Tadić calls Council for National Security meeting

In principle I completely agree with Tadic. You can not condone violence any more than you can condone theft. The people of Serbia have been robbed and the US is the main perpetrator of the crime. It is no surprise that people should vent their frustration and anger. Perhaps the US can redeem itself in a small way and learn to forgive.

As for Serbia's reputation - really not worth salvaging. Serbs should be proud of their actions, recognition from some quarters is really not worth having. God is the one whose judgement counts. Most people can see past the media and US ambitions it is after all the information age.

Tadic is 100% correct in demanding law and order. However, he too must realize that whenever such a large assemblage of people occur, things will happen. You cannot fault 99% of the well-intentioned Serbs for a few incidents. Yes, some physical and material damage was done- most of which is repairable. But it's difficult to compare the damage in Belgrade to the damage of losing 15% of your sovereign territory. And perhaps the bigger question is why the Western media is focusing on the relatively minor riot damage compared to focusing on the hundreds of thousand Serbs that partook in a prayer service at St. Sava's Church on Vracar??? I guess showing pious, prayful and hopeful people doesn't fit into the Western "image" of us Serbian people. It's a shame that the West is trying, at all costs, to villify a heroic and noble people.

I think you're giving Kostunica too much credit, and making Tadic to be his partner in crime...

It's not the case.
The parties all agreed on a Kosovo framework. The problem is, HOW it's been implemented. I doubt very much that Tadic and Kostunica have a common method to achieve the means...
Tadic is way more practical, and Kostunica is just using the same old Serbian policital tactics.

Hopefully, everything will cool down. Especially for the sake of the Serbs south of the Ibar..

Serbian Theatre:
a week ago Tadic and Kostunica agree to unify over kosova issue- Serb Gov.t survives teh crisis
teh agreement consists on the fact that Tadic accepts the Action Plan of teh Serbian Gov.t over Kosovo.

roles:

Tadic: teh good gu, condemns teh violence (that is foreseen in teh Action plan that he signed last week)
and attempts not to loose teh links with EU. As a matter of fact they all fear isolation

Kostunica: he has to do the dirty job (and he likes is) organize protest, organize attacks, provocations etc.
Even anthropologically he couldn't play teh role of eth good guy- he has a serious problems of credibility he is part of the serbian political elite since 1990

Can anyone explain to me why Tadic was not at the huge protest on Thursday? I know he was in Romania, but on the day of a state-organised demonstration when 250,000 people were on the streets, it seems to me as if he was running away from it. After all, meetings with foreign governments can be rescheduled. Can anyone enlighten me?

Serbian Theatre:
a week ago Tadic and Kostunica agree to unify over kosova issue- Serb Gov.t survives teh crisis
teh agreement consists on the fact that Tadic accepts the Action Plan of teh Serbian Gov.t over Kosovo.

roles:

Tadic: teh good gu, condemns teh violence (that is foreseen in teh Action plan that he signed last week)
and attempts not to loose teh links with EU. As a matter of fact they all fear isolation

Kostunica: he has to do the dirty job (and he likes is) organize protest, organize attacks, provocations etc.
Even anthropologically he couldn't play teh role of eth good guy- he has a serious problems of credibility he is part of the serbian political elite since 1990

In principle I completely agree with Tadic. You can not condone violence any more than you can condone theft. The people of Serbia have been robbed and the US is the main perpetrator of the crime. It is no surprise that people should vent their frustration and anger. Perhaps the US can redeem itself in a small way and learn to forgive.

As for Serbia's reputation - really not worth salvaging. Serbs should be proud of their actions, recognition from some quarters is really not worth having. God is the one whose judgement counts. Most people can see past the media and US ambitions it is after all the information age.

Tadic is 100% correct in demanding law and order. However, he too must realize that whenever such a large assemblage of people occur, things will happen. You cannot fault 99% of the well-intentioned Serbs for a few incidents. Yes, some physical and material damage was done- most of which is repairable. But it's difficult to compare the damage in Belgrade to the damage of losing 15% of your sovereign territory. And perhaps the bigger question is why the Western media is focusing on the relatively minor riot damage compared to focusing on the hundreds of thousand Serbs that partook in a prayer service at St. Sava's Church on Vracar??? I guess showing pious, prayful and hopeful people doesn't fit into the Western "image" of us Serbian people. It's a shame that the West is trying, at all costs, to villify a heroic and noble people.

I think you're giving Kostunica too much credit, and making Tadic to be his partner in crime...

It's not the case.
The parties all agreed on a Kosovo framework. The problem is, HOW it's been implemented. I doubt very much that Tadic and Kostunica have a common method to achieve the means...
Tadic is way more practical, and Kostunica is just using the same old Serbian policital tactics.

Hopefully, everything will cool down. Especially for the sake of the Serbs south of the Ibar..

Can anyone explain to me why Tadic was not at the huge protest on Thursday? I know he was in Romania, but on the day of a state-organised demonstration when 250,000 people were on the streets, it seems to me as if he was running away from it. After all, meetings with foreign governments can be rescheduled. Can anyone enlighten me?