Nutrellary: For the sake of our alliance with the United States we must not only remove a fee but also enter war if necessary

When it comes to alliances with the world's most important state that have been crucial to the survival of the Albanian nation in 1920 and 1999, not only is tax removal accepted, but if you need it, we will also have to go into war and shed blood as other US Allied countries have made it”, Nurellar wrote on his Facebook page.

Adri Nurlar's complete statement:

In recent days, arguments of anti-Americanism have resurfaced, or voices trying to relativize or minimize the importance it has for Kosovo, the close alliance with the US. The way these voices are treating the alliance with Americans to justify taxing is naive, irresponsible, and very harmful. When it comes to alliances with the world's most important state that have been crucial to survival of the Albanian nation in 1920 and 1999, not only is tax removal accepted, but if you ask for it, we will also have to go into war and shed blood like other US Allied countries have done. First it must be stressed that the current behaviour with allies is bringing Kosovo out as an incredible and ungrateful partner. Kosovo cannot prove absolute for the fact that thanks to the US's insistence initiative, NATO air strikes from March to June 1999 that ended their ethnic Albanian cleansing. It should not be forgotten that on June 12th, NATO infantry was introduced on Kosovo's territory, leaving Serbian forces permanently. Since then, the KFOR mission has guaranteed territorial integrity and security in Kosovo at very great cost, including over 200 NATO military men who have lost their lives. The US's role has also been crucial not only for Kosovo's liberation but also for independence, consolidation of international subjectivity, statehood or formation of the military, actions it has taken despite the reluctance or objections it has faced by many other allies. So Kosovo has an incalculable debt to what this country has done for us but also has an irreplaceable need to have American support in the future. Kosovo can't behave shamelessly to collect the benefits of American support when it suits them and then when it has to take a move in return, like taxes, speak disparagingly of allies. To understand that the alliance is not only an honor of privilege but also an answer to the task and to better illustrate this is enough to see the involvement of US allies in the war fought in Afghanistan. In solidarity with the US following the September 11 attacks, NATO first launched Article 5 of the Washington Treaty for collective protection. This call was answered not only by NATO countries but also by other partner states were involved in the Afghanistan war under Operation Permanent Freedom and then International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. At its height, this force had about 130 thousand troops of 50 states -- even from partner countries that today do not belong to the 30-member NATO club. From this coalition there have been, up to 2018, there have been 3459 killed among which 2313 are American soldiers to then proceed with 456 British, 157 Canadians, 90 French, 57 Germans, 53 Italians and so on. Even countries considered super peaceful and wealthy have paid a heavy human cost for the sake of loyalty to Americans after Denmark was killed by 43 soldiers, the Netherlands 23 and Norway 10 in these operations have also had many deaths from non-NATO countries involved as 32 people killed by Georgia, 5 of Sweden, 2 of Finland 2 South Korea and so on. So even the world's most developed countries, for the sake of alliance with the U.S., have been willing to offer so many human sacrifices in the desert losers and the highlands of Afghanistan. This is the photograph of Captain Feti Vogli, of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania, which took over the post in February 2012 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, at the age of 31. So even Albania has paid heavily with a testimony to commitment alongside the United States and other allies in the Afghanistan war. These sad data are worth mentioning to understand what the alliance and strategic partnership with a state means.