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Igrale se delije
Strongman's Games

Author(s): Miroslav Filipović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: Kosovo; independence; negotiations;

Summary/Abstract: Story about Kosovo is slowly ending in the only possibly way it could end. Serbs have lost the Kosovo battle six centuries ago, and now they are losing the current Kosovo battle. Like in the distant past, Kosovo is indefensible now, and those who defend it do it in such a wrong way, that they are in fact pushing it away every day. In a short while, because of a catastrophically bad and detrimental policy of Belgrade nationalists, Kosovo shall become a sovereign state probably in few months. Though the international community shall continue to control that sovereignty for some time in the future, that fact does not change the gist of the matter. Serb clerical nationalists shall lose another sacred symbol, while the Serb people shall be rid of a major stumbling block. In a stupid and hundred times played game of all or nothing, Serbia has once again got-nothing. All-or-nothing game is an enticing game if a player is stronger or more skillful than his opponent, for it guarantees a forceful recapture of what was lost. A player can also win if he cheats better in the face of both an ignorant opponent and audience. Belgrade nationalists have none of those skills. Thjey can only stupidly repeat they Kosovo is ours (that is, theirs), that they shall not give up Kosovo, they they shall not sign any document yielding Kosovo to anyone else. As if their signature on any paper or document or their acceptance thereof mattered at all. They are not all-powerful. The Serb power, like an age-old glory of the Serb soldiers and Serb weaponry has been used up, devastated and tainted in the Slavonian planes and Srebrenica and Metohija villages, when «brave» heroes killed, raped, plundered and torched whatever there was to kill, rape, plunder and torch. Serb nationalists can currently cheat only us, the misfortunate Serbs living in Serbia. We are the only ones who accept their lies, shams and deceits. We are the only ones who still trust them, and buy their lies. Hence Kostunica\'s all-or-nothing Kosovo game must be and surely is-a big nothing.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 097-098
  • Page Range: 10-11
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Serbian