Serbia’s Rebel Youth

Be realistic: USA, UK, France, Croatia, Slovenia, etc. have take a responsibility for what was happened yesterday in Belgrade. The broke the International law and acts of UN, and didn't respect the integrity of Serbia. They provoke everything.
It's a shame that American society are not well informed about Kosovo problems. They know only about Milosevic and 1998. and 1999., but they don't know what kind of crimes made Albanians in a past decades, they don't know that Serbian government was fight against Albanians terroristic organization KLA.
It' s very clear that US government would fight also against terrorists on their own territory using much more forces then Serbia does. This is one unfair treatment to Serbia and Serbs. There is no truth about Serbia, just one dirty campaign.

The article failed to point out that the majority of the protesters peacefully went home, but a smaller percent (which was still a huge crowd) mostly football fans and young people were breaking in to shops, robing stores, burning buildings, attacking the embassy, and so on. I think the sadist thing was that everybody knew this was coming and nether the politicians nether the police didn't prevent it from happening.

The article failed to point out that the majority of the protesters peacefully went home, but a smaller percent (which was still a huge crowd) mostly football fans and young people were breaking in to shops, robing stores, burning buildings, attacking the embassy and so on. I think the sadist thing was that everybody knew this was coming and nether the politicians nether the police didn't prevent it from happening.

ROMANS 12:9-21
19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[b]says the Lord.

Before offending Slavic and Serbian women with the primitive comments unworthy of a decent human being, you should learn world history. Here I, a historian, who have taught in the USA schools for decades, offer to educate you, the lowbrows:
Before the 6th century, the Balkans were colonized by the Slavs. A few Slavic states appeared on the territory of present day Serbia by the 7th century including the Slavic Serbian state in the North of present day Kosovo called Rashka (??ka zemija). During the formation of Slavic states they were gradually Christianized beginning in the time of Byzantine emperor Heraklius (610 - 641 AD) (?????????????????? in Greek) . Heraklius founded the Byzantine imperial dynasty that ruled for 100 years. By the middle of the 9th century a strong Slavic state was formed on the territory of Serbia including Kosovo. In the 9th century there was an intensive expansion of the Bulgars. In the 10th century Kosovo became part of the Bulgarian Kingdom under Bulgarian King Semyon the Great. But in 1018 the Bulgarian Kingdom was conquered by Byzantium and Kosovo including Rashka (??ka zemija) became part of the Byzantine Empire. By 1190 Kosovo and Metohija were recognized part of the Serbian Kingdom which became independent on Byzantium .Modern Kosovo became an integral part of Serbia in 1208.

In 1217 Stephan (The First Crowned) was crowned as a king of Serbia (including the present day Kosovo that became an integral part of Serbia). In 1219 the Serbian Orthodox Church was established. Three Orthodox episcopacies were formed on the territory of Kosovo. In the end of the 13th century the residence of the Serbian Metropolitan (Archbishop) was moved to Pech (?????????? in Serbian) in Kosovo. Kosovo became the religious, cultural and political center of Serbia. Vast lands in Metohija and western Kosovo were given to Serbian orthodox Church. Many Orthodox monasteries and churches were founded here. The most famous Orthodox monasteries and cathedrals were built in Metohija and Kosovo. Famous castles located in Kosovo, were used by Serbian kings as their residences.
During the reign of Stephan Dushan (1331 - 1355) , Serbia, including the territory of Kosovo, achieved its golden age. After Dushan's death Serbia was split into a few weakened kingdoms. In the 1360s Kosovo was divided between three princes as a result of the feudal wars, between Nikola Altomanovich, prince Lazarus and King Vukashin.
In 1371 the territory of Macedonia and south of Kosovo fell under the Turks when king Vukashin was defeated. Prince Lazarus tried to unite Serbia with the help of the Orthodox Patriarch to face the Turks. But in 1389 the united Serbian Army was defeated by the outnumbered army of sultan Murada I in Kosovo, and prince Lazarus himself was killed. Serbia became an vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.

