— @NATO - KFOR (@NATO_KFOR) July 31, 2022
As Lars at GAT Daily points out, Serbia is joined at the hip with Moscow. The core of the former Yugoslavia, it's not a member of NATO or the EU, and it does not recognize the independence of Kosovo.
Hence we have the current escalating tensions, which are about...license plates.
Because it's the Balkans, so of course it doesn't make sense to outsiders. To paraphrase the late, great P.J. O'Rourke, these aren't countries, they're feuds with borders.
Hey, while we're on the topic of the Balkans, let me take a moment to recommend Sean Smith's memoirs of his time in Bosnia and Macedonia in the Nineties as an M.I. ossifer. He's a talented writer and raconteur, deft with a turn of phrase and possessed of a dry wit. If you're reading this blog, you'll love his style.
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