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‘The Balkanization Of Europe’

The European Union, NATO and the United Nations are all turning a blind eye to the troubles in the Balkans.
NEWSWEEK, June 16, 2008 Issue

Europe's recurring nightmare in the Balkans has returned. On June 15, Kosovo will announce full statehood. But NATO is allowing Serbs to turn northern Kosovo into a new law-free zone for criminal activity.

The West's response: near silence. More than 100 years ago, Bismarck dismissed the region's travails with his remark that "the Balkans were not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."

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