Albania Gives Bush A Hero's Welcome

Trumpets, Banners, Commemorative Stamps Hail The First Sitting President To Visit Balkan Nation

(CBS/AP)  Albania desperately wants membership in NATO and the European Union, but even though it has soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan and wholeheartedly backs Washington, Mr. Bush has not been that upbeat about its chances.

NATO has pushed forward plans to invite Croatia, Macedonia and Albania to the alliance early next year if they meet membership conditions.

Russia has opposed successive enlargements of NATO into eastern Europe. The likely NATO expansion into the Balkans does not please Russia, but the Kremlin is much more concerned about the prospect that its neighbors Ukraine and Georgia may also be brought into the Western alliance.

“There's a certain map that has to be followed, a certain way forward, there are certain obligations that have to be met,” Mr. Bush said. “My only advice is: work as hard as you possibly can to achieve the different benchmarks that would cause the NATO members to accept Albania.”

Albania also does not seem likely to gain entry into the EU any time soon.

The EU admitted Balkan neighbors Romania and Bulgaria in January. But the EU seems likely to stop there for now, unwilling to take in more poor countries, such as Turkey, Ukraine or Albania, that will cost the wealthier member states billions of dollars in subsidies to bring their economies up to Western standards.

[kastro71]

Its TRUE that albanians are 70% Musslims , 20% Orthodox and 10% Ctholics but remember that they are 100% like JEWs when it came to the NATION, They are 100% Albanians, Long Live ALBANIAN-IZRAEL friendship, Jews and Albanians will rule the world this is NEW WORLD ORDER, 2 oldest Races of the world, choosen by the god protected by powerful AMERICA!!!!!

[kastro71]

Dammn its so stupid to hear all this rubbish :S Albanians are not Religious their religion is Albanianizm and it was always, NATION is GOD for albanians regardless of religious afiliation, and remember albanians will be POWER in balkans with ALBANIA, KOSOVA and MACEDONIA 3 states already for such a small nation, wait another 20 years and youll see much more Montenegro, Grecce and Serbia itself WAIT in LINE.

[ellanios-2009]

Say can you see: Today Kosovo is Free!
Albanian and USA, together for freedom!

No more Milloshevics in Balkan!

[ellanios-2009]

God bless America and Albania(including indipendent Kosovo)

[lars008-2009]

no to kosovo,

no to albania for nato or eu membership,

no to turkey for eu membership and kick them out of nato...

strip all islamic countries of membership in the un... they do not grant equal rights to non muslims...

Is islam a violation of international law???

islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims

all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women 'suffer apartheid'
The daughter of Malaysia's former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/

[lars008-2009]

kosovo belongs to serbia not albanians... albanisns invaded kosovo, raped and terrorized the serbs driving them off their land...

the same as they are doing in thailand, philippines and around the world...

the same as what they will do in the usa...

don't reward fascist nazi islamic muslim murdering terrorists... send them to hell...

Slobodan Milosevic
It was during those early visits - two in the same week - that Milosevic rocketed to national prominence in a communist federal Yugoslavia buckling under nationalist tensions. He mesmerised the mob by assuring the minority Serbs in the ethnic Albanian province that no one would ever "beat them" again. Milosevic had already installed key aides in control of Serbian national television, and the footage of his speeches electrified Serbia. Milosevic himself, until then a dour and orthodox communist, appeared to realise his gift for rhetoric and the power of nationalism. He never looked back.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/yugo/article/0,,1729646,00.html

U.N. court rules Serbia not guilty of genocide
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003590965_genocide27.html

Supreme Court upholds 13-year prison sentence for Kosovo Albanian
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/05/europe/EU-GEN-Serbia-Kosovo-War-Crimes.php

[lars008-2009]

"The Legacy of Jihad," a unique, extensive compilation includes Muslim theological and juridical texts, eyewitness historical accounts by both Muslim and non-Muslim chroniclers, and essays by preeminent scholars analyzing jihad war and the ruling conditions imposed upon the non-Muslim peoples conquered by jihad campaigns. The "Legacy of Jihad" reveals how, for well over a millennium, across three continents %u2014 Asia, Africa, and Europe (including Kosovo) %u2014 non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars, became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic), in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to legal and financial oppression, as well as social isolation. Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad conquests were brutal, imperialist advances, which spurred waves of Muslims to expropriate a vast expanse of lands and subdue millions of indigenous peoples. Finally, the book examines how jihad war, as a permanent and uniquely Islamic institution, ultimately regulates the relations of Muslims with non-Muslims to this day.
http://www.savekosovo.org/default.asp?p=1&au=advisory

Muslim rapes of non-Muslim girls an epidemic
http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2006/02/muslim_rapes_of_nonmuslim_girl.html

[lars008-2009]

