Today, We are Kosovans
The Flag of newly independent Kosovo (WikiMedia Foundation)
The people have spoken
Many regimes have rolled tanks over the aspirations of their people and shot bullets into the hearts of a few of the people who yearn for freedom.
Men, women and children they can kill but a hope that has become a movement for the emancipation of the people can be delayed, it can be obstructed and it can be temporarily crushed but it cannot be destroyed.
The Balkans has always been the tinderbox that has set Europe on fire much as peace in the Balkans keeps an uneasy calm in Europe.
This day, the people of Kosovo by their democratic will and earnest desire became a nation – the parliament unanimously declared independence from the Republic of Serbia.
A promise to all
Many have welcomed this realisation and others have rubbished the reality as false.
The leaders of the people have vowed to protect the minorities in their new nation whilst they forge ahead building a new identity and ready to play their part in the commonwealth of global nations.
Any nation that would not recognise the validity of this declaration should reflect of why they would deny a people their aspirations and wonder at their democratic credentials.
A treasure un-cherished
Serbia for instance claims that Kosovo is the cradle of Serbia, if it were that precious and priced as a place of their heritage they should probably have been smarter about treating that heirloom with respect and recognition.
They should have striven to unite their different peoples rather than wage wars (Wars waged in 1389, 1448, 1915, 1944 & 1999) and belligerent rhetoric against the dominant and majority occupiers who have a considerably different heritage.
The deed has been done here and hopefully, we can keep the peace and watch this nation grow into a force for good in the old Yugoslavia, the Balkans, Europe and the world at large.
We are Kosovans
There is nothing illegal about realising the aspirations of a people, the memory of the martyrs whose blood flowed to realise this dream shall not have been shed in vain.
Today, we who seek freedom and liberty with safety are together at one with Kosovo.
Today, we are all Kosovans – Long live the independent Republic of Kosovo, we welcome you.
Reference
The timeline to Kosovan Independence
Akin, I believe a right thing done the wrong way is the same as doing the
wrong thing. Kosovo has bypassed International Law and UN arbitration in
declaring it's Independence, setting a bad precedent for other ethnic
groups seeking independence from recognized sovereign nations.
Hello Roosevelt,
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