Kosovar Independence

[CPTL]

Not sure what to think of this. It's not every day that a country declares independence. Still, my news channel continues to devote 23 1/2 hours per day to the "speeches vs. solutions" conundrum.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23203607

Western media likes to sensationalize things (what a profound statement). Apparently, Belgrade is exploding in protest with an entire 1,000 people. Excuse me if I feel underwhelmed.

I spent about 7 months in 2000 patrolling the Bosnian side of the Drina river, including the little towns of Bratunac and Srebrenica, with Serbia on the other side. (Understand: it's a different country, with different issues, but a common history.) The country is beautiful, and the people are "just like us." (Whatever that means.) I could never understand why they didn't like each other.

This isn't a political forum. However, we do have one Serbian member. Vukota: what's the scoop on the ground?