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20.10.2020. 13:43
The cover story of the American magazine “Wall Street International” counts on 750,000 American citizens of Serbian origin, who live in key countries and crucial for the next elections, including Arizona, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida and Pennsylvania, in addition to how your votes could be decisive. in this election.
Aleksandar Vucic, Donald Trump, Photo: Tanjug / AP
The newspaper writes about, as he himself puts it, Joe Biden’s unfortunate behavior towards Serbia during the 1999 conflict.
For 78 days, NATO planes relentlessly bombed targets in Serbia in support of Albanian rebels, in violation of the UN Charter and without the consent of the UN Security Council, he said.Wall Street International“.
Serbs have not forgotten Biden’s enthusiastic support for the bombing campaign, which was launched primarily against civilian targets, causing massive casualties and severely damaged infrastructure, the magazine writes.
Many believe that the use of depleted uranium in cluster munitions and grenades in the Kosovo war is the reason for the high rates of leukemia in the region today.
NATO, Photo: Illustration
Worse still, in 2008, Serbia had the highest death rate from breast cancer.
Many Serbian-Americans viewed the Biden-era policy towards Serbia as a slap in the face, considering the two countries were allies in both world wars.
The document states that this is in stark contrast to July 28, 1918, when US President Woodrow Wilson ordered the Serbian flag to be flown over the White House as a sign of American solidarity with the Serbian people during World War I.
To date, only a handful of countries have had that honor, notes Wall Street International.
Joe Biden, Photo: Tanjug / AP
Where Biden has failed with some Serbs, US President Donald Trump has succeeded with others, the document notes, adding that after 2008, when the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija unilaterally declared their independence, a deadlock between Serbia and its renegade province, which was interrupted by Trump-led negotiations at the White House.
In connection with the rapid and significant resurgence of relations between the United States and Serbia, some Serbs wonder if Trump is the president for them.
Of great importance to Serbian-American citizens is the fact that the agreement emphasizes the obligation to protect and promote freedom of religion, including renewed interfaith communication and the protection of religious buildings.
Wall Street International magazine claims that many of his compatriots witnessed the looting of Serbian religious sites and the desecration of Orthodox Christian cemeteries.
According to the International Center for Transitional Justice, Kosovar Albanians destroyed 155 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries between June 1999 and March 2004, according to the newspaper.
Pristina, Albanians, Kosovo, Photo: EPA
The director of the strategic alliance of the humanitarian organization “June 28”, Ana Petronijevic, who was photographed in Belgrade with Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany, told the newspaper that sentiments towards Kosovo could be the guiding vote of many Serbs in the polls.
The president of “June 28”, Filip Filippi, agrees with Petronijevic, noting that Serbian-Americans remember very well the bombing of their homeland in 1999 and the unauthorized aggression favored by politicians on both sides, including Joe Biden. at that moment.
In the polarized race, where all the votes will be counted, for many of the 750,000 Serbian-Americans in the United States, the election they will have on November 3 will undoubtedly be difficult, the newspaper concludes.
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