"NATO peacekeepers still patrol Kosovo. Mr. Nikolic was telling Serbian voters he would toss NATO out of Kosovo — and remove the force that prevents renewed combat and ethnic cleansing."
With due respect, you might have missed some news though:
"Kosovo pogrom 2004" (Nebojsa Malic):
"It is Déjà vu in Kosovo, back to 1999. After four years of creeping secession and covert ethnic cleansing, the Albanians have taken the next step and begun a war on UNMIK, KFOR, and whatever Serbs remained after the 1999 war. Throughout the occupied province, Serb houses and churches are burning, UN offices and KFOR troops are under fire, and those non-Albanians who survived the ethnic cleansing of the past four years are fleeing for dear life, as mobs of well-armed and apparently closely coordinated Albanians continue their rampage. Since Wednesday, March 17, Kosovo has been a war zone."
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/?articleid=2164
This is only one article out of many.
Although I'm not an admirer or supporter of mr Nikolic, I think that some of the remarks in your article are questionable. Fact is that Nikolic made use of the feeling among many Serbians that the West has not shown much respect for them since the 1999 attack on the country and Milosevic's hand-over to ICTY. And that shows in elections.
Sincerely,
JJ van Kempen
The Hague, Netherlands

The term of fascist actually belongs to the Kosovars, NOT the Serbs who actually fought against the fascists in WWII. I can understand that Mr Austin can play upon the ignorance of most of his readers, but that is propoganda, NOT thoughtful commentary. It is outlandish that he can support the ethnic cleansing of the Serbs from their OWN country, while denouncing their attempts to not be ethnically cleansed as genocide. Why is it OK for the Albanians to ethnically cleanse the Serbs? It is even more offensive when one sees NATO finish what Hitler started, which is to ethnically cleanse the Serbs from Kosovo.
The KLA and the government of Kosovo has never made it a secret of their plans. THEY are true fascists since they want an ethnically pure Kosovo without any Serbs, Gypsies or the few Jews that survived the Albanian SS regiment that served under the Nazis. Milosevic and the Serbs made it quite clear that any Kosovars who were willing to be loyal to Yugoslavia were more than welcome to stay in an ethnically mixed Kosovo. The KLA made damned sure that Serbs, Gypsies, and Jews were DEAD or gone.
I recall that when I was young, I asked my dad what he did in WWII. Just what do you think the SS troops told their sons about their service in WWII? Well son, I tried to kill all the damned Jews, Serbs, and Gypsies. We got most of the Jews but couldn't finish up on the Serbs or Gypsies.
As for peace coming about with the current government of Kosovo in place as an independent country that is a vain hope. They have already caused trouble in Macedonia with the ethnic Albanians there. They are still in favor of a greater Albania by taking parts of Serbia, and Macedonia. They have committed genocide against the Serbs in Kosovo, but that is OK since it is OK to kill Serbs like Hitler did. I would look elsewhere for the blame for any conflict rather than at the Serbs. The Serbs did not invade Macedonia and start killing off the poeple there as the KLA did. The KLA was classed as a terrorist organization until the US figured that they could be used as a hammer against the Serbs and Milosevic. The policy that the US followed in that case, will now come back against us with even more nasty results.
It is funny about his off the wall comment about Serbs being odd by celebrating a defeat. I guess Austin must consider Pearl Harbor to be a victory then. Just what does Mr Austin think the US should do when the KLA starts its offensive again against Macedonia and Serbia? The last time we helped them out. Will the US once again support genocide against the Serbs? How about the Macedonians.? Will the US do nothing to stop the Kosovars from doing what they have stated that they will do?
IN short, I suggest Mr. Austin use some common sense and decency for ALL,not just his pet butchers.