4U2Play said:No doubt, the balkanization of the Balkans will continue.
I thought the 20th Century ended on September 11th, but it looks like some parts of the world are still living through it.
STING2 said:But this recent change happened without any bloodshed, which is different from what often happened in the 20th century.
roy keane said:STING, once Albanians get part of the territory in Macedonia,they will have borders with Greece.
roy keane said:STING, once Albanians get part of the territory in Macedonia,they will have borders with Greece.
roy keane said:Greece is in NATO and therefore they are in much stronger position then other countries.In my oppinion, Albanians will get Kosovo for sure,part of Macedonia very likely,but with Greece it will be to hard for them,although they will try.At the moment Greeks are more concerned not to let Macedonia to be called Macedonia but Former yougoslav republic Macedonia, because they are historicaly strongly conected with that name(and part of northern Greece is called Macedonia). Sounds a bit confusing,but that's how it is.
But no matter what happens, I hope there will be no more wars in any part of Balcan.
STING2 said:
I recognize Albanians in Macedonia are not happy with their situation there and feel discriminated against. But even they claim they have no desire to secede from Macedonia. The Albanians are to weak from a military standpoint to enforce any sort of a land grab on their own. NATO deployed troops to Macedonia back in 1992 when Bush Sr. was President. NATO has no desire to see Macedonia break up and generally would prefer that Kosovo remain apart of Serbia. Albanians are only 23% of Macedonia, but they are 91% of Kosovo. Nearly half of Macedonia would have to secede for Kosovo to have a border with Greece.
I think the disputes will be resolved peacefully, and the only new division I can see would be an independent Kosovo, and even that might not happen.
roy keane said:
I think you are wrong about certain things.First, Albanians in Macedonia have(had) liberation army(which is belived to be disarmed now) and whos ambition was about 40 % of territory.Remember a short civil war in Macedonia cople of years ago that could have grown into something much bigger.And i would tell you that you are wrong about 23% of Albanian population in Macedonia but i often visit peeling off those dollar bils forum and i know you are king for numbers