MUP, army take over patrols in GSZ village

The shooting came from the albanian 11'th Donkey Brigade that was sent in to retrieve the cow.
However the cow escaped and is in the safety of Serbs right now. A very happy ending.
Merry Christmas and Hristos se Rodi everyone!

The Serbian Army are back in the GSZ. Now that is great news! With NATO withdrawing and the Serbian Army advancing, I'm happy with progress.

"Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left".
Dren

At least Serbs fight their own battles. Not like albanians who cry to the world so that others would fight your battles while your hiding in the woods.

The cow was identified as NATO Corporal David Peterson. Check http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/18500/Cow-Officer--18500.jpg

KosovoMetohija-USA,

Your previous statement shows you have no idea about our country's geopolitical interests. Kosovo was not the first to offer anything to the US... after all, the Croats adored the US and offered everything for the help in ethnically cleansing Serbs from Krajina during Storm. Before that, Tito had excellent ties to the US because of his fallout with Stalin. Do not fool yourself into thinking that Kosovo is a partner with the US. Again I say, you were used. It is evident because what we say goes, and Pristina follows orders.

"If it was only a cow which got lost why all the shooting?
Who was shooting? Was it cow's relatives?"
Peggy

No, it was the albanians riding on the cow's back.
Its the k-albanian version of a Humvee.

Getting the world superpowers on your side to fight for you is a political and military skill.

If you read any hisotry book, you'll soon realise that most wars are won by playing various forces against each other.
(nikshala, 6 January 2010 14:32)

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.

Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?
(Bekim, 6 January 2010 15:02)
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It took a cow to get the Serbian army back into the GSZ. It may only take a snake to get them back into Kosovo. ;)

The Bay of Cow incident has the Serbian army on the move. Next stop, Pristina!

If it was only a cow which got lost why all the shooting?
Who was shooting? Was it cow's relatives?

Good news indeed, if anyone knows how to handle these, it´s the Serbs.

American occupiers confronted with reality,if their local clients turn against them, run for their precious lifes. Hollywood might tell another story but reality is reality.

Bad news is that the serbian army trough SuNATOvac is under US control. I would put more hope on their local commander...

No, it was the albanians riding on the cow's back.
Its the k-albanian version of a Humvee.
(Hank the Tank, 6 January 2010 13:10)
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Ahh, yes. I've seen one in camouflage. Check http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/432CABN/CowMooFlageh.jpg

So- beacouse of the cow every single house was showered with light beams.Insulting intelligence albanian way.

All jokes aside, a COW nearly caused an international incident.

This is the stability the "West" brought to the region?

Almost a war, over... a...

cow...

You are being used big time by the most notorius thughs in northern Mitro.I have never heard or seen anybody to despise its own country so much likeyou do.
(Kosova-USA, 6 January 2010 20:18)

Listen guy maybe it would be advisable for you to reneame yourself to Kosova-AIPEC because you have nothing to do with USA and especially not the spirit of her founding fathers you are just a blind followewr of certain lobby interests which destruct US from inside.

hahahahah......all this fuzz about a cow.........really really funny........why don´t people just relax..... the war is over....

Meanwhile in Belgrade, daily Politika today writes that it was in fact a "lost cow" that caused the incident.


So much for all this propaganda for past three days.

Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left, because it seems the cow is very big and dangerous lol.

are the people of this eu-success-story fleeing different than from other eu-success-stories ??

are albanians now fleeing occupied parts of kosmet on a cow ?

Who knows what the future will bring, but so far we are very happy that we were 'used' or whatever else you want to call it. Thanks for using us.
(nikshala, 6 January 2010 17:37)

I've never know someone thanking the other guy for using them.
I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.

'Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?
(Bekim, 6 January 2010 15:02) '

With NATO permission.

>I would put more hope on their local commander...
(ant´iorc,

Haha you put hope on what, mutiny? Are you even Serb?
Anyway your local commander is one of two, complete loaf ;) or self despising soldier/cop, either way carrying out orders.. Sorry but dont put faith in idiots or in cynical bastards feeling 80 at 35 with something to lose. Put hope on this: governments change. And on this: some ministers end up in jail.

