Kosovo and Beethovan's Ode To Joy

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia endorsed by Kosovo's parliament in a special session today is a foregone conclusion. Kosovo has been part of Serbia from Serbian perspecive, but this erstwhile province of erstwhile Yugoslavia has been a protectorate of the United Nations since 1999 when NATo forces airbombed Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic into submission ending Serbian ethnic cleansing in Kosovo that left nearly 850,000 ethnic Albanians as refugees in neighbouring Albania and Macedonia.
I was overwhelmed with joy after I watched BBC report on the declaration of independence of Kosovo whose population of two million people includes 90 per cent ethnic Albanians (Muslims) and 10 per cent ethnic Serbs (Christians). The European Union and the United States (the country which, according to Islamists, is out to destroy Islam!) are expected to recognise the newborn nation much to the chagrin of Serbia and its patron Russia. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's announcement that Kosovo would be a democratic country that respected the rights of all ethnic communities was followed by nightlong partying, celebration and concerts. An estimated 80 tonnes of fireworks were used to celebrate the independence of the new country that perhaps would be a finale of the dissolution of former Yugoslavia as federation cemented by communism.What would you expect the top leaders of Kosovo to be doing tonight to celebrate the independence? Going to mosques and thanking God for the independence from `infidel' Serbia? No. They gathered in a sports hall in Pristina where Kosovo Philharmonic Orchestra played Beethovan's `Ode to Joy'. Wonderful, isn't it? TV channels show people in Kosovo carrying flags of the EU, the U.S. and Albania. Cheers to the new nation.