John McCain

Dear B92, Serbia is going thru a dramatic moment in its history with the country being partitioned and the best you can come up with as an editorial is a piece about American domestic politics - phew, what is next!! There is far too much latitude given to Mr Montgomery... can you at least keep it relevant to Serbia?

I already wrote about American elections. There's really nothing to elect. Democrats and Republicans are on exactly the same page when it come to major problems America is facing today, such as globalization. Minor things such as gay rights, that don't make a difference in how is country managed were left to the people to decide, creating illusion that they are the ones making important decisions.
Bganon asked Montgomery to provide us with some imput as to which of the candidates supports what opption when it comes to Kosovo, etc.
Bganon.
They ALL support the same option. It's like that on every single isssue of any importance.
Let's see.

"We'll watch to see how the events unfold today. The Kosovans are now independent. It's something I've advocated along with my government," Bush said.

So much for the republicans. But, what about democrats?


Earlier, Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden all welcomed Kosovo Albanians' independence declaration.

One of the Democrats' presidential hopefuls, Clinton, called for a speedy recognition of Kosovo's independence.

Her rival, Obama, echoed the same sentiment, and added that he hoped Kosovo's authorities and people will do everything to make it a positive example of "democracy and rule of law".

Another democrat, Biden, who is the Foreign Policy Committee chair in the U.S. Senate, said he will soon call on his colleagues to join him in "expressing the Senate's support for Kosovo's independence".

So, appearantly 100% of the Americans support independence of Kosovo. And globalisation, etc. etc.
Very interesting.
So, bganon. Who would you vote for?

I, too, agree that writing about American domestic politics seems odd at best. Very poor timing considering the recent events in Serbia.

That being said, in October 2007 Mr. Montgomery wrote about Hillary Clinton, “she has the most experienced and talented campaign staff; she has the support and council of her husband, one of the most talented politicians of the era; and she has steadily pulled away from her opponents in the polling.”

Clinton’s campaign staff has proven not to be as talented as stated and Bill Clinton’s mouth is causing her campaign problems. Characterizing him as “one of the most talented politicians of the era” is an exaggeration.

Mr. Montgomery continued, “At this point in time, it seems very likely that the next President of the United States will be Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

Has living in his villa in Croatia clouded Mr. Montgomery’s judgment?

Don’t put your money on Mr. Montgomery’s predictions; he needs to clean his crystal ball.

Actually, in a weird way, McCain is the perfect subject, given that McCain made his name on the 1999 NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia, McCain has been president of the International Republican Institute for the last 16 years, which brags about Boris Tadic as one of its alumni, McCain who was thanked for "helping arm the KLA" by Albanian American Civic League president, Joe Dioguardi at a dinner where the Albanians gave him a million dollars for his presidential campaign.

I am an American, born and raised, and I can't tell you how ashamed that I am that my country did this to you brave people of Serbia.

As to who to vote for -- of all the candidates, only Ron Paul spoke out for the Serbian people for these last nine years and he has my vote.

Yes, please Monty I am in partial agreement with the previous poster (and expect more complaints).

Could you not have done a few paras on what each candidate means to Serbs?

For example you could track down statements made on Kosovo by candidates, who will be in whose government (ie Holbrooke with the Clintons). You could see if you could find a statement on Republika Srpska by each candidate or their advisors, or indeed on Serbia itself.

I read somewhere that Obama for example has some Greek backers, I'd like to know if that is true, as we know which lobby is on which side.

Dear comentator,

Don't you see, Mr Montgomerys job is done. He spewed all the negative propaganda against Serbs already and now enjoying himself in streets of Belgrade. Thinking to himself, what else can I do to heart Serbia. Why don't you go to Pristina Mr Montgomery and write about illegal " so called multy ethnic and democratic" Kosovo. There is plenty to write about if you dare ofcause. Albaniens mean business if they don't like what you write. See how many Serbs in Pristina you can find just now-I hear that was thousands of them pre 90's. See if you can find any now.

The stubborn resistance of quite a number of countries against Kosovo's independence seems to be the strongest opposition until now against the growing tendency in the US to see itself as the rulers of the world who don't have to obey any rules. Personally I hope the world succeeds in setting those limits as Kosovo is a rather small case and other solutions are possible. If it doesn't work with Kosovo the confrontation might be over a bigger issue and bring a serious risk to world peace. The most serious risk seems to me mr. Bush, who seems incapable of admitting that he is wrong - ever.

This brings me to the candidates. All candidates are in favor of Kosovo's independence, but McCain seems most aggressive in general as he also favors attacking Iran. I would have liked if mr. Montgomery had given a more comprehensive view of the kind of foreign policy that we can expect from McCain.

Since the end of the cold war the US has started to behave more and more like the ruler of the world, thereby increasingly ignoring international law. They have started quite a few wars and their latest act is the independence of Kosovo. But international resistance against this is stronger than ever. I hope this will becom the turning point that sets limits to the usurption of international law by the US. Kosovo is small and it would be rather easy to find other solutions. The next conflict might seriously endanger world peace. But a major risk factor remains Bush with his ignorance about international politics combined with an inability to make compromises.

That brings me to McCain. Allthough all candidates have similar positions on Kosovo, McCain position in favor of an attack on Iran makes him in my eyes the most imperialist candidate. In his favor I think that he is the most likely to change his position if its doesn't work well.

Mr. Montgomery, would it be possible the next time you discuss the US elections to pay more attention to foreign policy views of the candidates?