Now for those of you who don't know status of KZB yet , after so many years please: both army and police are inside and based inside since 2001 when Albanian terrorists started attacking Un and Nato from the zone and of course killing Serb civilians and police. Where are we now? On the line. Not 5 km from it, not 5 meters from it, on it. Because air zone is still active we dont deploy radars and Pvo yet. I'll take your questions too unless someone buys me a beer in which case I wont be at my computer :) Hristos se rodi.

But of course, it was just an educated, armed scout cow in distress, who fired shots and sent the light signals only to let the rest of her company she needed help.

Anyone arrested for illegal weapons posession.

I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.
(Peggy, 6 January 2010 21:28)
--
Once they realise, anger will follow.

'We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)'

As another American, I beg to differ.

"We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11) "

Jason,

Who knows what the future will bring, but so far we are very happy that we were 'used' or whatever else you want to call it. Thanks for using us.

""Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left".
Dren

At least Serbs fight their own battles. Not like albanians who cry to the world so that others would fight your battles while your hiding in the woods.
(MikeC, 6 January 2010 11:19) "

Getting the world superpowers on your side to fight for you is a political and military skill.

If you read any hisotry book, you'll soon realise that most wars are won by playing various forces against each other.

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)

I don't know who played who, but you should study the long term politics of your country of BIRTH.
The minute WW2 ended,the USA was looking for ways how to get a foot hold in Balkans. After over 50 years Kosova gave that chance to USA,and they use the opportunity in the best way they know and I am very glad they did. US and Kosova are both happy campers.

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)

You are being used big time by the most notorius thughs in northern Mitro.I have never heard or seen anybody to despise its own country so much likeyou do.

'I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.
(Peggy, 6 January 2010 21:28)
--
Once they realise, anger will follow.
(Zoran, 6 January 2010 23:22)'

Please, just what is it the US was supposed to gain by siding with the Kosovo Albanians? Camp Bondsteel? We have multiple bases in Bulgaria, Albania would gladly become the 51st state and give us half the country for more bases (including naval bases). And then there are Croatia and Montenegro as well. We weren't/aren't desperate for Balkan real estate. The US has the greatest reserves of coal in the world - we hardly need Kosovo's lignite. And with a population of 2 million, Kosovo is not going to be a major recruiting ground for further campaigns. (Did you know that when the Eastern and Western Roman Empires split the Balkans the resource they wanted was its Illyrian manpower for their armies?) I've even heard that the US wanted to improve their reputation with the Muslim world - a lot of good that did us, most of the Muslim countries considered Kosovo more European than Muslim (those that had ever heard of it). So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?

So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?
(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
--
Lies, disillusionment and finally http://tinyurl.com/yaulo5v

Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?

The latest news is that KFOR has done a thorough investigation and no shred of evidence was found that any shooting took place.

Amer, KS USA, dont bother answering back to Milosevic journalist with no credibility left posting in here. They use different names and hide behind foreign names too.
When I say Milosevic journalist I need no further to explain about their proffesionalism.

(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
Camp Bondsteel is part of US strategy regardless of whether you have bases in Bulgaria or anywhere else. The location of bases is done selectively and for specific reasons, and if you believe that the US went into Kosovo on humanitarian grounds then you are badly mistaken. They neither like nor dislike Albanians, Serbs, Croats or who ever it’s the interest of their corporations that govern their actions. With Camp Bondsteel and others they have Europe under their control and then they look to Ukraine, Georgia et al then towards the resource rich Caspian Sea. Energy flowing from the east would be under US control. The Corporations interest here is making lots and lots of money.
The US attacked Afghanistan because it was not cooperating with its grand design of allowing a pipeline(s) from the Caspian Sea to Pakistan. They did not go there to avenge 9/11 – it was preplanned but they needed an excuse. In fact George Walker Bush entertained the Taliban leadership on his Texas ranch in 1989 to get them to cooperate about the pipelines.
The US does not want to have bases in because strategically it’s not necessary plus Albania they don’t’ want to prop up poor countries – seriously set aside your prejudices and look at the situation closely in Kosovo. The US/EU have done nothing to improve the lives of people in Kosovo except talk about freedom and democracy and the only people to benefit is the local politicians. Also, they don’t need bases in Croatia, Albania or Montenegro and quite frankly they can’t afford them any more either.
Like the Romans, the US is pushing the NATO agenda for manpower reasons only. It’s stuck in two wars with no end in sight and the other NATO members are not fulfilling their obligations so new members have to be found.
Your statement that the US used Kosovo as a chance to improve its image in the Moslem world is true. In fact it goes further the US saw its first chance with Bosnia where they organized with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for him to contribute US$3000 towards a fund to help Bosniaks – this was done on TV. Also, various Jewish lobbies around the world attacked Serbs for their actions in Bosnia. Personally, I thought it was the weirdest strategy ever considering what was going on in Palestine.
There comes a point where promises either lead to something or another path is chosen. Unfortunately, as the US or EU are not going to invest too much money in Kosovo to provide jobs, then religious radicalization could become a problem. Poverty listens when someone offers a solution to problems.

