I am hoping that the Macedonian politicians take a stand for what their people want and quit letting the Albanians push their neighbors around. It is high time someone puts a stop to their mission for a "Greater Albania" Macedonia doesn't owe them anything more then they have already done, and as you said not only will it allow the new autonomous area to join ALbania, it would also take many Macedonians that live their away against their will. This should be stopped and the ARM should protect it's citizens on the border from the high amount of violence that happens there. I would rather see a conflict then a greater Albania, they are the primary reason for the problems facing the Balkans, and the Balkan states should stand up for once.

"I am hoping that the Macedonian politicians take a stand for what their people want and quit letting the Albanians push their neighbors around. It is high time someone puts a stop to their mission for a 'Greater Albania'" Agreed.

Hmmm, weren't the Balkans supposedly the high point of the Clinton administration's foreign policy? It seems that Komaraden Madeline Not-so-bright was claiming that not so long ago...

Looking at what Macedonia has become one of the few highpoints is their units fighting in Iraq. The rest of Macedonian history is bogged down by bigger nations standing over them and not letting Macedonia rise up to become a true nation and power in the Balkans.

macedonia needs to reform and gain strength and to protect itseld internally as well externally.

First of all there is no Macedonian ethnic group. The people who live in that place are Slavs that came to the aria when the Vizantin Empire was on charge. Macedonians was and always be Greeks. The reason that they teach you that you come from ancient Macedonians is because you have no real ancient history. Sorry for that but it is true. Apart of that you must be very careful because Albanians want to take over your country. I propose you to unite with Greece.

so you base the fact that an ethnic group needs "ancient history" to be one? Your sadly mistaken, as i can name several groups that have changed their ethnic names due to the nation they move to. Plus though they are slavic it is easier to distinguish by splitting them up based on nation since it is easy to understand the problems in Yugoslavia if you break it up that way instead. If you were to say the slavics were fighting the albanians it would make it sound like a two sided war, which is wrong. Plus what right does Greece have to say that Macedonia should be annexed by them? Greece is just warmongering and trying to gain territory that Greece hasn't owned. Greece seems to forget that there was no ancient nation called Greece, but just a bunch of nations right by each other that were all at each others throat until someone stronger came along. And why would you really try to destroy the only success story of the Yugoslavian breakup and the home of Mother Teresa?