'Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself.'
Johny,
your words make no sense and you are misinformed if you call America the world.
Serbia was not self isolated under Milosevic. Serbia was under embargo imposed on her. Before the embargo and well throughout Serbia had multi layered exchanges with many countries in the world. Cuba was only isolated by and from NATO states even not all of them, in the rest of the world Cuba played and it is playing significant political and economic role ever since the revolution. North Korea is a bit different one but again the only countries they have isolated from was South Korea and guess who else...
“have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds”
-Sure I did not forget, but I think he did it because of the expectations from the EU. Mr Kostunica knew that if the radicals were ruling the country the EU would have had a good excuse when granting Kosovo independence. Thus, I believe he wanted to fool the EU by leaving them no much space to easily grant independence with ruling democratic coalition. However, the EU chooses to stab democrats anyhow and recognise Kosmet. Now, when the EU did the dirty work, Mr Kostunica does not have to make those choices any longer but certainly can focus on priorities and his priority seems to be Kosovo by all peaceful means. When he wanted to sue the countries for recognising Kosovo DS decided to stab him in the back by rejecting his proposal. And I remember Vuk Jeremic and Tadic were also speaking publicly that Serbia is going to sue those countries. Wonder what happened in meantime and why DS became so silent on this possibility. Anyway, the point is that if the one does not have support in coalition for important issue and if their opinions are diametrically opposed then the coalition must end.
If DSS accept coalition with DS I see no difference in future and the government won’t be stable at all, unless DS accept to run DSS policy, which is unlikely.
It looks as if Kostunica and his DSS are set to destroy SRS in order for DS to win the elections. He is making SRS look very radical and not suitable for current mood in Serbia. Also he is intentionally putting Russia in the game just to remind people of Serbia what future would Russia offer to them if they go Russia way. People still remember days when Russia was more powerful than today but its satellites like Bulgaria, Romania etc were in a desperate state.
I think that Serbs are to take a very hard decision when voting, but i hope that they vote for EU integration
Serbia can't stay away from the EU spell. If it doesn't join EU in the next 5-8 years Serbia will not be able to compete with EU goods and it will fall in shambles. Swiss has resisted from its' banks, Norway from the fishing...but they all will fall under EU, one by one. Mark these words.
Crveni Vuk, come on man, don't make me laugh. How did Kostunica decide that Nikolic could save Kosovo by making him speaker, then suddenly Kostunica decided the next day that Tadic could save Kosovo and backed DS?
I hope you are not suggesting he is not that stupid or incompetent to change his mind like this. There must have been a political reason. I really hope that Kostunica didn't bow to western pressure on that because if he did, everything he says about patriotism and not taking orders from abroad is a lie.
'SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops'
And where is the money going to come from for that? Do you know how bad the situation is at the moment in the army? It will require hundreds of millions of dinars just to improve the situation, never mind to quadruple the size of the army. Completely unrealistic and even the radicals won't do it.
I thank god that at least if SRS / DSS take power that their promises and bravado will be exposed as a big nothing. (Anybody for a cheap loaf of bread 10 dinars, 5 dinars perhaps?).
I am confident of this, but it will be a shame that the country will have to suffer to remind easily manipulated people that leaders do not deliver what they promise.
Kostunica's only goal is to bring Serbia into a deep isolation. This is the only way that he and his cronies such as Ilic can maintain power. His stances on Kosovo will only hurt the Serbs in the long run and will not change the facts. Most people in Serbia want to be part of the EU and have suffered enough under the tyranny of a few. Those who left to live in the diaspora..it is easy for you to dictate how people should live when you have everything and your livelihood is not in question. If Kosovo is so important that Ii suggest all those who feel such a traumatic loss to immediately move there.
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
(bganon, 25 March 2008 15:48)
Kostunica picked the DS instead of the SRS because he thought that he might have a chance of saving Kosovo that way, now that we have had Kosovo illegally ripped away, it is time for him to go into a coalition with the Radicals. The DSS can take care of the economy and fancy diplomacy, and the SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops. Not like Tadic, less than 20.000 officers. Oh and, he never said we have to choose, he said first Kosovo, then EU.