'Listen guy maybe it would be advisable for you to reneame yourself to Kosova-AIPEC because you have nothing to do with USA and especially not the spirit of her founding fathers you are just a blind followewr of certain lobby interests which destruct US from inside.
(szemi, 6 January 2010 22:18)'

What lobby interests that are destroying the US from the inside, szemi, and which principles of the Founding Fathers? I ask - in all curiosity - because I usually agree with Kosovo-USA, although I might be more restrained about how I phrase things, and I consider myself a pretty normal American (except for this strange interest in Balkan history and politics). Do you find my opinions equally un-American?

"are albanians now fleeing occupied parts of kosmet on a cow ?
(raso, 6 January 2010 19:44) "

Were all those villages in Serbia emptied out by their inhabitants fleeing wandering cows? Hannibal had to use elephants to inspire such terror.

Please don't shoot the cows, though - they're friendly enough beasts. They really don't do any harm, unless you let them produce paths that you later base city streets on. As in my Boston :(

Here we go, all this fuz comming from Serbia becuse a cow wandering around the forest, lol.. one reason more to not believe the fairy tales coming from drama queen.
That cow really is in a bad diet if is making people belive that it was gun shoots :), what a story.

(Olf, 7 January 2010 10:44)

Olf - It's clear whose views some people are representing here, but since the U.S. is referred to so often, I think it's a good idea not to let certain posters claim - unchallenged - that they speak for all 305+ million of us. If I don't change anyone's opinion, so be it.

I still think it's better for people who disagree to communicate than to spend all their time having their (my) biases reinforced by talking only to people who they (I) agree with. B92 is doing good work. (Although some of their edits I'll never understand.)

Peace.

So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?
(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
--
Lies, disillusionment and finally [link]
(Zoran, 7 January 2010 22:35)

What lies? That it would all be easy? I've worried that our State Department didn't do a better job of foreseeing the future, but lies...?

sj -

"With Camp Bondsteel and others they have Europe under their control ..."

Look at a map - nothing is that far from anything else in the Balkans, the particular location for Bondsteel was hardly as critical as you seem to suggest. Of course the US wants to be able to protect the flow of energy to Europe - Europe is our traditional ally, and having them at Russia's mercy is certainly not in our interests.

As for the business about Afghanistan - you're reading way too much cheap fiction. And if you think we went into Kosovo for the troops they could provide, why not make friends with Serbia, then? They've got a lot more people.

Now that I read this article...I can clearly see that RTS from 1991-1995 is back!

(Amer, 8 January 2010 16:44)

Then why build Camp Bondsteel? To protect the Albanians, I think not. The US does not really trust the Europeans – I mean the mainland Europeans. The UK is different because it cannot survive without US investment otherwise the pound would be the same value as the Albanian Lek. Gordon Brown stated just before becoming PM that he would take troops out of Iraq, Bush reply was “you do that then we will take all US investment out”. Conclusion, the British stayed in Iraq after Brown became PM.
The US planned to attack Afghanistan in 1992. Afghanistan is a major piece in the jigsaw to bring a pipeline from the Caspian Sea to Pakistan so that they do not have to cross any Russian territory. Bill Clinton was being urged to attack first Iraq and after putting in power a friendly government, then go for Afghanistan, all during his first term in office.
Which eastern European nation has not contributed to NATO forces in Afghanistan? Serbia was different. Milosevic did not want to cooperate with the US and the rest is history.
If you do not believe this I certainly will not lose too much sleep over it, but basically what I have said is true. The US did not go to Kosovo because they felt sorry from the Albanians – look at Rwanda.

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)

I don't know who played who, but you should study the long term politics of your country of BIRTH.
The minute WW2 ended,the USA was looking for ways how to get a foot hold in Balkans. After over 50 years Kosova gave that chance to USA,and they use the opportunity in the best way they know and I am very glad they did. US and Kosova are both happy campers.

