World: Kosovo Independence Stirs Protests

The US Embassy in Belgrade Serbia has been attacked and set afire.

World War I started because of a Serbian assassinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in the city Sarajavo.

The region has known turmoil for a long time.

Where do we stand now?

The ball is in the Serbian court. They are making lots of noise about Kosovo Independence because Kosovo has historic significance to the Serbians but their ethnic group accounts for only a small percentage of that region's population.

The question is whether their protestations will take the form of military action to regain control of the area.

If they make that move then the ball will be in the court of the rest of Europe: will they intervene to stop such a military action.

If they opt to stop such a drive by the Serbians the ball will be in Russia's court: will they back the Serbians?

If the Russians get involved, what will the USA do?

One must hope we don't wind up with a world war over this but it was a sequence of action and reaction that plunged the world into war in 1914.

Stay tuned.