For those of you worried that independence for Montenegro would set off a chain reaction of ornery separatism, may I present the US and EU’s major-league neg of a copycat referendum for the infamous Republika Srpska. Kosovo, of course, is well on its way to full breakaway status — but here Montenegrin independence serves as a cherry on top, not a catalyst, of an unfinished ordeal over a decade in the making.
Now if only someone could bring an orderly Balkanization to Somalia. or Sudan. Or Iraq. Or…