"“There is neither isolation nor the possibility of Serbia being exposed to sanctions. Self-isolation doesn’t exist because no state ever has done that,” he added. "
Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself. What you said above Mr. Kostunica is a pure lie. All these countries self isolated themselves because their leaders do not like or do not fit in the world we live in.
see tadic and company comments, borders dont matter, arms sent to kla are harmless, and see how right this man kostunica was all along. he said this is ds policy, in someone else's, not serbia's interest. and he was right. i voted for tadic when i was too stupid to see. thats my shame and my mistake. thank god for elections so soon where those of us who made a horrible mistake can at least make some sort of amends
Sounds like the man has a case, I think he understands the situation quite well. Keep well, Sir and keep Serbia neutral so that no lives will be wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq and other such adventures.
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
Kostunica is an experienced politician. He did not rule out any alternatives so he is able to form a new government with a partner to the left or to the right, even though both DS and SRS will get much higher votes. Kostunicas reasoning means he is not counting on SRS to get 50% of the votes. If they do, then he is history.
nowadays it's impossible to stand still..
serbia must decide !
i hope it will choose Moscow but in any case it must say if Serbia wants a kind of "autocracy" Russian style or a kind of "democracy " western style...
This guy doesn't seem to understand where he stands on.
By rejecting EU he is going to achieve a big NOTHING. Neither he nor anyone else (including god himself) is going to get Kosova back to Serbia. Sooner or later Serbia will decide to joint EU no matter what, I give it the most 5 years. These kind of politicians like Kostunica are still trying to stage a show to show their contempt towards EU. Of course this will totally fulfill the "needs" of those who write over the internet, within EU, just to kill time. The question for Serbia on joining EU is not only about isolating itself, is about: Is Serbia happy with current situation, is Serbia's current standard of living equal or better than EU? If the answer is yes, than stay where you are, really is not need to join EU, just like Norway or even Switzerland (a very bizarre comparison by the way). The time of stubborn and arrogant diplomacy has passed a long time ago.
I totally agree, as Serbia has no other concerns other than Kosova. It has “no” economy problems, “no” military problems, “no” investments problems etc etc. so Belgrade politicians can deal with the only problem they have: An independent and internationally recognized Kosova.
Absolutely agree with Mr Kostunica on everything he said in regard to the EU and NATO membership. However, I cannot understand why he doesn’t firmly exclude possible coalition with DS since we all know DS’s policy in regard to all these important issues. The DS does not care for Kosovo, all they care is to succumb to the pressure coming from the EU, they don’t care for Serbia’s best interests. They would sign SAA at any costs, they would join the EU at any costs and ironically they would push Serbia into criminal NATO at any costs.
All we need is complete neutrality in regard to the EU and NATO. I do support cooperation but not any membership. We certainly don’t need anyone outside (read Brussels) to dictate our policy and our interests. We have to completely modernise and capacitate our National Army and raise its moral on the highest level and as such we don’t have to join any military organizations such as NATO whose sole purpose nowadays is to spread democracy all over the world by cowardly dropping bombs with depleted uranium.
And yes, Serbia should sue all the countries that recognise Kosovo. If we don’t try then we don’t know what would be the outcome. We have to try by all means to preserve Kosovo under Serbia’s sovereignty. We are talking about the brutal violation of the law and the dispute can be only resolved before the International Court. So far DS did not agree on this possibility and that impales direct support of the countries that have recognised Kosmet by far. Do I have to say anything further about DS policy towards Serbia? I don’t think so, it is crystal clear whose interests these EU puppets represent.
Absolutely agree with Mr Kostunica on everything he said in regard to the EU and NATO membership. However, I cannot understand why he doesn’t firmly exclude possible coalition with DS since we all know DS’s policy in regard to all these important issues. The DS does not care for Kosovo, all they care is to succumb to the pressure coming from the EU, they don’t care for Serbia’s best interests. They would sign SAA at any costs, they would join the EU at any costs and ironically they would push Serbia into criminal NATO at any costs.
