To Kosovo!
Actions always speak louder than words. Prime Minister Kostunica, President
Tadic and our Patriarch Pavle must recognize the essential difference between
the inspiring example of brave WWI King Peter who stayed WITH his men in their
Golgotha across Albania to emerge as the victor of the war, and the instructive
example of the foreign-influenced, naive King Peter II, who spent WWII far away
in "friendly" England only to lose his kingdom.
If Serbia's leaders move to go and live in Kosovo regardless of any "KosovA"
declaration, they will inspire every Serb now there to remain and many others,
including me, to come to Kosovo. It was like this that Joan of Arc (Jovanka
Orleanka) inspired and saved France, which was in a much worse predicament than
Serbia today. But if Serbia's leaders stay in Belgrade and tell the defenseless
Serbs in Kosovo "you stay THERE, trust us, we are supporting you from HERE,"
they have much less chance of succeeding.
A single, clear message must reach the ears of those in power: Lead from the
front, not the rear, and your nation will follow you proudly and without fear
of betrayal.
Neither the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) nor the planned illegal EU police
mission have any authority to physically eject Serbs from Kosovo, because doing
so would explicitly violate Security Council Resolution 1244. Their only
strategy therefore is to pray for a repeat of the Serbian exodus from
Krajina... once the Serbs are gone, they are convinced that the "problem" will
be gone forever. Most people, Serbs included, will normally flee from apparent
mortal danger unless they are inspired to stand firm by wise and brave leaders.
History is rich with the proofs that, when bravely led by even one man at the
right place and the right time, any nation can rise up and win any battle.
A further failure by Serb leaders to lead by example would only serve agents of
defeat seeking to undermine from within our immortal bond to Kosovo. Just as
the saying goes, "possession is nine tenths of the law" -- the physical
presence in Kosovo of Serbia's national leaders is the key to winning this
struggle for survival. It is both our most effective and our most peaceful
possible defense.
But only if this cry for leadership spreads among our nation, amplified by the
media and the Internet, can we succeed. This national appeal must come to our
Serbian leaders not from any one individual, but simultaneously, from all
sides, from the entire people, from the beating heart of every living Serb,
reasserting the eternal rights won by our martyr Lazar and all our other heroes
who have given their lives for the Serbian heartland of Kosovo...
Summoned by our entire nation and protected by our God of justice (Boze
pravde), our leaders need merely to arrive and sit down in Kosovo in order to
checkmate the illegal, immoral and ultimately doomed effort to amputate the
heart of the Serbian people.
This appeal to our Serbian leaders must find its way to them through every
possible channel...
Spread the call: To Kosovo!
John Bosnitch
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