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Wilmer's Complaint: Djindjic Warns Washington
by Jared Israel [19 July 2001]
The threat of blackmail is the last refuge of a minor accomplice: the
small-time crook taking the 'fall'; the expendable flunkey of Imperial
Powers.
Essentially powerless, as a last resort such a person can always threaten
to Tell All. It is not a strategy with a future.
That's what struck me, reading Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic's
remarkable interview in last Sunday's issue of 'Der Spiegel,' the German
magazine.
In the interview, Djindjic confirmed that he and Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica are liars. He confirmed that they are flunkies for the
U.S. He confirmed that everything the SPS said in its statement, "We
Accuse: Washington's Aid Promises Are A Traitorous Lie!" about the 'Donors'
Conference and everything they said about Washington's disloyalty to its
flunkies was true. He confirmed the accusation that we at Emperor's Clothes
have made, that Washington wants Yugoslavia "scaled down to zero."
Why would Djindjic give such a politically explosive interview?
In the brief summary preceding the interview, 'Der Spiegel' writes that
Djindjic feels the West is not being helpful enough, is not coming across
with sufficient aid, and so on and so forth. None of which provides a
motive for the extreme content of the interview.
But at the end of this pre-interview summary, 'Der Spiegel' cuts to the
quick with the following short comment from Mr. Djindjic: "I warn the west."
"I WARN THE WEST!"
By confirming the truth of charges that have been made by the Socialists
and other critics, Zoran Djindjic is sending the following message to
Washington: "Zoran Djindjic is highly displeased with the way Washington is
handling that most important of questions, the well-being of Zoran
Djindjic; and he is not about to be a fall- guy for NATO."
Why is Djindjic worried?
He and his sometime partner, Vojislav Kostunica, obeyed U.S. dictates and
tried to push through the Federal Parliament an unconstitutional law to
extradite Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague 'Tribunal.' When their attempt to
pass this illegal legislation failed, Djindjic obeyed U.S. dictates and
played the open role in kidnapping Mr. Milosevic. The kidnapping was
followed by massive protests.
As we have shown in 'THE TREASON OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA,' it is absurd to
argue that Djindjic is guilty in the kidnapping but that Kostunica is
innocent - yet, since the kidnapping, that is precisely what Kostunica has
argued.
KOSTUNICA'S APOLOGY
"Hunching over a long table, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica squinted
into the television lights, turned to his people and confessed that higher
powers had gotten the best of him.
"Kostunica said that others in the government had ''overruled'' his
opposition to Slobodan Milosevic's extradition to the U.N. war crimes
tribunal a week ago. Then, as if that wasn't humiliating enough, he was
kept in the dark about the handover itself. Like millions of ordinary
Serbs, he heard about it from the media." ('AP Online' July 6, 2001)
Right. Tell us another.
This 'self criticism' is an attempt to pin the blame on Djindjic. And it
isn't only Kostunica who is trying to protect Kostunica at Djindjic's
expense. Indicating which way the wind is blowing, virtually the entire
Western media plus some critics and would-be critics of NATO have chimed
in, accepting President Kostunica at his word, as if a politician's
protestations of patriotism and innocence after the fact were proof that he
actually opposed an attack on Mr. Milosevic, the key defender of Yugoslav
sovereignty, but was overruled before the fact.
Not to mention, how can this genius Kostunica tell us he was 'overruled'
regarding an event he claims not to know was going to take place?
Has Kostunica hired speech writers who used to work for the comedy team of
Abbot and Costello?
"Abbot: I can't find my cookies. You wouldn't happen to know their
whereabouts, would you Costello?
"Costello: How could you accuse me of eatin' them three chocolate chip
cookies you hid under the napkins when I didn't know they was there?"
Does Kostunica mistake us for six year old children watching Saturday
afternoon TV?
THERE IS NO ARGUMENT SO MORONIC BUT THE MEDIA CAN MAKE IT SEEM TRUE
Djindjic draws no comfort from the idiocy of Kostunica's self- defense for
he knows better than anyone the monstrous power of the media, since he
himself has been using said monster to broadcast lies to the Yugoslav
people ever since his 'democrats' staged their March on Belgrade last Oct.
5th. He knows the media can fool some people into believing war is peace
through dint of repetition; that is to say, it can dull popular perception
and even convince some people.
The Yugoslav people are furious about the kidnapping of Milosevic. They are
disgusted with the reality of 'democratic' price hikes and 'pro-Western'
layoffs. And they are in despair over NATO's continued sponsorship of
terrorists who attack southern Serbia and Macedonia and kill non-Albanians
and non-cooperative Albanians in these areas and in Kosovo.
It is not possible to stop ordinary people from being angry about these
things. So Djindjic fears that by portraying Kostunica as the good
nationalist overridden by the evil Djindjic, Washington and the Yugoslav
media which it controls may be trying to deflect popular anger at Djindjic,
preparatory to dumping him. Then Vojislav 'Mr. Teflon' Kostunica, who is a
key figure among the DOS 'authorities,' could simply take over the reigns
as Supreme Western Puppet in Djindjic's place.
This is why Djindjic just shot the 'Der Spiegel' cannonball across NATO's
deck. In the interview he says things he shouldn't and in so doing warns
Washington: 'If you dump me it will cost you money - and more. There are
plenty of damning things that I can publicly say...'
IF YOU LOSE A SON...
In conclusion, some relevant movie trivia.
In the film noir classic, 'The Maltese Falcon,' a group of gangsters are
trying to get hold of a statue of a bird supposedly fashioned of gold and
jewels. There is a scene where the detective, Sam Spade, played by Humphrey
Bogart, tells the head gangster, Kaspar Gutman, played by Sydney
Greenstreet, that they need a fall-guy, a secondary figure to "take the
rap," if they want to get the Falcon. As all eyes turn to Wilmer Cook,
Gutman's aggressive, loud-mouthed, bodyguard-thug, Gutman says:
"Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you, and I want you to know I
couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. Well, if you lose a son,
it's possible to get another. But there's only one Maltese Falcon."
***
The full text of the 'Der Spiegel' interview, with noteworthy excerpts and
some commentary by the present writer is posted at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/wilmer.htm
Further Reading:
1) 'THE TREASON OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA,' at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/treas.htm
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