All we need is complete neutrality in regard to the EU and NATO. I do support cooperation but not any membership. We certainly don’t need anyone outside (read Brussels) to dictate our policy and our interests. We have to completely modernise and capacitate our National Army and raise its moral on the highest level and as such we don’t have to join any military organizations such as NATO whose sole purpose nowadays is to spread democracy all over the world by cowardly dropping bombs with depleted uranium.
And yes, Serbia should sue all the countries that recognise Kosovo. If we don’t try then we don’t know what would be the outcome. We have to try by all means to preserve Kosovo under Serbia’s sovereignty. We are talking about the brutal violation of the law and the dispute can be only resolved before the International Court. So far DS did not agree on this possibility and that impales direct support of the countries that have recognised Kosmet by far. Do I have to say anything further about DS policy towards Serbia? I don’t think so, it is crystal clear whose interests these EU puppets represent.
Sounds like the man has a case, I think he understands the situation quite well. Keep well, Sir and keep Serbia neutral so that no lives will be wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq and other such adventures.
see tadic and company comments, borders dont matter, arms sent to kla are harmless, and see how right this man kostunica was all along. he said this is ds policy, in someone else's, not serbia's interest. and he was right. i voted for tadic when i was too stupid to see. thats my shame and my mistake. thank god for elections so soon where those of us who made a horrible mistake can at least make some sort of amends
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
(bganon, 25 March 2008 15:48)
Kostunica picked the DS instead of the SRS because he thought that he might have a chance of saving Kosovo that way, now that we have had Kosovo illegally ripped away, it is time for him to go into a coalition with the Radicals. The DSS can take care of the economy and fancy diplomacy, and the SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops. Not like Tadic, less than 20.000 officers. Oh and, he never said we have to choose, he said first Kosovo, then EU.
I totally agree, as Serbia has no other concerns other than Kosova. It has “no” economy problems, “no” military problems, “no” investments problems etc etc. so Belgrade politicians can deal with the only problem they have: An independent and internationally recognized Kosova.
This guy doesn't seem to understand where he stands on.
By rejecting EU he is going to achieve a big NOTHING. Neither he nor anyone else (including god himself) is going to get Kosova back to Serbia. Sooner or later Serbia will decide to joint EU no matter what, I give it the most 5 years. These kind of politicians like Kostunica are still trying to stage a show to show their contempt towards EU. Of course this will totally fulfill the "needs" of those who write over the internet, within EU, just to kill time. The question for Serbia on joining EU is not only about isolating itself, is about: Is Serbia happy with current situation, is Serbia's current standard of living equal or better than EU? If the answer is yes, than stay where you are, really is not need to join EU, just like Norway or even Switzerland (a very bizarre comparison by the way). The time of stubborn and arrogant diplomacy has passed a long time ago.
“have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds”
-Sure I did not forget, but I think he did it because of the expectations from the EU. Mr Kostunica knew that if the radicals were ruling the country the EU would have had a good excuse when granting Kosovo independence. Thus, I believe he wanted to fool the EU by leaving them no much space to easily grant independence with ruling democratic coalition. However, the EU chooses to stab democrats anyhow and recognise Kosmet. Now, when the EU did the dirty work, Mr Kostunica does not have to make those choices any longer but certainly can focus on priorities and his priority seems to be Kosovo by all peaceful means. When he wanted to sue the countries for recognising Kosovo DS decided to stab him in the back by rejecting his proposal. And I remember Vuk Jeremic and Tadic were also speaking publicly that Serbia is going to sue those countries. Wonder what happened in meantime and why DS became so silent on this possibility. Anyway, the point is that if the one does not have support in coalition for important issue and if their opinions are diametrically opposed then the coalition must end.
If DSS accept coalition with DS I see no difference in future and the government won’t be stable at all, unless DS accept to run DSS policy, which is unlikely.
