The Kosovo war trial looks like damage control: How far can accountability go without reaching NATO?

Justice is allegedly catching up with Hasam Thaci – that is until it reaches the edge of Western involvement

Prosecutors at The Hague are seeking 45 years in prison for Hashim Thaci, accusing the former president of command responsibility for war crimes the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) committed during and immediately after the 1998-99 conflict that tore up Yugoslavia. 

To an observer attuned to the history of the Balkans, this belated...