Meanwhile in Belgrade, daily Politika today writes that it was in fact a "lost cow" that caused the incident.


So much for all this propaganda for past three days.

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)

You are being used big time by the most notorius thughs in northern Mitro.I have never heard or seen anybody to despise its own country so much likeyou do.

Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left, because it seems the cow is very big and dangerous lol.

hahahahah......all this fuzz about a cow.........really really funny........why don´t people just relax..... the war is over....

"We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11) "

Jason,

Who knows what the future will bring, but so far we are very happy that we were 'used' or whatever else you want to call it. Thanks for using us.

'We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.
(Jason, 6 January 2010 15:11)'

As another American, I beg to differ.

"Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left".
Dren

At least Serbs fight their own battles. Not like albanians who cry to the world so that others would fight your battles while your hiding in the woods.

""Why don't you bring some russian mercenary and gather all the military you have left".
Dren

At least Serbs fight their own battles. Not like albanians who cry to the world so that others would fight your battles while your hiding in the woods.
(MikeC, 6 January 2010 11:19) "

Getting the world superpowers on your side to fight for you is a political and military skill.

If you read any hisotry book, you'll soon realise that most wars are won by playing various forces against each other.

Anyone arrested for illegal weapons posession.

Here we go, all this fuz comming from Serbia becuse a cow wandering around the forest, lol.. one reason more to not believe the fairy tales coming from drama queen.
That cow really is in a bad diet if is making people belive that it was gun shoots :), what a story.

The Serbian Army are back in the GSZ. Now that is great news! With NATO withdrawing and the Serbian Army advancing, I'm happy with progress.

'Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?
(Bekim, 6 January 2010 15:02) '

With NATO permission.

Getting the world superpowers on your side to fight for you is a political and military skill.

If you read any hisotry book, you'll soon realise that most wars are won by playing various forces against each other.
(nikshala, 6 January 2010 14:32)

We did not fight for you, we used you. America has no love for you people, why can't you understand that? You were played, pure and simple.

KosovoMetohija-USA,

Your previous statement shows you have no idea about our country's geopolitical interests. Kosovo was not the first to offer anything to the US... after all, the Croats adored the US and offered everything for the help in ethnically cleansing Serbs from Krajina during Storm. Before that, Tito had excellent ties to the US because of his fallout with Stalin. Do not fool yourself into thinking that Kosovo is a partner with the US. Again I say, you were used. It is evident because what we say goes, and Pristina follows orders.

"If it was only a cow which got lost why all the shooting?
Who was shooting? Was it cow's relatives?"
Peggy

No, it was the albanians riding on the cow's back.
Its the k-albanian version of a Humvee.

The cow was identified as NATO Corporal David Peterson. Check http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/18500/Cow-Officer--18500.jpg

So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?
(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
--
Lies, disillusionment and finally [link]
(Zoran, 7 January 2010 22:35)

What lies? That it would all be easy? I've worried that our State Department didn't do a better job of foreseeing the future, but lies...?

sj -

"With Camp Bondsteel and others they have Europe under their control ..."

Look at a map - nothing is that far from anything else in the Balkans, the particular location for Bondsteel was hardly as critical as you seem to suggest. Of course the US wants to be able to protect the flow of energy to Europe - Europe is our traditional ally, and having them at Russia's mercy is certainly not in our interests.

As for the business about Afghanistan - you're reading way too much cheap fiction. And if you think we went into Kosovo for the troops they could provide, why not make friends with Serbia, then? They've got a lot more people.

The latest news is that KFOR has done a thorough investigation and no shred of evidence was found that any shooting took place.

Amer, KS USA, dont bother answering back to Milosevic journalist with no credibility left posting in here. They use different names and hide behind foreign names too.
When I say Milosevic journalist I need no further to explain about their proffesionalism.

If it was only a cow which got lost why all the shooting?
Who was shooting? Was it cow's relatives?

"are albanians now fleeing occupied parts of kosmet on a cow ?
(raso, 6 January 2010 19:44) "

Were all those villages in Serbia emptied out by their inhabitants fleeing wandering cows? Hannibal had to use elephants to inspire such terror.

Please don't shoot the cows, though - they're friendly enough beasts. They really don't do any harm, unless you let them produce paths that you later base city streets on. As in my Boston :(

Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?