Should southern Serbian province of Kosovo be given a status of an independent state? Former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania, James Bissett claims this would be another in the series of major mistakes Western powers committed in the Balkans:
For the past seven years, Kosovo has become one of the most dangerous places on Earth. It is the centre of heroin, weapons and human trafficking into Western Europe. Murder and abduction of non-Albanians are daily occurrences. Civil society is non-existent and living standards are equivalent to those of Haiti. There is evidence that Islamic extremists with al-Qaeda connections are a growing presence. In short, Kosovo has all the characteristics of a failed state.
Under the eyes of the UN and NATO, more than 200,000 Serbs, Jews, Roma and other non-Albanians have been expelled from Kosovo. Those who remain are in constant danger. And some of those encouraged by the UN to return have been murdered. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Agim Ceku, a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, has been accused of war crimes by the Serbs. He is the man who led Croatian forces in 1993 that overran Serbian villages protected by Canadian peacekeepers. When his fighters were driven out, the Canadians found that all of the civilians and animals in the villages had been slaughtered.
http://byzantinesacredart.com/blog/2006/11/joint-criminal-enterprise.html

[lars008-2009]

It is convenient for fascist nazi Islamic muslims to forget that the "Grand Mufti of Jerusalem" went to Germany as a guest of Hitler during WWII...and begged Hitler to find the "final solution" to the jewish problem. This same Grand mufti used his influence to raise Two Muslim SS Divisions in Yugoslavia (Kosovo) and Albaina. These divisions were responsible for the murder of almost 1 Million jews, Serbs and Gypsies.

This same Grand Mufti was the maternal uncle of Yassir Arafat! The Mufti's war continues today worldwide.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/immigration/nazi_arab.htm
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id4/mufti.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=grand+mufti of jerusalem

[rhs648]

Wake Up! The Muslim religion preaches Jihad and world domination by the Muslims. You can sugarcoat this anyway you want. The enemy (extremists) use men, women. and children as shields. They hide in hospitals ans mosques. Further, they blow-up their own people. Yes, get them wherever and whenever we can before they destroy us. As for the herdsmen, Muslims are resonsible for killing many thousands of their own. Seventy herdsmen is unfortunate but nothing compared to what the Muslims do to each other.

[rhs648]

Look at a map. The Muslims do not need Israel's land. The Muslims have more land than they need. Muslims will bet their whole future on war with tiny Israel. The Muslims should try moving away from war and developing what they have, which is plenty.

[zootallures2]

One should always stay where they are welcome. To bad the don't have a big enough military, huh?

[randalds]

"Albania has such an affinity for America that it issued three postage stamps with Mr. Bush's picture and the Statue of Liberty and renamed a street in front of parliament in his honor."

I love it! A stamp with Bush on it! Now rickky and lars will REALLY be able to lick Bush's backside! Their dream *** true!

[samthetvcat]

"The president also was having lunch with the prime ministers of Albania, Macedonia and Croatia, which hope to join NATO next year."

Ahhh, so they have an agenda . . . that explains it . . . you just know there had to be a reason ( lol! ;) )

[jdweymouth]

It's not just Albania. It's all the ex-Soviet nations-including Poland, Romania, The Ukraine, the Baltic States, and even Mongolia.

Germany is also very pro-American (especially the northern half), and so is Israel.

[lastdance2]

RE:
firststate

The initial posting of Iars 008
It was made as a redress :
To keep the troops - In Iraq ! ! !
But ! That's not the issue

Any person who enter into the military.
Must take a "Oath of Loyalty " to the Military and
to the Constitution.

In the chronic - habitual use of : Racist, anti-Semitic.
All of the slander, babbling, incoherent and irrelevant
postings by : lars008

Is evident that - lars008 - Has never taken a "Oath of Loyalty"
to the Military or to the Constitution.

To impersonate a member of the military is :
Identity theft of an Federal Employee
To indicate falsely to being a Military Officer is :
To indicate - Identity theft of a Federal Employee

The Dod Directive 1325.6 - was put into effect.
To address the individual hardships of a single
military person.
Assignments - deployments - ect
Example : "Mother has terminal cancer.
She is not expected, to live much longer.

Dod Directive 1325.6 - Was "not" put in
effect to encourage : Mass political mailings
with form letters.

That type of an endeavor is against the orders.
That are decreed within the : Oath of Loyalty.

There's no excuse. There's no defense.
For anyone who violates that : Oath of Loyalty.
It didn't work, during the Vietnam War.
"It won't work now."

The DoD offered up as protection, for violation of :
The " Oath of Loyalty"
Has already been proven, to be fraudulent.

Lastdance

[jerr11]

The Hero (aka. Decider and Liar-in-Chief) finally comes home!

The Albanians love dictators, Bush should feel right at home there.

[cdfoxtrot]

You know the chimp is in trouble when it takes a cr*ppy, backward little country like Albania to be the only one in the world that sees him a "hero".

[jerr11]

Very appropriate that a former communist country would appreciate our DICKTATOR so much!

I hear Albania is a beautiful country, perhaps the Decider, Dicktator, and Liar-in-Chief will consider moving there after 2008. He will feel right at home there!

[j-whitman]

Lars,,, Name one person who actually made it to heaven & came back to tell you what it's like -- Don't mention Jesus, he was Jewish & fairly liberal for his time.