Kosovo unique!

The idea of Kosovo precedent is not real. Each conflict has its peculiarities although all four conflicts on the GUAM territory have much in common, said U.S. political scientist Vladimir Socor. However, according to him, these conflicts cannot be compared to the Kosovo one. “What’s going oThe idea of Kosovo precedent is not real. Each conflict has its peculiarities although all four conflicts on the GUAM territory have much in common, said U.S. political scientist Vladimir Socor. However, according to him, these conflicts cannot be compared to the Kosovo one. “What’s going on in Kosovo? An ethnic cleansing took place, afterwards all refugees returned to their homes. NATO, EU and U.S. keep the situation under control. There is a UN mandate of supreme representative of the international community for Kosovo, who is actually the Governor of the region. West’s protectorate is observed there. Now, what’s happening in Karabakh, Transdnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia? No NATO, no EU, no U.S., no UN mandate, no representative of the international community. Russia is the only power to control the military and political situation on these territories. Armenia is Russia’s ally in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” he said. If someone wants to create a Kosovo precedent and apply it to the post-soviet space, the action should be accompanied with deployment of NATO forces and invitation of the European Union for economic responsibility, he said. “Presence of western international law enforcement organizations, liquidation of consequences of ethnic cleansings and return refugees to their homes should be secured,” the American political scientist supposed. ORIGINAL

Enjoy that article, well let me run a few obvious statements by you. Firstly, the idea that Kosovo's imposed independence won't influence other regions of the world is a funny one, because I can see the same foul Western liberation/interference in the Sandzak region of west Serbia only years later. That too will be a unique case, completely incomparable with the possible status of Republika Srpska let alone Russian 'statelets' in the Caucasus. But then again, it may have some precedent, and serve as a good example of how the 'free world' can help create yet another model mini-state called, "Srebrenicka Palanka" (Srebrenica).

Another thing, that simply strikes me as crazy is the idea of having NATO resolve the status of Russian claimed territories.