Fuckin better
They just announced elections in December, it’s all play pretend.
So much this. Sadly it’s the old people who fall for this kind of crap. It’s just a PR campaign.
The last time everyone thought it was play pretend, it didn’t end up so well.
The last time was March this year, dude.
They’re playing a dangerous game
What does this do for polling? They reversed a position so presumably they showed no backbone? Or they showed good judgement in changing their position?
Sorry I’m not familiar with the issue at hand.
Vućić (the president) is presenting himself as the only possible savior of the nation. It’s an emotional play, actual steps taken are less relevant than being in the news as taking some kind of action. His voters fall for it and he knows it. He’s not going to swing anyone new to his side, but motivate existing supporters to go out and vote.
The only major news network that isn’t government affiliated is a CNN affiliate. All that comes through to the target audience is that he made NATO mad.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Kosovan government official confirmed a partial Serbian withdrawal on Saturday, with the removal of troops and equipment that had been moved into positions around the border in the past five days, leaving behind a still significant force that is permanently based in the area.
The withdrawal followed a public declaration of concern by the White House, a stern call to Vučić from the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the reinforcement of the Nato peacekeeping force in Kosovo, Kfor, with hundreds of British troops.
In his conversation with Vučić, Blinken called for “immediate de-escalation” and a return to his previous agreement to normalise relations with Kosovo.
On Saturday evening, Germany’s ambassador to the US, Andreas Michaelis, described the situation as “another powder keg in Europe” and a danger that should be taken seriously.
Michaelis said on social media there had been “very close cooperation between Germany and the US in the last days and hours” which had been “absolutely key to avoiding further escalation”.
Through a lawyer, Radoičić said he was responsible for the shootout with Kosovan police, but did not explain the source of the modern weapons Serb paramilitaries had been carrying.
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