But so far he has demurred. But colleagues and friends say that Veton, which means thunder and lightning in Albanian, is nothing if not calculating. He won't enter the political fray unless he can win, they say, and he has no chance to become Kosovo's president any time soon, in part because of his Western-style bluntness. Indeed, if Surroi had hoped that his editorial would win him supporters, he severely miscalculated. Many of his longtime friends and associates, while horrified at the Albanian-perpetrated violence, nevertheless disagree adamantly with his claim that the revenge attacks are in any way systematic or organized.
People here are very frustrated.
But it's not fascism. Vjosa Dobruna agrees. But no one writes that. Dobruna says she is in contact with three former KLA commanders who during the conflict regularly provided her with reliable information regarding the numbers, whereabouts and medical needs of displaced persons. All three acknowledged the presence of rogue soldiers and criminals, but denied that anyone in the former KLA command structure had initiated a systematic program of revenge.