When the authorities are also whistleblowers

We established a close connection with the world again out of fear that something evil could come from it again. As at the time of the arrival of the corona, military police patrols appeared on the streets now, but - on the occasion of the terrorist massacre in Moscow, as if against a spell.

The reaction of the local authorities also reminded us of the range between "chisel" and "calm" at the time of the NATO bombing, the 25th anniversary of which has just been marked. Because we were sent messages that the horror suffered by Muscovites could speed up the rush towards the third world war, but also that the security situation in Serbia is stable. So that, so to speak, the military police on the streets affirm the domestic stabilocracy against all-out destabilocracy.

But it seemed to both Russia and Israel that they were safe, in contrast to the environment that they themselves shook, which is often reflected in Serbia from the outside. Both of these forces, however, experienced tragic denials of their own overestimation. Especially since, at the same time, they underestimated external reports that they were exposed to an immediate terrorist threat.

Washington informed Moscow two weeks before the bloodshed in its concert hall, that extremists were preparing attacks on mass gatherings there, and Cairo told Tel Aviv that it was about to be invaded by Hamas. Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu ignored those messages, among other things, because they were convinced that no one could compete with their "superior intelligence". Plus, the boss of the Kremlin interpreted the delivery as "a provocation by a number of Western structures, with the aim of destabilizing our society."

The massacres in Moscow and in the kibbutzim found both leaders in occupation actions on other people's territories, while neglecting the internal national security they boasted about. Putin dedicated himself to invading Ukraine and competing with the West over its fate, but in the capital, Islamic terrorists executed a mass of his compatriots. Netanyahu thought it was more important for him to expand in the West Bank, but he was attacked by Hamas from Gaza, which he imagined he had pacified, only to destroy with vengeance.

Everything would have been different if the warnings from the outside had been heeded. But the world is going through a crisis of confidence, which significantly complicates assessments of the credibility of warnings.

This millennium was marked at the start. The American authorities underestimated the intelligence reports, so the terrorists carried out attacks with hijacked passenger planes on New York and Washington. Then the White House ordered an attack on Iraq, under the unjustified pretext of building a nuclear arsenal there, and thus divided the world, even the allies, which is still felt today.

Russia, on the other hand, was misled by its own intelligence reports that its troops would easily overrun Ukraine and annul its statehood, but they encountered strong resistance. Putin also counted on that invasion to stop the expansion of NATO, but this alliance was strengthened by the accession of Sweden and Finland.

Hamas knew that Israel would retaliate fiercely, but failed in the calculation served to it that the destruction of Gaza would cause all Islamic solidarity. Israel, at the same time, ignores warnings that the terrible destruction of Gaza is rapidly reducing its initially received support in the world.

At the same time, warnings about undermining the conditions for the survival of humanity are not heeded. They are not meeting the commitments made to reduce climate breakdowns that threaten to practically submerge coastal cities and even some island states. It is also warned that in addition to great benefits, the onslaught of artificial intelligence could cause great harm to people and systems. There is a lot of evidence that the de facto power is held by unelected bodies in the form of a plutocracy, that things are going in the direction of the privatization of state bodies.

It is encouraging, however, that some authorities, even though they fight against whistleblowers in their own ranks, become whistleblowers themselves in international relations, warning not only partners but also rivals, of the dangers that threaten them or of the detours they have stumbled into. As America and Egypt sent reports to Russia and Israel about terrorist plans.

Or as we receive confirmations from the EU about election irregularities and criminal ties to parts of the government. As well as the fact that our representatives have pledged not to hinder Kosovo's membership in international organizations, while the local warning that Serbia could protest against itself - by withdrawing from the Council of Europe - is counterproductive.

It could also be said that the local authorities are specific whistleblowers, because they occasionally reveal their real intentions to foreigners, which they hide from the citizens. So, they earnestly assure the West that they are truly in favor of it, and that they have to criticize it, even label them as "criminals", because the majority of voters are Russophiles.

Our authorities have a whistleblowing package. And they prosecute whistleblowers in their own ranks and receive recognition in the world as whistleblowers about their secret plans, which their supporters would whistle.

It is time for this country to unequivocally, publicly and demonstrably opt for the path to the EU. And for the authorities to stop, once and for all, dragging us between the prefabricated "shizel" and "smirel".

(novimagazin.rs)