Re: Serbia threatens to use force if West recognizes Kosovo
I know this won't make happy Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks, but if I was Serbia I would try to trade Kosovo for the Republic of Srpska.
I know Kosovo is one of the historical territories of Serbia with a long Serbian tradition, but do Serbs really want to keep all those Albanians within their borders? Let's see, if Serbs are allowed to keep Kosovo they'll have to keep all the Albanian population, they won't be allowed to expell them or whatever.
There are two main reasons why the International Community is supporting Kosovo's independence (or annexation to Albania): the ethnic Albanian composition of the region, and the alleged Serbian agression.
Those two same reasons can be used to defend the independence or an annexation to Serbia of the Republic of Srpska.
That's my opinion, for example let's imagine that in 10 years Moroccoans (with Spanish passport) outnumber Spaniards in Ceuta and Melilla (not far from reality), and we weren't allowed to clean them, I wouldn't like to keep Ceuta and Melilla with such a population, I would prefer to give them up to Morocco, no matter how sad that would make me.
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