Kostunica is an experienced politician. He did not rule out any alternatives so he is able to form a new government with a partner to the left or to the right, even though both DS and SRS will get much higher votes. Kostunicas reasoning means he is not counting on SRS to get 50% of the votes. If they do, then he is history.
Crveni Vuk, come on man, don't make me laugh. How did Kostunica decide that Nikolic could save Kosovo by making him speaker, then suddenly Kostunica decided the next day that Tadic could save Kosovo and backed DS?
I hope you are not suggesting he is not that stupid or incompetent to change his mind like this. There must have been a political reason. I really hope that Kostunica didn't bow to western pressure on that because if he did, everything he says about patriotism and not taking orders from abroad is a lie.
'SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops'
And where is the money going to come from for that? Do you know how bad the situation is at the moment in the army? It will require hundreds of millions of dinars just to improve the situation, never mind to quadruple the size of the army. Completely unrealistic and even the radicals won't do it.
I thank god that at least if SRS / DSS take power that their promises and bravado will be exposed as a big nothing. (Anybody for a cheap loaf of bread 10 dinars, 5 dinars perhaps?).
I am confident of this, but it will be a shame that the country will have to suffer to remind easily manipulated people that leaders do not deliver what they promise.
Kostunica's only goal is to bring Serbia into a deep isolation. This is the only way that he and his cronies such as Ilic can maintain power. His stances on Kosovo will only hurt the Serbs in the long run and will not change the facts. Most people in Serbia want to be part of the EU and have suffered enough under the tyranny of a few. Those who left to live in the diaspora..it is easy for you to dictate how people should live when you have everything and your livelihood is not in question. If Kosovo is so important that Ii suggest all those who feel such a traumatic loss to immediately move there.
'Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself.'
Johny,
your words make no sense and you are misinformed if you call America the world.
Serbia was not self isolated under Milosevic. Serbia was under embargo imposed on her. Before the embargo and well throughout Serbia had multi layered exchanges with many countries in the world. Cuba was only isolated by and from NATO states even not all of them, in the rest of the world Cuba played and it is playing significant political and economic role ever since the revolution. North Korea is a bit different one but again the only countries they have isolated from was South Korea and guess who else...
"“There is neither isolation nor the possibility of Serbia being exposed to sanctions. Self-isolation doesn’t exist because no state ever has done that,” he added. "
Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself. What you said above Mr. Kostunica is a pure lie. All these countries self isolated themselves because their leaders do not like or do not fit in the world we live in.
It looks as if Kostunica and his DSS are set to destroy SRS in order for DS to win the elections. He is making SRS look very radical and not suitable for current mood in Serbia. Also he is intentionally putting Russia in the game just to remind people of Serbia what future would Russia offer to them if they go Russia way. People still remember days when Russia was more powerful than today but its satellites like Bulgaria, Romania etc were in a desperate state.
I think that Serbs are to take a very hard decision when voting, but i hope that they vote for EU integration
nowadays it's impossible to stand still..
serbia must decide !
i hope it will choose Moscow but in any case it must say if Serbia wants a kind of "autocracy" Russian style or a kind of "democracy " western style...
Serbia can't stay away from the EU spell. If it doesn't join EU in the next 5-8 years Serbia will not be able to compete with EU goods and it will fall in shambles. Swiss has resisted from its' banks, Norway from the fishing...but they all will fall under EU, one by one. Mark these words.
This guy doesn't seem to understand where he stands on.
By rejecting EU he is going to achieve a big NOTHING. Neither he nor anyone else (including god himself) is going to get Kosova back to Serbia. Sooner or later Serbia will decide to joint EU no matter what, I give it the most 5 years. These kind of politicians like Kostunica are still trying to stage a show to show their contempt towards EU. Of course this will totally fulfill the "needs" of those who write over the internet, within EU, just to kill time. The question for Serbia on joining EU is not only about isolating itself, is about: Is Serbia happy with current situation, is Serbia's current standard of living equal or better than EU? If the answer is yes, than stay where you are, really is not need to join EU, just like Norway or even Switzerland (a very bizarre comparison by the way). The time of stubborn and arrogant diplomacy has passed a long time ago.
