[NYC-L] Re: [Prishtina-l] BBC: NATO May Let Yugoslav Troops Help Defend Macedonia

[Imer Berisha]

I agree with Dardan.
Let's not rush with any conclusion.
We should not make mistakes that were made at the very beginning regarding 
the UCK in Kosova.
We all know that there are reasons for unhappiness of Albanians in 
Macedonia.
They have virtually ben excluded from the government for decades.
So many Albanians are without citizenship still in Macedonia.
As we know not a single State University in Albanian is allowed, in 
comparison to FIVE in Macedonian.
I am sure that if Albanians in Macedonia would have been treated equally in 
past 50 years, we would not have Albanian fighters.
No matter how much we dislike what is being said about Albanians now, at 
list Albanians should speak about the roots of the unhappiness, instead of 
rushing to conclusion.

I personally do not know how this people are, but I say, let's wait and see.
They might have something to say.  Of course we Albanians should not forget 
that Albanians are a Divided Nation, i.e. divided by others,
initially in two Albania & Yugoslavia, now we mighe end-up living in five 
countries.

No one has ever asked Albanians for this borders, as were not asked 
recentlly when Macedonia and Serbia signed so called "border agreement".

It is not a coincidence that U.S. is not using the term "terrorists".

Once again I say let's wait, with final conclusions.

Regards
Imer


>From: "Dardan Blaku" <dardan at alb-net.com>
>Reply-To: nyc-l at alb-net.com
>To: <nyc-l at alb-net.com>, <mentor at alb-net.com>, <alb-club at alb-net.com>,   
><albanian at listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu>, <prishtina-e at alb-net.com>,   
><prishtina-l at alb-net.com>, <tetova-l at alb-net.com>
>Subject: RE: [NYC-L] Re: [Prishtina-l] BBC: NATO May Let Yugoslav Troops 
>Help Defend Macedonia
>Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:05:36 -0500
>
>Is there any way we can get first hand information from the region? Did
>anybody interview the civilians that fled the area? Does anyone know
>anything about who these uniformed men are? Are we only being based on the
>reports that come from serb/fyrom/non-albanian sources? Let's not make any
>assumptions.
>
>1. The NATO observers said that they were not aware of any groups crossing
>from Kosova.
>2. One Macedonian official declared on BBC that "local albanians in
>Macedonia behave and they do not engage in terrorist activities"
>
>Who are these people? What do they want? If they are Albanians, have
>representatives and state their demands and I am sure that they will 
>receive
>support from Albanians wherever they are. In my opinion, they caused damage
>to the overall image of Albanians in the Balkans, but I am sure that there
>are many ways in which this image can be transformed into a more positive
>one... It is true, the world is starting to see that over 50% of Albanians
>live outside of Albania, but that does not have to mean that Albanians are
>the troublemakers in the Balkans, they are the victims.
>
>I personally am interested to know what is going on. This whole situation,
>this whole puzzle is missing a lot of pieces.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: nyc-l-admin at alb-net.com [mailto:nyc-l-admin at alb-net.com]On Behalf 
>Of
>bekim isufi
>   Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:46 AM
>   To: mentor at alb-net.com; alb-club at alb-net.com;
>albanian at listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu; nyc-l at alb-net.com;
>prishtina-e at alb-net.com; prishtina-l at alb-net.com; tetova-l at alb-net.com
>   Subject: [NYC-L] Re: [Prishtina-l] BBC: NATO May Let Yugoslav Troops 
>Help
>Defend Macedonia
>
>
>   === NYC-L: New York City Discussion Forum ===
>   I would like to point out that personally I think that considering the
>overall situation in the region, especially the fight in the border with
>Macedonia, it could not have been any more ani-Albanian.  Those who started
>the fight (I am deeply conviced) are either organized by Serbia (and their
>friends) or are complete idiots.  Yet, even more I blame our leaders.
>Besides the rhethoric about Kosova's indipendence - which each and everyone
>of them must support if he/she is to have any political future in Kosova),
>they have all done next to nothing about what they should really be doing.
>
>   These (just as have been the last three years), are very very sad days 
>for
>the Albanians in general.  I am still shocked about how can we be so
>politically diorganized, senseless, and vitrually no vision about the
>future.  The help we got it was vitrtually entirely circumstantial, and we
>still fail to think that NATO bombing of Serbia was absolutely, absolutely 
>a
>miracle.  For the first time for the past over two thousand years it
>happened that we had somebody in our side.  Especially since that moment,
>every single second was very, very precious.  We failed to use the 
>momentum.
>We failed to set clear goals, and deligently work toward realization of 
>such
>goals.  Futhermore, we had to convince to the world that an independent
>Kosovo was going to be a good thing for the region.  Instead we let some
>loosers and gangsters, that are or ought to be our disgrace take the
>steering wheel - towards a national suicide.
>
>   Nobody in the Balkans wants more peace than the Albanians, but we have 
>to
>show the world.  We have  to convince the world that we want a better life
>for ourselves and even for our neighbours.
>
>   What has been happening is a complete madness.  And it should really 
>stop.
>If it doesn't, we are going to be paying a very heavy price.  We have to do
>something while there may still be some time life.
>
>   Greetings to all,
>
>   Bekim.
>
>
>
>   >Just few months back the news of letting Yugoslav troops assist in
>   >defending Macedonia 'against Albanian militia' would have seems as
>distant
>   >as believing that the Serb Army would be stationed all over Kosova 
>again,
>   >after all the massacre they committed on the Albanian population.
>   >
>   >Well, the very fact that such move has been considered by NATO, makes 
>one
>   >think where will it stop? The buffer zone? Inside Macedonian border so
>that
>   >the Serb Army can fight alongside Macedonian Army against Albanians?
>   >
>   >Just few thoughts....
>   >
>   >later,
>   >Mentor
>
>
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