Kosovo Serbs vow to resist deal done in Brussels

[Monash]

The thought of at least putting a fight would certainly enter your mind.

Quite possibly but its not just my wants/desires that would need to be considered. Above all would be needs of my fellow islanders and community members, especially all the noncombatants. Remember this is a small island we are talking about with no significant outside support. I might not like the idea of becoming "Japanese" but the alternative - going it alone in poverty and isolation offers them no hope either. So I either leave or stay and try to make the best of it even if this does mean I have to chow down on a shit sandwich for a while.

[Monash]

Versus, agreed Serbia did only agree to the deal under pressure from the EU and speaking personally I never said I liked the outcomes as negotiated between Serbia, Kosovo and the other parties involved. What I did suggest was that now it has been negotiated and agreed to by everybody else then it was (possibly) the best of a lot of bad options for the Kosovo Serbs.

Personally I see no problem with the small Serbian part of Kosovo merging politically with Serbia itself. (Then again I can say that because I am far removed both geographically and politically from the consequences of such a decision, aren't I?) But the fact is that offer isn't on the table anymore and I can see how EU diplomats would be loath to start redrawing maps in the region given recent history. So unjust or not I think the Kosovo Serbs might just have to accept their situation.

[Versus]

1455 1% Albanian, 98% Serbian, 1% others
1871 32% Albanian, 64% Serbian, 4% others
1899 48% Albanian, 44% Serbian, 8% others
1921 69% Albanian, 26% Serbian, 5% others
1931 60% Albanian, 27% Serbian, 13% others
1939 60% Albanian, 34% Serbian, 5% others
1948 68% Albanian, 27% Serbian, 5% others
1953 65% Albanian, 27% Serbian, 8% others
1961 67% Albanian, 27% Serbian, 6 % others
1971 74% Albanian, 21% Serbian, 5% others
1981 77% Albanian, 15% Serbian, 8% others
1991 82% Albanian, 11% Serbian, 7% others
2000 88% Albanian, 7% Serbian, 5% others
2007 92% Albanian, 5% Serbian, 3%

These are official census figures from Демографија Косова и Метохије — Википедија

[Versus]

Versus, agreed Serbia did only agree to the deal under pressure from the EU and speaking personally I never said I liked the outcomes as negotiated between Serbia, Kosovo and the other parties involved. What I did suggest was that now it has been negotiated and agreed to by everybody else then it was (possibly) the best of a lot of bad options for the Kosovo Serbs.

Personally I see no problem with the small Serbian part of Kosovo merging politically with Serbia itself. (Then again I can say that because I am far removed both geographically and politically from the consequences of such a decision, aren't I?) But the fact is that offer isn't on the table anymore and I can see how EU diplomats would be loath to start redrawing maps in the region given recent history. So unjust or not I think the Kosovo Serbs might just have to accept their situation.

Reasons for our demise lie within our elite and the way how it was formed, which I will try to explain in the autopsy thread. Blaming the others for our demise is very tempting and easy and it is so because it is not true.