Offer

"It would be impolite to refuse such an offer," said a Montenegrin diplomat recently, explaining why he is leaving the job of ambassador and switching to another job, far from diplomacy.

I have to admit that I found this statement interesting. Not only because it falls into the category of anecdote gaffes, but also because it communicates some very accurate and clear things in one way. Although its author certainly did not want it. It seems to me that it was important even to the author, it is one of the more important levels of his motivation to express himself in this way, which is the desire to cause a stir in the bazaar.

To resound with one accord from Donja Gorica to Maslin Somehow, king... It is intoned as if Roberto Carlos are publicly announcing why they decided to move to Anzhi from Makhachkala, the Russian Republic of Dagestan, the third turn after the Last Nothing... But - the money is so much that it could not be refused.

That intonation was chosen with the desire to obscure the real reasons for this transfer of dreams, which, it is to be hoped, contemporary European diplomacy will still survive. Apparently, the ambassador stayed in Zagreb, just as much as Eto and Roberto Carlos in Makhachkala. And his performance was roughly the same as that of Perica Ognjenović, at one time in Real.

Ah, what is true and clear in this statement. First the order of things. Money is above everything. What honors, what diplomacy, what reputation, money is always the reason in the social milieu from which this statement and its author come. After all, it is more impolite to refuse an offer from a powerful businessman than to serve one's own country diplomatically? As soon as the author brought up "education" the real reasons must be extremely uneducated.

Well, if it is not unpatriotic to note that, there are also diplomatic services, not only around the world, but also in the environment, where the mental profile of a diplomat is somewhat different from ours, shown, among other things, by a statement like this, and its relatively normal reception in the public. Elsewhere, there are diplomats, writers, distinguished professors, recognizable intellectuals and public figures.

The context is also clearly shaded. Namely, this wording evokes one of the most famous lines from The Godfather (Kopola's film, Puzo's novel). It was an offer he couldn't refuse, Don Vito would usually say when asked how he managed to convince someone to do as he wished.

The matter becomes clear, someone from the top of the family helps them explain how once the godfather did a favor to his godson, singer Johnny Fontaine (brazenly similar to Frank Sinatra) and freed him from an unfavorable contract with the manager. They placed the pope in front of the man to sign, and at the same time pointed a gun at his head. Don explained to him in a few moments this paper will either have your signature or your brain. The man chose wisely, and the don succinctly explained that it was an offer he couldn't refuse.

The ambassador who chooses to refer to this context was certainly not born to be a diplomat. This kind of gaffe might recommend him as a television presenter, there this way of thinking raises the ratings, but certainly not for diplomacy.

Such a statement clearly, regardless of whether it was their intention (and here it certainly was not), refers to the mafia axiology of the elite to which the ambassador (in an attempt) belongs. And this is what should cause chills, or laughter, depending on your worldview... Money is not rejected. Of course.

However, it seems that the whole story may have an ending somewhat different from the spirit and connotations of that already famous statement. Isn't it sure that the ambassador from Zagreb will end up in KIC? Maybe it's rude to refuse that too? Or some other action is being prepared, where this way of thinking would be desirable. What a special assignment from the don.

I was honestly surprised when I realized that Cma Gora does not have an embassy in Prague. I don't know if it has anything to do with the previous diplomatic story, ah, to me, I admit, it all seems to come from the same mind... The world's largest collection of documents about Cma Gora is located in Prague.

A few more symbolic reasons: without some famous and sympathetic Czechs, our knowledge of the Montenegrin XIX century would be scarce... Cermak, Kuba, Rohlena... And many others. In Prague, the demonstrations for an independent Cma Gora in 2001 gathered more people than you could gather in Cma Gora at the time.

By the way, if this government was really interested in identity issues, we would certainly have an embassy in Prague rather than in Dubai. The fact that Dubai (let's say) got an advantage over Prague clearly explains which issues are more important for this government. And while the local patriots are burning, the don and his people know why this play is being played and what effect is expected. And there are as many volunteer-episode actors as needed - some advisers, some officials, some directors... And if he gets stuck somewhere, there is always a solution with an offer that cannot be refused.