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Old 05-10-2008, 06:02 PM
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I don't know whether it's true that the Kosovo government has any people in it with origins in terrorism, but I don't think that many ethnic Albanians would vote for them. Sure, some might support terrorists. Some Iraqis support Al Queda, some white South Africans supported "The Leader."

This simply does not mean that all of those populations want to destroy their enemies. A large amount either don't care, or even actively protest against the use of violence to resolve disputes. Others are openly hateful of their rivals, but this doesn't mean they want to kill or hurt them.

Imagine what it would be like if the entire populations of both Serbia, Albania, even the whole Balkans fell into that majority.

Many of them do; but one violent act draws more attention than a million people who would never commit such an act. I think we must focus on ways to resolve this without coming to the conclusion that everyone else supports terrorists or wants to destroy the other's country.
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