Rimusk

Damn it! I swear that independent Kosovo is only a start of enormous changes in the world! I mean, once Kosovo has become a case of gaining independence followed by recognition by many countries including the US in the first instance, quite a number of territories all over the world that are also striving for independence will want to break away just the same!
For that matter, this process would not only involve such countries like Great Britain (where North Ireland, Scotland and even Wales tend to separate from England), Belgium, Spain but even the US itself! Looks like jackass Bush does not even know his own country's history!
For instance, the Republic of Texas (where George W. Bush was raised and later served as the Governor) was a sovereign state one and one and half century ago that formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution! Nowadays, Texas may separate again at any moment and that's when the US will begin to fall to pieces! Did you not happen to thing about that, George? How stupid of you, you silly idiot!
Now, there is a matter of the Lakota Indians who have withdrawn from treaties with the US. FYI Lakota country includes parts of the states of NE, SD, ND, MT and WY. That's hell of a territory!
Then, the Utah separatists would also love to break away. And there is also a problem with Alaska. Imagine that all these territories begin to break away from the US! That's a calamity! The US will cease to be! And all that is an after-effect of damned decision of Bush to support some ****ing worthless Kosovo to break away! You and you alone had sawn off the bough on which we all were sitting! That's excuseless!

jfuh

North Ireland maybe, the rest you mentioned - never gonna happen.

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Red_Dave

Why northern ireland? wouldnt the fact that unionist partys have had a majority in northern ireland since day one [where as scotland has a nationalist government] surgest this isnt likely?

Visional Youth

I can only see this influencing maybe Taiwan. As for the United States the days of a state leaving the Union is long over. A rebellion couldn't compete with U.S military might and wouldn't get many followers. (not that a state would want to leave in the first place)

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danarhea

I don't know about that. I have thought we should saw Florida off from the rest of the US, float it over to Cuba, and let Castro have it. That way, we wouldn't have such crazy elections from people who clearly don't know what they are doing when it comes time to vote. A case in point - Look at all the Democrats who voted for Pat Buchanan in 2000. Don't they know how to read instructions? Hehe.

And Rimusk - Welcome to Debate Politics.

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jfuh

?? How so??

GarzaUK

Scotland is more likely to break with the rest of the UK than Northern Ireland at this point of time.

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aegyptos

And I was so hoping this forum would prove to be a Serbian-free zone....

jfuh

Can't say I really know. But why is that? Isle of Mann?

Visional Youth

Because Americans see each other as Americans now. Not as a Virginian or Texan etc. Now it's more of a UNITED States of America like it should be. We're so concerned about immigrants and terrorists that the thought of anything but safety comming from a fellow state doesn't even cross our mind.