Kostunica's only goal is to bring Serbia into a deep isolation. This is the only way that he and his cronies such as Ilic can maintain power. His stances on Kosovo will only hurt the Serbs in the long run and will not change the facts. Most people in Serbia want to be part of the EU and have suffered enough under the tyranny of a few. Those who left to live in the diaspora..it is easy for you to dictate how people should live when you have everything and your livelihood is not in question. If Kosovo is so important that Ii suggest all those who feel such a traumatic loss to immediately move there.
I totally agree, as Serbia has no other concerns other than Kosova. It has “no” economy problems, “no” military problems, “no” investments problems etc etc. so Belgrade politicians can deal with the only problem they have: An independent and internationally recognized Kosova.
nowadays it's impossible to stand still..
serbia must decide !
i hope it will choose Moscow but in any case it must say if Serbia wants a kind of "autocracy" Russian style or a kind of "democracy " western style...
"“There is neither isolation nor the possibility of Serbia being exposed to sanctions. Self-isolation doesn’t exist because no state ever has done that,” he added. "
Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself. What you said above Mr. Kostunica is a pure lie. All these countries self isolated themselves because their leaders do not like or do not fit in the world we live in.
see tadic and company comments, borders dont matter, arms sent to kla are harmless, and see how right this man kostunica was all along. he said this is ds policy, in someone else's, not serbia's interest. and he was right. i voted for tadic when i was too stupid to see. thats my shame and my mistake. thank god for elections so soon where those of us who made a horrible mistake can at least make some sort of amends
It looks as if Kostunica and his DSS are set to destroy SRS in order for DS to win the elections. He is making SRS look very radical and not suitable for current mood in Serbia. Also he is intentionally putting Russia in the game just to remind people of Serbia what future would Russia offer to them if they go Russia way. People still remember days when Russia was more powerful than today but its satellites like Bulgaria, Romania etc were in a desperate state.
I think that Serbs are to take a very hard decision when voting, but i hope that they vote for EU integration
“have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds”
-Sure I did not forget, but I think he did it because of the expectations from the EU. Mr Kostunica knew that if the radicals were ruling the country the EU would have had a good excuse when granting Kosovo independence. Thus, I believe he wanted to fool the EU by leaving them no much space to easily grant independence with ruling democratic coalition. However, the EU chooses to stab democrats anyhow and recognise Kosmet. Now, when the EU did the dirty work, Mr Kostunica does not have to make those choices any longer but certainly can focus on priorities and his priority seems to be Kosovo by all peaceful means. When he wanted to sue the countries for recognising Kosovo DS decided to stab him in the back by rejecting his proposal. And I remember Vuk Jeremic and Tadic were also speaking publicly that Serbia is going to sue those countries. Wonder what happened in meantime and why DS became so silent on this possibility. Anyway, the point is that if the one does not have support in coalition for important issue and if their opinions are diametrically opposed then the coalition must end.
If DSS accept coalition with DS I see no difference in future and the government won’t be stable at all, unless DS accept to run DSS policy, which is unlikely.
Absolutely agree with Mr Kostunica on everything he said in regard to the EU and NATO membership. However, I cannot understand why he doesn’t firmly exclude possible coalition with DS since we all know DS’s policy in regard to all these important issues. The DS does not care for Kosovo, all they care is to succumb to the pressure coming from the EU, they don’t care for Serbia’s best interests. They would sign SAA at any costs, they would join the EU at any costs and ironically they would push Serbia into criminal NATO at any costs.
All we need is complete neutrality in regard to the EU and NATO. I do support cooperation but not any membership. We certainly don’t need anyone outside (read Brussels) to dictate our policy and our interests. We have to completely modernise and capacitate our National Army and raise its moral on the highest level and as such we don’t have to join any military organizations such as NATO whose sole purpose nowadays is to spread democracy all over the world by cowardly dropping bombs with depleted uranium.
