Talk:Republic of Iliridaball/@comment-31790865-20191203221451/@comment-31790865-20200817010059

It all lies in history. Kosovo, for the most party of history, was a state which possessed a population which equal in both Serbian and Albanian demographics. It wasn't until the genocides of WWII (which saw Albanian collaborate with the Axis powers, seeing them genocide Greeks in Northern Epirus and Serbs in Kosovo) and Tito's support for Albanian migration into the area that the Albanians became the undisputed majority. But rather than assimilate into the larger entity that was Yugoslavia or Serbia, they chose to conduct acts of separatism and terror which would infamously result in the Kosovo War.

In comparison, Serbs have been living in Bosnia for centuries, given that the Bosniak Muslim was only created after the Ottomans had invaded. Orthodox Christian Bosnians and Serbs predated the existence of the Bosniak Muslim. This, combined with the continual presence of the Serbs in those areas (despite the Bosniak Muslims collaboration with the Ottoman government and their cooperation with the Nazis during WWII, resulting in the genocide of Serbs) gives the Bosnian Serb more of a fitting claim to self-determination than the Albanian Kosovar.

And don't act as if the Albanian government has not delved into the arts of genocide and ethnic suppression! You fail to mention the legacy of Albanian collaboration with the Axis Powers during WWII. You fail to mention the efforts made by the Albanian Kingdom and Communist Regime in suppressing the Greek language, culture and presence within Northern Epirus. You fail to mention the Cham Albanians role in the Greek Civil War and Axis Occupation of Greece. You fail to mention the numerous Albanian terrorist cells that are/were evident within the Presevo Valley, Western parts of Northern Macedonia (called "Illiridia") and southern Montenegro.

The Albanian is just as, if not more guilty when talking about expansionist nationalisms, racism, and genocide. I certainly recognize Greece's faults when it comes to the genocides we conducted during the Greco-Turkish War or the Greek War of Independence. I will be more than inclined to apologise for these actions which I consider heinous. But to sit here and claim that Albania's legacy was crystal clear or free from the dirt that constitutes ultra-nationalism and genocide, more so that they are the victim of the aggressive actions of their neighbours, is naiive at best.