In the beginning of the 15th century under Stephan Lazarovich Serbia experiences a short period of renaissance when the unity of Serbian territory was restored. As a result of the Turkish invasion Serbia became a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. The Muslims squeezed out the Christians from all major administrative positions. This is when the Muslim Alban population appeared in Kosovo from which the Serbs had to flee to the mountains to preserve their identity and Christianity. Christian Serbs were not allowed to carry arms or to occupy civil positions. Serbs became the underdogs of the Ottoman Empire. During the Turkish occupation the Serbs led liberation movements which were repeatedly defeated. In the 17th c. Austria became an ally in the Serbian liberation movement which was successful at times on some territories, but Austria was defeated in the Austrian-Turkish war of 1735-1737. The Serbian liberation movement came to an end. As a result, the Serbs had to leave the Southern territories, their lands, on which they lived for about 1500 years and move to the North. 37,000 families moved out from the territory of Kosovo and Southern and Central Serbia. In the end of the 17th century Albanians started moving into the territory that was abandoned by the Serbs. By the middle of the 17th century about half of the Albanians were converted to Islam. Muslim Albanians successfully integrated into Muslim Turkish culture, started serving in the Turkish army and took key administrative positions. In the end of the 18th century the Albanians started colonizing the nearby abandoned Serbian territories. In 1780 most of Kosovo's territory fell under the rule of Mohamed-Pasha, who created his own state with the center at Skadar Lake. Mohamed-Pasha recognized the Ottoman Empire only nominally. In 1831 Mahmud-Pasha's army was defeated and the central power of the Ottoman Empire was restored. Because of the the Ottoman Empire's conquering Albania more Albanians moved to Kosovo, and by the middle of the 19th century over 50% of the Kosovo population were Albanians. In the beginning of the 19th Serbia became independent from the Ottoman Empire. Kosovo became part of the Serbian Kingdom in 1918.

Serbs have all the rights to defend their historic heartland. What would happen and how we would behave if the Mexican population here in California will announce Independence of the Mexican Republic based on ethnicity or on their religion? How the English will react to Northern Ireland's declaration of independence based on a century of war, when multitudes of thousands of Irish Catholics were killed in the most brutal way? What about the world's response if Italy takes over Vatican and makes it an integral part of its republic? There are myriads of the craziest scenarios that can be declared legal by insane politician who pursue their own personal interests. The Kosovo declared independence is one of those crazy scenarios that is self serving and distroys reason and the world stability. Here I, a historian, who have taught in the USA schools for decades, offer to educate you, why the Serbs have the legal and moral right to defend their religious, cultural and historic heartland which is one of the the riches in European history.

Just because watts, compton, jersey city were burnt ae well in the 60's/70's by a few idiots, no one said that african-americans protesting for there rights should be bombed again ??!!

Long live the independent republic of Calitexarinewmexico !! How about the Souix Republic as well !

The sadest thing is that more than 200.000 people were praying in our biggest church st.sava trying to send a democratic message to the world, and this all was ruined by a group of hoolingans which saw a great opportunity to burn, destroy and rob shops! And all efforts made by a normal, sain people trying to channel their despair, due to the loss of Kosovo, into something creative and positive was not only diminished, but brutalizely repressed by those who only seek out for opportunity to destroy! This morning Belgrade woke up with a mix of shame, doubt, disgrace and numerous questions to which our goverment will soon have to answer!!! It was their responsibility to PROTECT all embassies, shops, OUR OWN CITY!!! I too oppose to the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, but I will never, like the vast majority of my contryman, accept the abuse of any form of violence! I refuse to be seen as a savage, just because my goverment is incompetent to their job, which in the first place is to protect the lives of their citizens and insure the safety of all domestic and international properties in our country. The direct guilt for devistations that took place last night in my home town lay upon our incompetent goverment! Not only they our guilty for that, but also for the message they have sent to world - instead of pictures from a peacfull and dignified protest from Belgrade, the world witnessed how minority of hooligans ruled out the democratic aspirations of the vast majority!!

Long live the independent republic of Calitexarinewmexico !! How about Souix Republic as well !

@Nduli, Albanian roots n origins:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMr5OC41k8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AS03tOLuV7E
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NfgkK2Kj4pM