Ok. First off. This

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/...286665912/1001

Is where we get our gratitude for this little move. You were expecting the Serbs to be happy?

As for the embassy burning the Serbs did us a favor. It's hard to argue that the Serbs are now non violent when that happens. Even with the obvious response of "it was only a hundred drunks" a hundred drunks can commit plenty of atrocities. And it's hard to argue that the government would be able to control any anti-albanian drunken actions at all when they can't stop a small crowd in their own boarders when anybody without a mental disability would be able to guess that there would be angry protests at the US embassy.

In short it lets the US hold the moral high ground despite sort of screwing the Serbs over. And it is only going to cost us a piddly amount of money in repairs. Heck like as not we'll get reimbursed by the Serbs.