tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853357367776986982.post2190352424691337030..comments2010-03-07T02:40:09.838ZJames Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102789068184545530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853357367776986982.post-18152321115780900182008-02-16T12:52:00.000Z2008-02-16T12:52:00.000Z

Hello Leo: I’m not sure the KFOR force is necessarily an elephant in the room. As I understand it, NATO and the European Union are not in competition in Kosovo. I guess that the right course of action would be for the NATO force to be withdrawn as and when the situation requires. Alternatively, the Union could take over their role at some later date. On the issue of the European Union force of

James Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102789068184545530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853357367776986982.post-77177518657047731962008-02-16T12:09:00.000Z2008-02-16T12:09:00.000Z

James, good overview of the situation - but you ignore the elephant in the room of NATO. There are still 17,000 troops in Kosovo under the KFOR flag. They have as much a role in ensuring that any move towards independence goes smoothly as the new ESDP deployment. And unfortunately, though it is a nice idea that 1,800 ESDP personnel will all arrive on Saturday, the EU's lack of strategic air

Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161974104560369469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853357367776986982.post-22209187862456796832008-02-15T15:36:00.000Z2008-02-15T15:36:00.000Z

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Excellent post, James. I don't think it is too harsh on the Russians at all...<BR/><BR/>I suspect that there won't be any fighting or bloodshed following independence, and that the situation in the Balkans will actually become both simpler and calmer. Not that all questions will be resolved; there's still the issue of how to reintegrate the Serb-controlled north in the rest of Kosovo.

Marko Attila Hoarehttp://greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853357367776986982.post-44994401091494594092008-02-15T06:26:00.000Z2008-02-15T06:26:00.000Z

This is concise and to the point, if perhaps a little harsh on the Russians.

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