Once again, at the first sign of trouble the mighty United Nations slinks away in fear—to France: UN staff evacuated in Kosovo. (Hat tip: Machal.)

United Nations personnel in Kosovo’s flashpoint town of Mitrovica have been evacuated following two days of ethnic violence, a United Nations spokesman said early on Friday.

“We have been evacuated,” the spokesman told Reuters by telephone from the ethnically divided town which suffered major violence, especially on Wednesday when about six Serbs and Albanians were killed there.

“We are in the French base,” he said, referring to NATO-led peacekeeping troops based in Mitrovica.

He gave no details on the reason for the evacuation.

These are the useless idiots who John Kerry and his fellow travelers think will save the day in Iraq.