Tuesday, June 15, 1999.

Is there a chance for overthrow of the regime in Serbia?

Boba, yahoo.com

    Q: Is there a chance for overthrow of the regime in Serbia?

    The key issue is how much the West needs Milosevic. They needed him for Dayton agreement, for Kosovo; there's no way of knowing what their interests are and how much longer they'll use him. And it seems that the opposition in Serbia can not cope with that problem without some help from outside.

    There is always "the Romanian way". The army is withdrawing, number of refugees from Kosovo is increasing by day, the country is completely devastated and people don't dare to think about forthcoming winter. Will the dissatisfaction be strong enough and, which is even more important, pointed in the right direction, remains to be seen. The regime here has mastered media manipulation a long time ago and it is questionable whether they would be able to hide the situation under the proclaimed "victory and protected sovereignty" much longer.