With tomorrow’s expected declaration of an independent state of Kosovo, I sent the following to my congressman (Ron Paul), and similar letters to my two senators (Cornyn and Hutchison) and president Bush — and I urge you to do some research, and then you’ll certainly want to do the same:
There has been enough balkanization of The Balkans with our hands all over it. This is not — and never was — any of our business. If president Bush proceeds with recognition of Kosovo as an independent state, please introduce and support legislation to declare said recognition null and void. Should they retain operations as an independent state for an extended period of time (five years?) — without our help/meddling, then we probably ought to officially recognize what will then have become the status quo.
‘Balkanization’ is used to mean, “the social disintegration of a relatively stable country or region, generally brought about by the introduction of external agitators.” As best as I can tell…those agitators, the brutal Kosovo Liberation Army, were equipped and financed by we in The West.
In case you haven’t noticed, or have been wondering what it is you have been witnessing here in your own back yard…the US is also the target of attempts at balkanization. Many of our agitators are coming from south of the border…along with those who do indeed make the crossing in search of a better life for themselves and their families. Others have come from Asia. Who do you think is behind all the efforts to keep people from having to learn English so that they might have a chance to integrate into, and benefit from, traditional American society?
I might also add that after the breakup of the Soviet Union…a good thing…that the Russian Federation, i.e., classical Russia, was also the target of balkanization. Chechnya was the best-known attempt. It almost worked. Reimposition of a strong central authority was Putin’s response…and for that, he is seen by most Russians as a hero. (With so much centralized authority and hero-worship comes the possibility for tyrany…which I hope they can avoid. We avoided tyrany when George Washington turned down the new American Crown by remembering that a motto of enough of our revolutionaries was, “No king but King Jesus!” That motto included that we would also have none of His self-proclaimed representatives in a position of absolute authority. We have had religious presidents, members of Congress, and justices on the Supreme Court — but never did they act as official representatives of their particular brand of religion. The power of their ‘followers’ was thus always kept in check.)
