Call to Action! Recognize Kosovo!

I move that the Jay Jay Eight & Family blog formally recognizes the new nation of Kosovo, which declared independence yesterday from Serbia. JJ8 has a proud tradition of sticking up for the little guy, the underdog, and the ethnically diverse. Recognition of Kosovo will be a shining climax of that tradition.

Furthermore, consider:

The Flag:


No conventional, conformist red, white, and blue rectangles here, baby. This is pure medieval throwback. Don't fuck with the red and black, bitch!

The Implications for "Categories": When you're going through the countries, you wouldn't have to use Kazakhstan for K. The drastic reduction in Borat impressions is reason enough to get Kosovo a seat at the global table.

The Russian Angle: Russia wants Kosovo to remain part of Serbia, the U.S. wants it free (basically). That means somewhere in the Kremlin today, a bald, hard-drinking, steely-eyed government official is saying to another, [in thick Russian accent] "There is a new pawn in our long chess game with the West." Russians should be required to say stuff like this at every opportunity. The all-time best example is the following ACTUAL QUOTE from a letter Khrushchev wrote to Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis: "Mr. President, we and you ought not now to pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the more the two of us pull, the tighter that knot will be tied." Chilling... Get James Bond on the phone!

The Battle of Kosovo: Serbia conquered Kosovo in 1389. If you've occupied a country for six hundred years and they still want out, it's time to walk away.

So, JJ8, can we make history by being among the first geopolitical entities to recognize the independence of Kosovo!?!