Just What We Need, Another Muslim State!

Today America and several EU nations extended diplomatic recognition to the province of Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia yesterday. I have a very bad feeling about this.

I admit that when Bill Clinton bombed Serbia in 1999 in order to help the Kosovar Albanians I supported him. I thought that the Kosovars were totally the innocent party and, in those pre-9/11 days, their status as Muslims was irrevelant to me. Not anymore. Now that I understand how radical Islam is digging its roots into Europe it's frightening to think it now has a potential new base of operation.

True, the Kosovar Albanians have been called "secular" Muslims and the president of Kosovo has promised it will be a democratic, multiethnic state. Yet, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which fought Serbia for independence in '98-'99 was known to have radical Islamic elements. The KLA is now disbanded but it's naive, I fear, to think that jihadis won't see an independent Kosovo as a base for the further Islamization of Europe. There's already one predominately Muslim and Albanian nation in Europe: Albania! Why do we need another one? There's something funny going on here. I just hope Europe will figure it out before it's too late.