🧵Developing Story: The recently arrested leader of “Principi”, an organized crime group in #Serbia told investigators that he was directly connected to and carried out orders for the President of Serbia @avucic and his Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandar Vulin.
@ConceptualJames Albania ended up with a greater number of Jews after the war than it had prior to WWII. False map James, at least when it comes to Albania.
🚨🇽🇰EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – KOSOVO PRESIDENT: “WE’RE THE MOST PRO-AMERICAN COUNTRY ON EARTH!”
Statues of Bill Clinton. Streets named after him. And 97% of the country backing the U.S.—whether it’s a Democrat or Republican in power.
Kosovo’s President @VjosaOsmaniPRKS opens up in a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation on war, survival, NATO, and why Kosovars still see America as their greatest ally.
She details growing up under Serbian oppression. The genocide her people endured. And why Kosovo’s path to independence is nothing like Crimea, Donbas, or South Ossetia.
“Everywhere around Kosovo, the pain is so deep. But you will never, ever meet anyone that wants revenge. Only justice, no revenge.”
From fighting for freedom to joining NATO and confronting China’s growing influence—this is the insider view from Europe’s youngest country, told by the woman leading it.
4:26 - How was Kosovo part of Yugoslavia, and how did it become an independent country?
7:11 - An explanation of the history of Kosovo.
11:12 - “This was a war against innocent women and children.”
12:22 - “Kosovo is the most pro-American nation on Earth.”
14:51 - What’s President Osmani’s take on NATO as an alliance and its military actions beyond Kosovo in recent years?
18:02 - NATO’s intervention in Kosovo had a lasting positive impact beyond securing the people’s survival and independence.
22:41 - Would it be fair to argue that NATO’s role in Kosovo wasn’t as purely defensive as its actions in the Middle East?
24:50 - Historically, Kosovo has played a role in defending Western countries.
27:10 - Kosovo has a statue built of Bill Clinton and a boulevard named after him?
28:55 - Was NATO right to expand eastward after promising Russia it wouldn’t? How much did that influence Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine?
30:02 - Is NATO’s eastward expansion provocative?
33:49 - “The moment a leader puts human suffering as the centerpiece of its decision-making, that’s when peace is possible.”
34:42 - With U.S.–Russia ties improving, does President Osmani believe NATO is still a necessary alliance?
38:42 - How much did NATO’s eastward expansion influence Putin’s invasion? What are President Osmani’s thoughts on Putin’s use of the Kosovo precedent to justify it?
40:15 - If China had missile bases near the U.S., wouldn’t it be seen as a threat—like the Monroe Doctrine suggests? So, why wouldn’t Russia see NATO’s buildup the same way?
44:10 - The common link between both cases is the similar crimes committed—Milosevic in Kosovo and Putin in Ukraine.
46:17 - Does President Osmani think a U.S.–Russia alliance is possible, especially with China rising as a major threat? Would she support such an alliance?
49:08 - Would the world be better today if NATO had welcomed Russia in the 2000s?
51:08 - If Russia joined NATO, would that undermine NATO’s purpose—since it was built to counter Russia?
54:02 - What are President Osmani’s thoughts on Ukraine nearly signing a peace deal in March 2022? Does she think NATO is truly incentivized to end conflicts, or does its structure complicate that?
58:41 - What’s President Osmani’s take on USAID’s role and recent criticism, especially given Kosovo’s status as a recipient of USAID?
1:04:56 - How is President Osmani adapting to Trump’s America, given his criticism of the EU and NATO?
1:07:47 - “We now live in peace because of American leadership.”
1:09:53 - Do the EU’s actions in Romania, Poland, and Hungary—like election interference—worry President Osmani as Kosovo seeks to join?
1:13:03 - President Osmani shares what she experienced during the 1999 war in Kosovo before U.S. intervention.
1:20:11 - “Everywhere around Kosovo, the pain is so deep. But you will never, ever meet anyone that wants revenge.”
If somebody try to argue that NATO illegally bombed YU, please show them this picture: Freezer vans full of killed women and children from Kosova, which were tried to be sunk in the lake in Serbia!