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Kosovo: fools rush in
by Kingfisher Sunday, Feb 17 2008, 8:04pm
international / imperialism / commentary

Former Australian Foreign Minister to the Hawke-Keating governments, Gareth Evans -- a man with much to hide regarding his complicity in the cover-up of the Balibo five murders -- today displayed his continuing infatuation with his own reflection in the pond of NATO/EU dreams! Evans, who is divorced from everything but the most myopic of views, expressed an opinion so completely divorced from reality one wonders whether the International Crisis Group (ICG) that now employs him, is in crisis itself!

Gareth Evans

Rarely have we witnessed a more biased and divorced from reality view. Evans seems to think that European history began with his arrival in Brussels. Oblivious to the thousand years of Serbian history -- inextricably bound to Kosovo – Evans rambled like the drunken, demented, narcissistic, buffoon that he is; however, in a not so extraordinary twist the current Australian Foreign Minister Stephen ‘deep throat’ Smith, rushed to articulate his servile “support” for Kosovo’s secession in the Australian Parliament – how unexpected!

Regardless of Australia’s recent change of government, Smith proved today that the infamous Aussie cringe is alive and well in the new Rudd Labor government. It will obviously take some time before the nation is able to discard its trainer potty! For the love of Kelly, Morant, Paterson, Lawson and the rest, when will this nation develop a mind of its own?

We look forward to questioning Gareth Evans regarding the Balibo murders and the Timor Gap Treaty the next time he visits Australia – we can assure readers that interview would be far more interesting and revealing than his current a-historical ramblings on Kosovo.

As for Stephen Smith the choice is clear, is it to be washerwoman’s knees and cauliflower ears or will he assert an independent Australian opinion -- it’s your throat, Mr Smith!

A for the rest of us, we have absolutely no illusions regarding the future of Kosovo, but most of us are historians and professional analysts.

Stephen Smith

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