Serbia-Montenegro Ambassador Ivan Vujacic has gone and done it again. Responding this time to the arrogant blowhard Richard Holbrooke, Vujacic does a splendid job of translating Holbrokese into English:
“In other words, the aspirant members of the European Union need not strive to fulfill the requirements stemming from European values. Instead, they can simply trade in a part of their territory. This is poor advice. The evaluation of standards in Kosovo should be based on facts, not political wishful thinking, let alone blackmail.”
Of course, Holbrooke’s “advice” is actually a threat, and it isn’t “poor,” it’s criminal. But a diplomat can hardly say that out loud.
Last month I wondered whether Vujacic’s reaction to a Post editorial was a fluke, or the beginning of a new pattern. This second reaction suggests the latter – and not a moment too soon.