tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post114980802283532873..comments2024-03-29T05:22:47.038-04:00Comments on KOSOVAREPORT: Kosovo's Turn by Agim Ceku - The Wall Street Journal EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post-1149873733246866762006-06-09T13:22:00.000-04:002006-06-09T13:22:00.000-04:00Well I think this was better from Ceku - this time...Well I think this was better from Ceku - this time he mentioned all the relevant subjects that might be able to persuade Western policy makers.<BR/><BR/>The lobbying campaign does continue but one incorrect observation is that Tadic is playing the fear card. He is playing with the only cards he has.<BR/><BR/>Its only accidental that Tadics's current card is the fear card and Cekus is the hope card.<BR/><BR/>Rewind the situation 8 years or so (ok this is tricky since Milosevic was in charge) and it would be the Kosovo Albanians playing the fear card and the Serbs saying what the Albanians are saying about the Serbian minority today - there is nothing to worry about, there is a hard core minority who resist peaceful overtures etc.<BR/><BR/>Neither Serb or Albanian fear card is invalid if that card is based upon reality.<BR/><BR/>One comment is pretty transparant though that Western policy makers will remark upon is that Pristina is focussed on peoples problems and Belgrade is preoccupied with territorial claims.<BR/><BR/>Problems equals things like standards or unemployment, territorial claims equals nation status. Everybody knows that Pristinas primary concern is the claim to its own territory or state.Bg anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684283179829016790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post-1149827291299092922006-06-09T00:28:00.000-04:002006-06-09T00:28:00.000-04:00The battle of op-eds is on now!The battle of op-eds is on now!WARchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623321541776026570noreply@blogger.com