The capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro it caused an avalanche of reactions around the world. Numerous world leaders warned that this move "opened Pandora's box" and that the borders of the international order were erased.
In this context, the President of Serbia also spoke Aleksandar Vučić who addresses the people every day from various televisions. One got the impression that something was oppressing him, as if he projected Maduro's evil fate onto himself.
Immediately after they United States carried out the kidnapping operation of Maduro and his wife, the Serbian president convened a session of the National Security Council. He said that "Pandora's box has been opened", and in connection with the polemics of Fr Greenland to which it is Donald tramp looked around, said that Serbia "could at least say one sorry thing about Kosovo and Metohija".
Vučić also said that the world is dominated by the right of force, the right of the stronger, "who is stronger is the one who oppresses and that is the only principle of modern politics that exists in the world today".
Constant threats
The central thread of his speeches can be summed up in one thesis: the world order has fallen apart, international law no longer works, the weak must rely only on their own strength, and all of this could backfire on him.
With the expression "the right of the stronger", Vučić also said that Serbia plans to double the military power and increase the human resources in the army in the next year and a half. A strategy that, if nothing else, shows very clearly that the president interprets global politics through the prism of a constant threat to the progressive order.
"After what happened in Venezuela, it's clear that we have to trust ourselves and our ears. And if someone from the region goes against us, no one will help us, except ourselves. We will not be attacked by America and I don't know what great powers. It is up to us to be ready. Well prepared. That's why they are running such a hunt against our army and against me," said Vučić.
The president of Serbia has been leading the country for years by trying to balance on several opposing sides, just so he doesn't hold a grudge against anyone. Now that he has resented almost everyone, he feels threatened.
Sokol's comparison with Milosevic
A few days after the arrest of Maduro, the President of Serbia spoke out again, this time in a visibly upset tone. In the tirade, he added stories about protests who wants to topple him from power.
"It's better to live like a falcon for one day than to hide like a mouse for a hundred years. You did everything last year to overthrow me from power. With many other external factors. Billions of euros were invested. You failed. In many ways, they were smarter, nicer, more intelligent, more charming. I am not your Slobodan Milosevic. "I am neither naive nor stupid to believe you," said Vučić.
The fact that "he is not Milošević" can be interpreted to mean that he knows about the thief and that he will not allow "the former", when they regain power with the help of foreign Serb-haters, to hand him over to an international court. It is no wonder that he is recklessly arming the special units of the army and the police.
The question arises whether Vučić, speaking of a world in which the "right of the strong" rules, is actually using rhetoric that plays on fear, panic and uncertainty, or whether he himself is guided by fear and panic. It is symptomatic how much he was affected by what happened to Amigo Maduro, whom the Americans threw in prison as a drug dealer, a great friend of his Serbia.
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