Originally Posted by
Xz2k9
In the 19th century Albanians had almost no allies, Serbia had Russia, France and even the West and they helped Serbia partition and split Ethnic Albania.
Italy and Austro-Hungary were the only ones that were pro-Albanian. And Italy thought Kosovo should be given to Albania and they even referred to it as Albania.
So the alliance between Russia and Serbia goes way back. Alliance between Albanians and US is only recent, and this is mostly for Kosovo Albanians. Serbia waged war on the Kosovo Albanians with the equipment of the Yugoslav National Army so I guess this made Serbia look more bad ass than they are and killing civilians. People might have conspiracy theories, but it was good that the US mingled into the Balkans because Serbia tried ethnic cleansing on Albanians back in the 20th century too and back then Albanians had no support.
Throughout history, Albanians were the most feared warriors in the Balkans , we just never had much union like others did.
Look at Skanderbeg who led an Albanian army against the Ottomans as an example. He managed to unite Albanians. Albanians were the most respected by the Ottomans because they were seen as brave and skilled fighters.
And in Albania, the US were actually driven out by rebels in 97. And the Albanians didn't like Italians mingling either. But Italy again supported a Ethnic Albania in 2nd World War.
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