And yes, Serbia should sue all the countries that recognise Kosovo. If we don’t try then we don’t know what would be the outcome. We have to try by all means to preserve Kosovo under Serbia’s sovereignty. We are talking about the brutal violation of the law and the dispute can be only resolved before the International Court. So far DS did not agree on this possibility and that impales direct support of the countries that have recognised Kosmet by far. Do I have to say anything further about DS policy towards Serbia? I don’t think so, it is crystal clear whose interests these EU puppets represent.
Sounds like the man has a case, I think he understands the situation quite well. Keep well, Sir and keep Serbia neutral so that no lives will be wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq and other such adventures.
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
(bganon, 25 March 2008 15:48)
Kostunica picked the DS instead of the SRS because he thought that he might have a chance of saving Kosovo that way, now that we have had Kosovo illegally ripped away, it is time for him to go into a coalition with the Radicals. The DSS can take care of the economy and fancy diplomacy, and the SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops. Not like Tadic, less than 20.000 officers. Oh and, he never said we have to choose, he said first Kosovo, then EU.
Crveni Vuk, come on man, don't make me laugh. How did Kostunica decide that Nikolic could save Kosovo by making him speaker, then suddenly Kostunica decided the next day that Tadic could save Kosovo and backed DS?
I hope you are not suggesting he is not that stupid or incompetent to change his mind like this. There must have been a political reason. I really hope that Kostunica didn't bow to western pressure on that because if he did, everything he says about patriotism and not taking orders from abroad is a lie.
'SRS can take care of more simple things, like getting the army back up to 80.000 professional troops'
And where is the money going to come from for that? Do you know how bad the situation is at the moment in the army? It will require hundreds of millions of dinars just to improve the situation, never mind to quadruple the size of the army. Completely unrealistic and even the radicals won't do it.
I thank god that at least if SRS / DSS take power that their promises and bravado will be exposed as a big nothing. (Anybody for a cheap loaf of bread 10 dinars, 5 dinars perhaps?).
I am confident of this, but it will be a shame that the country will have to suffer to remind easily manipulated people that leaders do not deliver what they promise.
Serbia can't stay away from the EU spell. If it doesn't join EU in the next 5-8 years Serbia will not be able to compete with EU goods and it will fall in shambles. Swiss has resisted from its' banks, Norway from the fishing...but they all will fall under EU, one by one. Mark these words.
Kostunica is an experienced politician. He did not rule out any alternatives so he is able to form a new government with a partner to the left or to the right, even though both DS and SRS will get much higher votes. Kostunicas reasoning means he is not counting on SRS to get 50% of the votes. If they do, then he is history.
bmrusila its quite obvious that Kostunica won't rule out co-operation with DS.
While Kostunica is preaching patriotic language have you forgotten already the last time Kostunica chose between the radicals and ds? Why did he do that? Have you even thought about it? Could it be that his words are designed to fool people? Yes he sounded reasonable last night on television, but I'm not going to be fooled by this unity rubbish anymore. Unity for Kostunica means that you have to agree with whatever he does, or you become a traitor, in service of foreign interests, if you do not.
And the idea that one must choose between Russia and the West is as stupid as the idea of choosing between joining the EU or keeping Kosovo.
Oh lets not forget who first coined the idea that Serbia must choose between Kosovo and Europe?
Oh yes Richard Holbrooke!
'Serbia self-isolated itself during Milosevic. North-Korea self isolates itself. Cuba self isolates itself.'
Johny,
your words make no sense and you are misinformed if you call America the world.
Serbia was not self isolated under Milosevic. Serbia was under embargo imposed on her. Before the embargo and well throughout Serbia had multi layered exchanges with many countries in the world. Cuba was only isolated by and from NATO states even not all of them, in the rest of the world Cuba played and it is playing significant political and economic role ever since the revolution. North Korea is a bit different one but again the only countries they have isolated from was South Korea and guess who else...
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