'Listen guy maybe it would be advisable for you to reneame yourself to Kosova-AIPEC because you have nothing to do with USA and especially not the spirit of her founding fathers you are just a blind followewr of certain lobby interests which destruct US from inside.
(szemi, 6 January 2010 22:18)'

What lobby interests that are destroying the US from the inside, szemi, and which principles of the Founding Fathers? I ask - in all curiosity - because I usually agree with Kosovo-USA, although I might be more restrained about how I phrase things, and I consider myself a pretty normal American (except for this strange interest in Balkan history and politics). Do you find my opinions equally un-American?

'I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.
(Peggy, 6 January 2010 21:28)
--
Once they realise, anger will follow.
(Zoran, 6 January 2010 23:22)'

Please, just what is it the US was supposed to gain by siding with the Kosovo Albanians? Camp Bondsteel? We have multiple bases in Bulgaria, Albania would gladly become the 51st state and give us half the country for more bases (including naval bases). And then there are Croatia and Montenegro as well. We weren't/aren't desperate for Balkan real estate. The US has the greatest reserves of coal in the world - we hardly need Kosovo's lignite. And with a population of 2 million, Kosovo is not going to be a major recruiting ground for further campaigns. (Did you know that when the Eastern and Western Roman Empires split the Balkans the resource they wanted was its Illyrian manpower for their armies?) I've even heard that the US wanted to improve their reputation with the Muslim world - a lot of good that did us, most of the Muslim countries considered Kosovo more European than Muslim (those that had ever heard of it). So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?

Army in the GSZ? how is that possible?
(Bekim, 6 January 2010 15:02)
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It took a cow to get the Serbian army back into the GSZ. It may only take a snake to get them back into Kosovo. ;)

Who knows what the future will bring, but so far we are very happy that we were 'used' or whatever else you want to call it. Thanks for using us.
(nikshala, 6 January 2010 17:37)

I've never know someone thanking the other guy for using them.
I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.

All jokes aside, a COW nearly caused an international incident.

This is the stability the "West" brought to the region?

Almost a war, over... a...

cow...

The shooting came from the albanian 11'th Donkey Brigade that was sent in to retrieve the cow.
However the cow escaped and is in the safety of Serbs right now. A very happy ending.
Merry Christmas and Hristos se Rodi everyone!

The Bay of Cow incident has the Serbian army on the move. Next stop, Pristina!

Good news indeed, if anyone knows how to handle these, it´s the Serbs.

American occupiers confronted with reality,if their local clients turn against them, run for their precious lifes. Hollywood might tell another story but reality is reality.

Bad news is that the serbian army trough SuNATOvac is under US control. I would put more hope on their local commander...

No, it was the albanians riding on the cow's back.
Its the k-albanian version of a Humvee.
(Hank the Tank, 6 January 2010 13:10)
--
Ahh, yes. I've seen one in camouflage. Check http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/432CABN/CowMooFlageh.jpg

So- beacouse of the cow every single house was showered with light beams.Insulting intelligence albanian way.

>I would put more hope on their local commander...
(ant´iorc,

Haha you put hope on what, mutiny? Are you even Serb?
Anyway your local commander is one of two, complete loaf ;) or self despising soldier/cop, either way carrying out orders.. Sorry but dont put faith in idiots or in cynical bastards feeling 80 at 35 with something to lose. Put hope on this: governments change. And on this: some ministers end up in jail.

Now for those of you who don't know status of KZB yet , after so many years please: both army and police are inside and based inside since 2001 when Albanian terrorists started attacking Un and Nato from the zone and of course killing Serb civilians and police. Where are we now? On the line. Not 5 km from it, not 5 meters from it, on it. Because air zone is still active we dont deploy radars and Pvo yet. I'll take your questions too unless someone buys me a beer in which case I wont be at my computer :) Hristos se rodi.

(Olf, 7 January 2010 10:44)

Olf - It's clear whose views some people are representing here, but since the U.S. is referred to so often, I think it's a good idea not to let certain posters claim - unchallenged - that they speak for all 305+ million of us. If I don't change anyone's opinion, so be it.

I still think it's better for people who disagree to communicate than to spend all their time having their (my) biases reinforced by talking only to people who they (I) agree with. B92 is doing good work. (Although some of their edits I'll never understand.)

