Nikolić steps down

There's nothing like a poke in the eye from the Radicals to get the 'Democrats' to put aside their egos and fall into line :)

The largest, most voted for party in Serbia is almost completely shut out of the government. The EU & US have effectively imposed their will on the Serbian people. If a democratically elected party is shut out of all the important decision making positions, is that a democracy or an outside imposed dictatorship?

When a people as a nation elect its most radicals to power, it is the duty of other nations to let them know that they do not agree. I am with the US and other countries and I share the view that Nikolic is not the best person to represent Serbia actually. I hope that the Serbs will reflect on this and be a bit wiser after more than a decade of political and solcial disarray.

Zoran,
I know that your heart is bleeding now after the resignation of Nikolic. Maybe you should move from the USA to Serbia, get the serbian citizenship - if you don't have it yet - and get tough with the EU. It is time that somebody like you straighten out those people of Brussels.

Victor wrote:
"it is the duty of other nations to let them know that they do not agree"..

Ahhhh Victor, now you're starting to see..
The people vote for the best candidates to run their country, and the rest of the world tell them whether it's okay or not..

"I am with the US and other countries"

Just like Saudi, Iranian, and Central American, and African dictatorships, eh Victor?? As long as it suits US's needs, don't worry about minorities.

Believe me, I despise Milosevic, and the cronies that ran the Serbian name into the ground, but let me tell you one thing.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media..

Any scientist/sane person can see the complete oxymoron of this new definition of democracy, that is let a majority of one nation decide what's best for her interests but provided the assumption that the big powers are in line with this decision.

This is not only politically wrong and a total disgrace to the modern global order.

And to put it in "western" terms, "leave KiM alone, allow Serbia to unite with the sibling and neighboring country Rep. Srpska, give to Serbia what you have taken, hope, money,etc..." and then
ask her politely to put aside the radicals...

Thats the way business is done.

he was elected to scare people into reality and he did his job and now back to business as usual.

Believe me, I despise Milosevic, and the cronies that ran the Serbian name into the ground, but let me tell you one thing.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media..
(Pijetro, Monday, 14 May, 2007, 15:42)

Sadly, you couldn't be more right Pijetro. It's in the US's interest to keep Mubarak, Musharraf, and the Saudi royal family in power, just like it was in their interests to keep Tudjman and Milosevic in power in the 1990s and Saddam Hussein in power in the 1980s. Idealism only works if it coincides with strategic interest.

I can certainly see how SRS can resonate with Serbian voters. I mean here you have a nation that is confronting the notion that Serbia should give up Kosovo and SRS is the party that clearly seems to be more concerned with Serbian territorial integrity rather than EU membership. Heck, I would vote for SRS or any other "radical" party if I found out my country may loose a part of its territory.

But the Democrats are the right party for this country right now. What I think would help the Serbian people more, both in the short and the long run, is continued peace and sustained economic growth. And I believe that the latter simply cannot be achieved without complete European integration, friendliness, and joint cooperation with Serbia's immediate neighbors.

But but... You need to have the right sort of democracy. Regardless of what you think about the Fatah/Hamas situation, Hamas won massively and the EU/US didn't like it. If Tony Blair can talk to the IRA etc. etc. what is the problem?

The EU & US still believe they have the right to inflict the 'right kind' of misery on sovereign states regardless of whether they are democratic or not.

They can't do it with China, so they don't try. What exactly does that tell you about US/EU commitment to 'democracy'?

Still, one day the shoe will be on the other foot....

Good riddence! The SRS is the equivalent of the US Klan party.

No-one has imposed their will on the Serbian people. Thinking like that does Serbia no good. The radicals couldn't form an goverment. Kostunica might not be the most pro-western politician, but he wouldn't go as far as to form a goverment with the radicals.

In the end this was the only outcome posible, this or new elections. It's just a shame Kostunica wouldn't step down as prime minister and let that position go to Tadic party.

«.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media.. »

I do not agree! The USA will never be on the side of nations who deliberately tried to commit a genocide. I understand that at times the USA behavior is questionnable, but the Americans always try to bring something positive to the people they fought for.