Dear B92, Serbia is going thru a dramatic moment in its history with the country being partitioned and the best you can come up with as an editorial is a piece about American domestic politics - phew, what is next!! There is far too much latitude given to Mr Montgomery... can you at least keep it relevant to Serbia?

Yes, please Monty I am in partial agreement with the previous poster (and expect more complaints).

Could you not have done a few paras on what each candidate means to Serbs?

For example you could track down statements made on Kosovo by candidates, who will be in whose government (ie Holbrooke with the Clintons). You could see if you could find a statement on Republika Srpska by each candidate or their advisors, or indeed on Serbia itself.

I read somewhere that Obama for example has some Greek backers, I'd like to know if that is true, as we know which lobby is on which side.

Dear comentator,

Don't you see, Mr Montgomerys job is done. He spewed all the negative propaganda against Serbs already and now enjoying himself in streets of Belgrade. Thinking to himself, what else can I do to heart Serbia. Why don't you go to Pristina Mr Montgomery and write about illegal " so called multy ethnic and democratic" Kosovo. There is plenty to write about if you dare ofcause. Albaniens mean business if they don't like what you write. See how many Serbs in Pristina you can find just now-I hear that was thousands of them pre 90's. See if you can find any now.

I already wrote about American elections. There's really nothing to elect. Democrats and Republicans are on exactly the same page when it come to major problems America is facing today, such as globalization. Minor things such as gay rights, that don't make a difference in how is country managed were left to the people to decide, creating illusion that they are the ones making important decisions.
Bganon asked Montgomery to provide us with some imput as to which of the candidates supports what opption when it comes to Kosovo, etc.
Bganon.
They ALL support the same option. It's like that on every single isssue of any importance.
Let's see.

"We'll watch to see how the events unfold today. The Kosovans are now independent. It's something I've advocated along with my government," Bush said.

So much for the republicans. But, what about democrats?


Earlier, Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden all welcomed Kosovo Albanians' independence declaration.

One of the Democrats' presidential hopefuls, Clinton, called for a speedy recognition of Kosovo's independence.

Her rival, Obama, echoed the same sentiment, and added that he hoped Kosovo's authorities and people will do everything to make it a positive example of "democracy and rule of law".

Another democrat, Biden, who is the Foreign Policy Committee chair in the U.S. Senate, said he will soon call on his colleagues to join him in "expressing the Senate's support for Kosovo's independence".

So, appearantly 100% of the Americans support independence of Kosovo. And globalisation, etc. etc.
Very interesting.
So, bganon. Who would you vote for?

I, too, agree that writing about American domestic politics seems odd at best. Very poor timing considering the recent events in Serbia.

That being said, in October 2007 Mr. Montgomery wrote about Hillary Clinton, “she has the most experienced and talented campaign staff; she has the support and council of her husband, one of the most talented politicians of the era; and she has steadily pulled away from her opponents in the polling.”

Clinton’s campaign staff has proven not to be as talented as stated and Bill Clinton’s mouth is causing her campaign problems. Characterizing him as “one of the most talented politicians of the era” is an exaggeration.

Mr. Montgomery continued, “At this point in time, it seems very likely that the next President of the United States will be Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

Has living in his villa in Croatia clouded Mr. Montgomery’s judgment?

Don’t put your money on Mr. Montgomery’s predictions; he needs to clean his crystal ball.

Actually, in a weird way, McCain is the perfect subject, given that McCain made his name on the 1999 NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia, McCain has been president of the International Republican Institute for the last 16 years, which brags about Boris Tadic as one of its alumni, McCain who was thanked for "helping arm the KLA" by Albanian American Civic League president, Joe Dioguardi at a dinner where the Albanians gave him a million dollars for his presidential campaign.

I am an American, born and raised, and I can't tell you how ashamed that I am that my country did this to you brave people of Serbia.

As to who to vote for -- of all the candidates, only Ron Paul spoke out for the Serbian people for these last nine years and he has my vote.

The stubborn resistance of quite a number of countries against Kosovo's independence seems to be the strongest opposition until now against the growing tendency in the US to see itself as the rulers of the world who don't have to obey any rules. Personally I hope the world succeeds in setting those limits as Kosovo is a rather small case and other solutions are possible. If it doesn't work with Kosovo the confrontation might be over a bigger issue and bring a serious risk to world peace. The most serious risk seems to me mr. Bush, who seems incapable of admitting that he is wrong - ever.

This brings me to the candidates. All candidates are in favor of Kosovo's independence, but McCain seems most aggressive in general as he also favors attacking Iran. I would have liked if mr. Montgomery had given a more comprehensive view of the kind of foreign policy that we can expect from McCain.

Since the end of the cold war the US has started to behave more and more like the ruler of the world, thereby increasingly ignoring international law. They have started quite a few wars and their latest act is the independence of Kosovo. But international resistance against this is stronger than ever. I hope this will becom the turning point that sets limits to the usurption of international law by the US. Kosovo is small and it would be rather easy to find other solutions. The next conflict might seriously endanger world peace. But a major risk factor remains Bush with his ignorance about international politics combined with an inability to make compromises.

That brings me to McCain. Allthough all candidates have similar positions on Kosovo, McCain position in favor of an attack on Iran makes him in my eyes the most imperialist candidate. In his favor I think that he is the most likely to change his position if its doesn't work well.

Mr. Montgomery, would it be possible the next time you discuss the US elections to pay more attention to foreign policy views of the candidates?