Bullying Belgrade

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European negotiators finally got tough with the bad guys on the other side of the table this week. Not Iran, of course, but the much less threatening and mostly supplicant government of Serbia. Which confirms some unhappy geopolitical truths.

The Europeans abruptly ended talks Wednesday on that country's integration into the European Union over the status of genocidier Ratko Mladic, who remains at large with tacit government support despite voluminous war-crimes charges. The move has thrown Serbia's political establishment into chaos: The deputy prime minister and chief EU negotiator resigned hours later, pointing fingers at Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's government and calling its purpose into question.

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Bullying Belgrade

The EU's displeasure is amply justified, of course, and comes with plenty of warning. Mladic, head ...

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