There's nothing like a poke in the eye from the Radicals to get the 'Democrats' to put aside their egos and fall into line :)

The largest, most voted for party in Serbia is almost completely shut out of the government. The EU & US have effectively imposed their will on the Serbian people. If a democratically elected party is shut out of all the important decision making positions, is that a democracy or an outside imposed dictatorship?

When a people as a nation elect its most radicals to power, it is the duty of other nations to let them know that they do not agree. I am with the US and other countries and I share the view that Nikolic is not the best person to represent Serbia actually. I hope that the Serbs will reflect on this and be a bit wiser after more than a decade of political and solcial disarray.

Zoran,
I know that your heart is bleeding now after the resignation of Nikolic. Maybe you should move from the USA to Serbia, get the serbian citizenship - if you don't have it yet - and get tough with the EU. It is time that somebody like you straighten out those people of Brussels.

Victor wrote:
"it is the duty of other nations to let them know that they do not agree"..

Ahhhh Victor, now you're starting to see..
The people vote for the best candidates to run their country, and the rest of the world tell them whether it's okay or not..

"I am with the US and other countries"

Just like Saudi, Iranian, and Central American, and African dictatorships, eh Victor?? As long as it suits US's needs, don't worry about minorities.

Believe me, I despise Milosevic, and the cronies that ran the Serbian name into the ground, but let me tell you one thing.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media..

Any scientist/sane person can see the complete oxymoron of this new definition of democracy, that is let a majority of one nation decide what's best for her interests but provided the assumption that the big powers are in line with this decision.

This is not only politically wrong and a total disgrace to the modern global order.

And to put it in "western" terms, "leave KiM alone, allow Serbia to unite with the sibling and neighboring country Rep. Srpska, give to Serbia what you have taken, hope, money,etc..." and then
ask her politely to put aside the radicals...

Thats the way business is done.

he was elected to scare people into reality and he did his job and now back to business as usual.

Believe me, I despise Milosevic, and the cronies that ran the Serbian name into the ground, but let me tell you one thing.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media..
(Pijetro, Monday, 14 May, 2007, 15:42)

Sadly, you couldn't be more right Pijetro. It's in the US's interest to keep Mubarak, Musharraf, and the Saudi royal family in power, just like it was in their interests to keep Tudjman and Milosevic in power in the 1990s and Saddam Hussein in power in the 1980s. Idealism only works if it coincides with strategic interest.

I can certainly see how SRS can resonate with Serbian voters. I mean here you have a nation that is confronting the notion that Serbia should give up Kosovo and SRS is the party that clearly seems to be more concerned with Serbian territorial integrity rather than EU membership. Heck, I would vote for SRS or any other "radical" party if I found out my country may loose a part of its territory.

But the Democrats are the right party for this country right now. What I think would help the Serbian people more, both in the short and the long run, is continued peace and sustained economic growth. And I believe that the latter simply cannot be achieved without complete European integration, friendliness, and joint cooperation with Serbia's immediate neighbors.

But but... You need to have the right sort of democracy. Regardless of what you think about the Fatah/Hamas situation, Hamas won massively and the EU/US didn't like it. If Tony Blair can talk to the IRA etc. etc. what is the problem?

The EU & US still believe they have the right to inflict the 'right kind' of misery on sovereign states regardless of whether they are democratic or not.

They can't do it with China, so they don't try. What exactly does that tell you about US/EU commitment to 'democracy'?

Still, one day the shoe will be on the other foot....

Good riddence! The SRS is the equivalent of the US Klan party.

No-one has imposed their will on the Serbian people. Thinking like that does Serbia no good. The radicals couldn't form an goverment. Kostunica might not be the most pro-western politician, but he wouldn't go as far as to form a goverment with the radicals.

In the end this was the only outcome posible, this or new elections. It's just a shame Kostunica wouldn't step down as prime minister and let that position go to Tadic party.

«.....If it was the US's best interest to keep him in power, Nikolic would be Prime Minister, President, Speaker, and leader of the media.. »

I do not agree! The USA will never be on the side of nations who deliberately tried to commit a genocide. I understand that at times the USA behavior is questionnable, but the Americans always try to bring something positive to the people they fought for.