> That can only exacerbate the tensions that are leading to the
> terrorisation of
> minority groups, as Albanian victims turn perpetrator themselves.
>
"Victims become victimizers." You know, Balkan nationalism has a special lexicon and idiom. When Serbian nationalists are confronted with crimes committed in their name, they'll often respond by appealing to their own victim status. What about Srebrenica? "Oh, what the Ustashe did to us during the war was far worse." It's discouraging to see so many Westerners adopt this very mindset.
It's also worth pointing out that even back in the 1980's, before Milosevic, a lot of nationalist Albanians in Kosovo fought for an ethnically pure province, against the appeals of the ethnic Albanian Communist government. There aren't any "victim" ethnic groups in the Balkans.
It's also interesting that the tendency among Serbs to appeal to their own victimhood is often cited as evidence of that ethnic group's pathetic self-pity, not to mention their predisposition to genocidal politics. See the New Republic's cover story on "Milosevic's Willing Executioners."
Seth