Electoral Bait

Published in Blic
(Serbia) on 7 February 2012
by Mensur Sacic (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mirela Muncan. Edited by Jenette Axelrod.
With a hopeful heart going to breakfast in Washington, Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic returned satisfied with his performance. He told the public that he had spoken with U.S. Congressmen Dan Burton, Dana Rohrabacher and Michael Turner. He said that they showed understanding for his idea of an "equitable delimitation of Kosovo and Metohija."

In this interview, recounted Dacic, the congressmen "stressed the need to" build closer bilateral relations between Washington and Belgrade, while keeping in mind that "America is the greatest power in the world," and that Serbia is "the largest country in the Balkans." Somehow in this conversation he "failed to remember" some larger countries such as Turkey, Romania and Greece.

To support his thesis, Dacic revealed to the congressmen that support for the European integration of Serbia has fallen below 50 percent. A likely result is that the referendum could fail and support could turn away from joining the EU and rather toward building better relations with Russia. Dacic pointedly asked if it would it be in the interest of the United States if Russia offered military defense to Serbia?.

While our police minister was trying to impress the congressmen, the head of American diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, immediately after breakfast, welcomed Slobodan Petrovic, Vice President of the Kosovo government, into the State Department.

The opposition would add "Hashim Taci’s Serbs." The "detail" reveals how the hosts were "impressed" by the possibility of setting up a Russian missile shield in Serbia, truly revealing the importance of some guests and the sides on which the American administration is choosing to play. A Russian missile shield in Serbia remains the only bait in future elections considering volatile factors.


Sa molitvenog doručka u Vašingtonu zamenik premijera Ivica Dačić vratio se zadovoljan svojim učinkom. Saopštio je javnosti da je razgovarao s američkim kongresmenima Denom Bartonom, Dejnom Rorabaherom i Majklom Tarnerom i da su oni pokazali razumevanje za njegovu ideju o „pravednom razgraničenju za Kosovo i Metohiju“.

U tom razgovoru, prepričao je ministar Dačić, kongresmenima je „ukazao na potrebu“ građenja tešnjih bilateralnih odnosa Vašingtona i Beograda, sve imajući u vidu da je „Amerika najveća sila na svetu“, a da je Srbija „najveća država na Balkanu“. Nekako su se u tom razgovoru „zagubile“ neke veće države kao što su Turska, Rumunija i Grčka.


Da bi podržao svoju tezu, Dačić je, kaže on sam, kongresmenima otkrio da je podrška evrointegracijama u Srbiji sada ispod 50 odsto, pa bi na referendumu mogla da padne odluka da se ne ide u EU, nego da se grade bolji odnosi sa Rusijom. Zar bi bilo u interesu SAD da Rusija u Srbiji instalira nekakav svoj raketni štit, poentirao je Dačić!




Dok je naš ministar policije pokušavao da ostavi utisak na kongresmene, šefica američke diplomatije Hilari Klinton, odmah posle molitvenog doručka, primila je u Stejt departmentu Slobodana Petrovića, potpredsednika kosovske vlade.



Opozicija bi ovde dodala „Tačijevog Srbina“. Taj „detalj“ otkriva koliko su domaćini bili „impresionirani“ mogućnošću postavljanja ruskog raketnog štita u Srbiji, koliko im je koji gost važan i na koju kartu igra američka administracija. A ruski raketni štit u Srbiji ostaje samo mamac na budućim izborima za kolebljive birače.
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