Rioters Try To Attack U.S. Consulate

Oh, for frak's sake, just shoot them already!

And to think, we were going to take our family vacation there this year.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Police fired tear gas at Bosnian Serb rioters Tuesday to prevent them from storming the building of the U.S. Consulate after protests against Kosovo's independence.

A smaller group split away from the almost 10,000 peaceful protesters in Banja Luka and headed toward the U.S. Consulate, breaking shop windows along the way and throwing stones at police who blocked the streets leading to the building with armored vehicles.

Several officers were seen limping after a rain of stones poured down on them before police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. (H/T - CNN)

When I joke about one of those "loser countries," Bosnia-Herzegovina is usually at the top of my list. These knuckleheads have been infighting since 1992 - when the country declared its independence from Yugoslavia - and after sixteen years of violence, nothing has changed. They're the Somalia of Europe.

Do you see the pattern here? A portion of the former Yugoslavia declares its independence, sparks a war, then settles down before the nonsense starts again!

My only question is this: if this violence has been indicative of the area for almost two decades, why do we still have a consulate there? Pack up, get out of Dodge, and let them destroy each other.