One of the greatest ironies of the Kosovo question has been seeing Serbia argue against Kosovo amongst the Islamic countries. Serbia that has burned hundreds of mosques in Kosovo and Bosnia and has bloodied its hands with the lives of hundreds of thousands of Muslim civilians just in the last 15 years has the face to sit and argue its case against its former Muslim victims to the world's Islamic countries.

After an initial burst of favorable international publicity over Kosovo’s declaration of independence, Kosovo has faded to the back pages of newspapers and off the evening news. 

Ramush Haradinaj is back in Kosova, acquitted by the ICTY. Anyone who watched the trial or read the transcripts, as I have, could only conclude that the evidentiary record required acquittal. There was no evidence directly tying him to the crimes charged in his indictment. 

Those who favored independence called a meeting in Pristina.  Attendance was strong: a massive crowd filled the sports center, and the meeting was broadcast simultaneously on speakers for the throng of people in the square outside.  The requisite opening remarks were given by a group of three leading politicians, who defined the question of the day as follows: How do we proceed with international acceptance of an independent Kosova?  The floor was opened to the public.  The first speaker was a slight middle-aged man in a tweed coat.  He approached the microphone and cleared his throat. “It seems to me,” he began…