[ngrost24]

-a Albanians from Albania have nothing to do with Yugoslavia, it's like saying Italians from italy weren't ever really a part of France. -b From the comments it looks like Albanians from Kosovo weren't the only ones who didn't like the government of Yugoslavia from that period. If the government doesn't foster inclusion and cooperation, then fractures happen, whether you're "part" of the prevailing culture or not. Albanians were not a minority in Kosovo, the same way that Slovenes are not a minority in Slovenia (and I think you'll agree that the size of the population is similar).

[Keyframe]

> -a Albanians from Albania have nothing to do with Yugoslavia, it's like saying Italians from italy weren't ever really a part of France.

No, not really. More like Italians from New York were never part of USA (they were). Albanians were a minority throughout ex-yu and always showed inclination towards the eagle state, never yu. But you already knew what I was talking about because you rightly said:

> Albanians were not a minority in Kosovo

which I guess is true (I don't know by heart stats) since it was always considered kind of alien culture to all of the others including Vojvodina; Never integrated, always closer to Albania. However this might be just my perspective from Croatia.

[ngrost24]

> More like Italians from New York were never part of USA (they were).

Please re-read my statement that you quoted. Italians from New York is completely different from Albanians from Albania. Albania is a country where the overwhelming majority is Albanian.

> Never integrated, always closer to Albania.

Whether the Albanian population in ex-Yu showed inclination towards Albania can be argued either way, but I don't see the Albanian population in Macedonia do the same thing (took up arms and fought at the risk of losing their lives for independence). Considering someone alien makes it much easier to segregate, ostracize, denigrate, punish and abuse them. Ask yourself whether the ex-Yu government would have been able to do the things they did to Kosovo if they have called them our brothers (or even called them citizens of Yugoslavia) or if they called them "those Kosovo aliens that don't want to integrate".