:26:00.000+02:00I thought it interesting that during the bombing o...I thought it interesting that during the bombing of Belgrade many citizens stood on bridges with signs saying "Free Texas", and have been saying (perfectly logically, as far as I can see) that if Western Europe wants an independent Kosovo, they must first set their own house in order by creating a separate state for the Basques. There is little to choose between the UCK in Kosovo and the ETA in Spain. <BR/><BR/>Other Western European examples could be Wales and Scotland, and in North America there is also Quebec.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-84633672794597776782007-04-22T02:55:00.000+02:002007-04-22T02:55:00.000+02:00Good article. I am concerned about the push for a...Good article. I am concerned about the push for an independent Kosovo, as well. There is nothing unique about Kosovo. In my view, there is no such thing as a "Kosovar": there are Albanians, there are Serbians and then there are Albanians who have moved into Serbia. Albania itself has been a marginal proposition all along. An independent Kosovo defies all reason, and as you note, just stokes the fires of separatism all around the world.<BR/><BR/>Rod Dreher wrote of this recently, at http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/crunchycon/2007/04/serbia-and-islamized-europe.html ,<BR/><BR/>as did, Spengler at <BR/><BR/>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ID17Ak01.htmlTerry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.com