This thread is....interesting. I don't quite know all the history you're all talking about but I don't see why it's such a big deal(from my un-enlightened point of view). Ranting about how it should be(but apparently won't, for now I guess) and yelling at people who I am guessing know their history that they are wrong isn't going to help you get Kosovo o.O
Also on the war thing, if you threw that war into a...uh, outcome checker-y thing, there are a number of outcomes you will get. One war someone could last 5 years, but then the next they could last 2 days, or perhaps 5 minutes! You never quite know, so I wouldn't base how any war would happen based on a previous one =(