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In 1991, Seselj, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party boasted in Serbia’s parliament that his forces had "gouged the eyes out of a dozen Croats with rusty spoons" and claimed the only solution to Serbia's problems was to “cut the throat of every Croat and every Muslim”. Just last week, Seselj’s proxy only narrowly lost Serbia’s presidency in runoff elections.
Kosovars have suffered at a minimum, attempted genocide at the blood-soaked hands of Serb chauvinism; a genocide forestalled by NATO intervention as a sidelined UN impotently wrung its hands. How can the world even dare suggest that Kosovars suffer in silence under continued Serbian hegemony? Before Serbia can petition its claims, it must thoroughly purge itself of the evil notions of its crypto-Nazi nationalist leaders who even today continue to rant about Greater Serbia, Slav racial purity, an Orthodox crusade against Islam, and medieval Kosovo - Serbia's so-called Jerusalem.
As Germany a generation ago, Serbia too must reconcile itself with its woeful contribution to 20th Century history. Erasing the evils of “etnicko ciscenje" or "ethnic cleansing" will be a least a generation in coming. In the meantime, Kosovo must be given its freedom!
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