As I said, what Slobodan Milosevic attempted to do in Kosovo stands in stark contrast with what the United States stands for. We are all certainly proud of our backgrounds, where are families originally came from, and that is a good thing. However, we understand that we are Americans first, and that what we have in common is so much more important than what separates or makes us different. It is particularly important that the children of Kosovo see this. No child is born to hate.
People learn to hate.
For hundreds of years, children in the Balkans have been taught to hate those who are different because of their religion or ethnicity. If the peace is going to succeed and hold in Kosovo, the cycle of ethnic and religious hatred needs to come to an end. The children are the key to breaking that cycle. Those children will look up to you. They will listen to you.