He was of the view that a NATO peace keeping force (KFOR) would protect Serbs in Kosovo and their cultural heritage and property more effectively than the previous police serving the Milošević government. The change in his views occurred after the 2004 unrest in Kosovo when KFOR was unable to prevent the displacement of 4,000 Serbs, 950 wounded and 19 killed, along with the destruction of 35 Orthodox churches that made Artemije lose confidence in the International Community. Due to the pro-Albanian position of the West and following the Kosovo conflict, Artemije broadened his theological anti-Western sentiments. These entailed critique of the other Christian denominations as heretical except the Orthodox faith and included political aspects of anti-Westernism in relation to perceived double standards by the West in Kosovo.