I thought when I read last week that the Secretary of State was headed to the Balkans, I thought for a second or two, maybe she’ll actually do it:  Apologize for our needless, unprovoked attack on Serbia in 1999!  (If I were President [Lord have mercy on the USA!] I would go to the Serbian parliament first foreign trip I go on and give that apology!)

But no, it appears, we have not learned:

Later in Belgrade, the two met Serbia’s nationalist president, Tomislav Nikolic, and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic.

Clinton told them that normalizing ties with Kosovo, which broke off from Serbia four years ago, is critical for Serbian aspirations of entering the 27-nation European Union. She urged progress in talks with Kosovo about issues such as freedom of movement, customs, utilities and government services, without calling for Belgrade to immediately recognize the independence of its former province.

We will continue to rub their noses in it.  Serbia ought to tell the EU to go to….

About Elwood Sanders

Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)

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