CLINTON GETS STATUE!, Hero in Kosovo

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Former President Clinton unveils statue in Kosovo
By NEBI QENA, Associated Press Writer Nebi Qena, Associated Press Writer
Sun Nov 1, 11:46 am ET

PRISTINA, Kosovo – Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name.

Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.

This is his first visit to Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year.

Many waved American, Albanian and Kosovo flags and chanted "USA!" as the former president climbed on top of a podium with his poster in the background reading "Kosovo honors a hero."

Some peeked out of balconies and leaned on window sills to get a better view of Clinton from their apartment blocks.

To thunderous applause Clinton waved to the crowd as the red cover was pulled off from the statue.

The statue is placed on top of a white-tiled base, in the middle of a tiny square, surrounded by communist-era buildings.

"I never expected that anywhere, someone would make such a big statue of me," Clinton said of the gold-sprayed statue weighing a ton (900 kilograms).

He also addressed Kosovo's 120-seat assembly, encouraging them to forgive and move on from the violence of the past.

The statue portrays Clinton with his left arm raised and holding a portfolio bearing his name and the date when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia, on March. 24, 1999.

An estimated 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed during the Kosovo crackdown and about 800,000 were forced out of their homes. They returned home after NATO-led peacekeepers moved in following 78 days of bombing.

Leta Krasniqi, an ethnic Albanian, said the statue was the best way to express the ethnic Albanians' gratitude for Clinton's role in making Kosovo a state.

"This is a big day," Krasniqi, 25 said. "I live nearby and I'm really excited that I will be able to see the statue of such a big friend of ours every day."

Clinton last visited Kosovo in 2003 when he received an honorary university degree. His first visit was in 1999 — months after some 6,000 U.S. troops were deployed in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission here.

Some 1,000 American soldiers are still based in Kosovo as part of NATO's 14,000-strong peacekeeping force.

Police in Kosovo upped security measures ahead of Bill Clinton's arrival by adding deploying more traffic police and special police.

NATO officials said the peacekeepers were also on alert, although no additional security measures were taken.




President Bill gets a STATUE in KOSOVO HONORING HIM AS A HERO!

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I consider this....'delicious'! First President Obama gets the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...Now President Bill gets a STATUE!...DELICIOUS I SAY!

This post has been edited by REV PAPA BEAR on Nov 2 2009, 01:42 PM

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For those of you who do NOT feel punished enough from the above story we have the MANY faces of Hillary Clinton!

This post has been edited by trueconservative on Nov 2 2009, 01:48 PM

Cousin...This THREAD is a CLINTON-LOVE-FEST! Was H-Rod there with Bill? :?:

I wonder.... :blink:

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Just like me.... they long to be...CLOSE TO YOOOOOOU! ;)

This post has been edited by REV PAPA BEAR on Nov 2 2009, 04:50 PM

Unbelievable that Clay hasn't come along to tell us how evil the Clinton's are yet. :laugh:

Oh, just wait. He'll get to it eventually. :rolleyes:

Very impressive.

Can you imagine what Dubya must be saying. . .

"Daddy, daddy, Gore and Obama got a peace prize, Clinton got a statue and I got nothin' but almost a couple of shoes in the face!! Wah!!"

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This represents the WORLD VIEW which is POSITIVE!

Not the RADCON VIEW which is INCREDIBLY NEGATIVE!

What the conservative radio and Network airwaves could USE is a GOOD ENEMA!

To release ALL that FAT trapped around their HEADS!

(By the way, you KNOW Bill is the "devil" and Hillary is Beelzebub)

This is amazing! Bill Owens takes a Congressional Seat...The President wins the Nobel Peace Prize...AND CLINTON GETS A STATUE! :clap: :clap:

I AM BESIDE MYSELF WITH JOY!!!! :laugh:

Leave it to you to try to overshadow EVERYTHING with the CLINTONS!!

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGH!

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HERE IS WHAT THAT STATUE SHOULD LOOK LIKE!

This post has been edited by trueconservative on Nov 8 2009, 05:02 PM

Everybody says I am toooooo NEGATIVE! Now here I am TRYING to be POSITIVE and you 'punk' me down just because I am using the CLINTONS as a POSITIVE EXAMPLE! :angry:

If WE can be POSITIVE about Democrats such as Barack Obama & Al Gore then why are BILL & HILLARY CLINTON TABOO? I admire ALL DEMOCRATS!

(including DENNIS THE MENACE KUCINICH! I TOUT ALL DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS!!!) :clap:

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You make President Bill very SAD with your attitude toward him! His actions never knowing got anybody maimed or killed...I am SURPRISED at you cousin...your trying to stop OUR CLINTON LOVE FEST!!!

This post has been edited by REV PAPA BEAR on Nov 8 2009, 05:20 PM