Serbia has to play a delicate game as they seem predisposed to refusing to play the game (Djokovic is the ultimate example here, refusing the vaccine and refusing to be defeated, also pun intended) but Russia is too far away and too occupied to offer any overt assistance.
Serbia has to play a delicate game as they seem predisposed to refusing to play the game (Djokovic is the ultimate example here, refusing the vaccine and refusing to be defeated, also pun intended) but Russia is too far away and too occupied to offer any overt assistance.
Djokovic's dignity and his persistence are exemplary. The Serbs are deservedly very proud of him. His example (even more than his success) is a rebuke to the petty and malicious treatment he has received from the scum in Tennis Australia and the government officials. I am an Australian and I am ashamed at the way Djokovic has been treated. There would be plenty who would agree with me on this.
I would not make any assumptions about Russia. If they helped out Assad they may very well do way more than that for Serbia. It would all depend on the Kremlin, their military plans and capacity. They have any number of options. They would certainly have some plans to deal with either another NATO attack on Serbia or a crisis in Kossovo and Metohija. How those plans may relate to Moscow's other plans or how either sets of plans are being updated is impossible to know.
Belgrade knows one thing: they cannot trust the West. Doing the West's bidding is national suicide. The geopolitics of the Drang Nach Osten today are the same as ever.
This has always been the case in Australia, to be frank. Many, many years ago an acquaintance of mine at the time attended an event with the Australian mens' water polo team and the Prime Minister (Hawke) was visibly subdued by the fact that the team were more impressed by his driver (apparently a celebrated athlete of some kind) than by him.
Reminds me of a school trip to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We were in the bus, waiting for the next part of our visit, when Joe Clark walked by and was 'recognized'. We made such a chorus that he felt compelled to give us a wave. We were so naive.
Compared to the reptiles who inhabit Parliament today, Joe Clark was in another league.
It is very, very much a generational thing. An auntie of mine used to live near an ex-PM in Sydney (John Gorton) who had been PM in the 60s. He and his wife would take their place in the checkout queue with everyone else, no airs or graces whatsoever. Today it is very different. The money they can make after politics and the social ambitions of the political class transformed everything.
Serbia has to play a delicate game as they seem predisposed to refusing to play the game (Djokovic is the ultimate example here, refusing the vaccine and refusing to be defeated, also pun intended) but Russia is too far away and too occupied to offer any overt assistance.
Djokovic's dignity and his persistence are exemplary. The Serbs are deservedly very proud of him. His example (even more than his success) is a rebuke to the petty and malicious treatment he has received from the scum in Tennis Australia and the government officials. I am an Australian and I am ashamed at the way Djokovic has been treated. There would be plenty who would agree with me on this.
I would not make any assumptions about Russia. If they helped out Assad they may very well do way more than that for Serbia. It would all depend on the Kremlin, their military plans and capacity. They have any number of options. They would certainly have some plans to deal with either another NATO attack on Serbia or a crisis in Kossovo and Metohija. How those plans may relate to Moscow's other plans or how either sets of plans are being updated is impossible to know.
Belgrade knows one thing: they cannot trust the West. Doing the West's bidding is national suicide. The geopolitics of the Drang Nach Osten today are the same as ever.
I've more respect for tennis players than opportunistic politicians.
This has always been the case in Australia, to be frank. Many, many years ago an acquaintance of mine at the time attended an event with the Australian mens' water polo team and the Prime Minister (Hawke) was visibly subdued by the fact that the team were more impressed by his driver (apparently a celebrated athlete of some kind) than by him.
Reminds me of a school trip to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We were in the bus, waiting for the next part of our visit, when Joe Clark walked by and was 'recognized'. We made such a chorus that he felt compelled to give us a wave. We were so naive.
Compared to the reptiles who inhabit Parliament today, Joe Clark was in another league.
It is very, very much a generational thing. An auntie of mine used to live near an ex-PM in Sydney (John Gorton) who had been PM in the 60s. He and his wife would take their place in the checkout queue with everyone else, no airs or graces whatsoever. Today it is very different. The money they can make after politics and the social ambitions of the political class transformed everything.