World
Nobles in
the "Battle
for Kosovo"
Serbian
political
elite, including
both its
ruling and
the opposition
part, is
"defending
Kosovo and
Metohija"
with all
its might.
Every self-respecting
member of
the elite
is vowing
they will
not give
Kosovo and
Metohija
away, swearing
they will
refuse to
recognize
potential
independence
of Kosovo,
as if the
independence
depended
on their
recognition
only. Head
of the Serbian
Government,
who is not
sure whether
he will
vote at
the elections,
is readying
for the
new "Battle
of Kosovo".
This time
he will
be fighting
the Americans,
and not
the Turks.
President
of the Republic,
on his election
campaign
for a second
mandate,
is swearing
his allegiance
to the Kosovo
covenant
and preamble
of the Constitution,
without
ever stopping
to wonder
at the specific
weight of
his statement
that he
would "never,
never, absolutely
never"
recognize
Kosovo independence.
The minister
of education
has issued
more public
statements
on Kosovo
than on
the education
system in
Serbia.
The Minister
for Kosovo
and Metohija
is always
"giving
directives"
as to what
measures
the Security
Council
must undertake,
or what
European
Union should
do, as if
they had
nothing
better to
do than
execute
his "orders".
It cannot
be disputed
that in
the propagandist
war for
"Kosovo
and Metohija",
the political
elite is
showing
certain
signs of
naïve and
unpremeditated
inventiveness.
Belgrade
was
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recently
flooded
with
billboards
showing
pictures
of
great
international
statesman
and
short
quotations
from
their
rich
arsenal
of
statements,
put
into
service
of
"Kosovo
defense".
Abraham
Lincoln,
John
Kennedy,
Winston
Churchill,
Charles
de
Gaulle
and
others
smiled
at
citizens
of
Belgrade
even
on
trams
and
busses.
This
manipulation
of
names
of
great
leaders
may
be
a
politically
minute
and
fine
indication
that
Serbian
political
elite
is
not
equal
to
the
occasion
or
is
even
incompetent
to
face
the
challenges
of
its
time.
They
embarrassed
themselves
even
more
by
invoking
important
figures
of
British
and
French
20th
century
politics
-
Churchill
and
de
Gaulle.
Had
they
done
a
little
research,
they
would
have
at
least
learned
that
Churchill,
who
had
a
deep
understanding
of
the
United
Kingdom's
interests
and
was
defending
them,
participated
in
negotiations
with
the
Irish,
which
lead
to
a
two-step
creation
of
the
republic
of
Ireland.
And
this
was
not
the
first
instance
of
(mis)use
of
general
de
Gaulle's
name
in
Serbia.
Several
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Leonid
Sejka,
A
Cylindrical
Position,
1957
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decades
ago, petty
local politicians
spread the
tale of
a close
personal
friendship
between
the symbol
of French
fight against
fascism
and Serbian
quisling
Draza Mihajlovic!
Now the
name of
the French
statesman
is used
for political
propaganda,
while forgetting
some elementary
facts. De
Gaulle,
for instance,
had enough
diplomatic
wisdom,
political
nerve and
sensitivity
to France's
greatness
to withdraw
from the
bloody war
in Algeria,
which was
tearing
apart the
French society
and the
state. In
doing so,
he changed
the obsolete
political
system in
France and
risked his
own life.
Unlike Serbia,
institutions
of the French
state managed
to save
his life
even from
assaults
of members
of special
French army
paratroopers.
He "lost"
Algeria,
but saved
France.
Serbian
political
elite can
- though
it should
not - do
whatever
it wants.
Elementary
human decency,
if not political
correctness
(which does
not live
here) would
demand that
persons
like general
de Gaulle
should not
be harnessed
in the service
of Kosovo
policy or
be calling
for another
"battle
of Kosovo".
It is too
late, and
also hopeless.
This would
benefit
Serbian
citizens,
so that
they would
not feel
embarrassed
or be ashamed
some day
for the
things done
in their
name.
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