Peace.

Now that I read this article...I can clearly see that RTS from 1991-1995 is back!

But of course, it was just an educated, armed scout cow in distress, who fired shots and sent the light signals only to let the rest of her company she needed help.

are the people of this eu-success-story fleeing different than from other eu-success-stories ??

are albanians now fleeing occupied parts of kosmet on a cow ?

You are being used big time by the most notorius thughs in northern Mitro.I have never heard or seen anybody to despise its own country so much likeyou do.
(Kosova-USA, 6 January 2010 20:18)

Listen guy maybe it would be advisable for you to reneame yourself to Kosova-AIPEC because you have nothing to do with USA and especially not the spirit of her founding fathers you are just a blind followewr of certain lobby interests which destruct US from inside.

I thought that if you got used your reaction would be anger not gratitude.
(Peggy, 6 January 2010 21:28)
--
Once they realise, anger will follow.

So what is it that the Kosovars are going to suddenly discover someday that we were after that will arouse their anger?
(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
--
Lies, disillusionment and finally http://tinyurl.com/yaulo5v

(Amer, 7 January 2010 03:03)
Camp Bondsteel is part of US strategy regardless of whether you have bases in Bulgaria or anywhere else. The location of bases is done selectively and for specific reasons, and if you believe that the US went into Kosovo on humanitarian grounds then you are badly mistaken. They neither like nor dislike Albanians, Serbs, Croats or who ever it’s the interest of their corporations that govern their actions. With Camp Bondsteel and others they have Europe under their control and then they look to Ukraine, Georgia et al then towards the resource rich Caspian Sea. Energy flowing from the east would be under US control. The Corporations interest here is making lots and lots of money.
The US attacked Afghanistan because it was not cooperating with its grand design of allowing a pipeline(s) from the Caspian Sea to Pakistan. They did not go there to avenge 9/11 – it was preplanned but they needed an excuse. In fact George Walker Bush entertained the Taliban leadership on his Texas ranch in 1989 to get them to cooperate about the pipelines.
The US does not want to have bases in because strategically it’s not necessary plus Albania they don’t’ want to prop up poor countries – seriously set aside your prejudices and look at the situation closely in Kosovo. The US/EU have done nothing to improve the lives of people in Kosovo except talk about freedom and democracy and the only people to benefit is the local politicians. Also, they don’t need bases in Croatia, Albania or Montenegro and quite frankly they can’t afford them any more either.
Like the Romans, the US is pushing the NATO agenda for manpower reasons only. It’s stuck in two wars with no end in sight and the other NATO members are not fulfilling their obligations so new members have to be found.
Your statement that the US used Kosovo as a chance to improve its image in the Moslem world is true. In fact it goes further the US saw its first chance with Bosnia where they organized with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for him to contribute US$3000 towards a fund to help Bosniaks – this was done on TV. Also, various Jewish lobbies around the world attacked Serbs for their actions in Bosnia. Personally, I thought it was the weirdest strategy ever considering what was going on in Palestine.
There comes a point where promises either lead to something or another path is chosen. Unfortunately, as the US or EU are not going to invest too much money in Kosovo to provide jobs, then religious radicalization could become a problem. Poverty listens when someone offers a solution to problems.

(Amer, 8 January 2010 16:44)

Then why build Camp Bondsteel? To protect the Albanians, I think not. The US does not really trust the Europeans – I mean the mainland Europeans. The UK is different because it cannot survive without US investment otherwise the pound would be the same value as the Albanian Lek. Gordon Brown stated just before becoming PM that he would take troops out of Iraq, Bush reply was “you do that then we will take all US investment out”. Conclusion, the British stayed in Iraq after Brown became PM.
The US planned to attack Afghanistan in 1992. Afghanistan is a major piece in the jigsaw to bring a pipeline from the Caspian Sea to Pakistan so that they do not have to cross any Russian territory. Bill Clinton was being urged to attack first Iraq and after putting in power a friendly government, then go for Afghanistan, all during his first term in office.
Which eastern European nation has not contributed to NATO forces in Afghanistan? Serbia was different. Milosevic did not want to cooperate with the US and the rest is history.
If you do not believe this I certainly will not lose too much sleep over it, but basically what I have said is true. The US did not go to Kosovo because they felt sorry from the Albanians – look at Rwanda.