An interesting thing happened over here in Europe today. Vice-President Joe Biden, on tour in the Balkans this week, went to Serbia today, country whose bombing he had wholeheartedly supported a decade ago, and tried to bury the proverbial hatchet with Serbian President Boris Tadic.
A little back-story to this: since the US-led campaign on Belgrade in 1999, the US, under the diplomacy of the Bush administration, moved towards recognition of the Serbian province of Kosovo, a controversial move vehemently opposed by Serbs of all political stripes, which like much of Bush diplomacy split the world into camps of for and against. As in Iraq, most are still against, and this is also somewhat true within the European Union, where notably Spain, Greece, Slovakia and Romania are still also refusing recognition.
Now, under the Bush administration, forcing Serbia to accept what more of the rest of the world would not accept- partition of Serbia- was par for the course. But, now that you've got change you believe in, Biden is curiously changing the tone in odd and presumptive ways:
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