[GraniteStateConservative]

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, too.

We heard about this event this morning.

[b4its2late]

Djindjic had many enemies because of his pro-reformist and Western stands.

Hmmm. Could the gunmen have been muslim fundamentalists?

[steveegg]

While the news was posted here in real time (i.e. 6 hours ago), this is the most-extensive article I've seen.

Democratic Party, eh?

[wretchard]

The Portuguese Prime Minister said that he supported America in Iraq because the French and German's were unlikely to come to Portugal's aid if it were attacked. The assasination of Serbian Prime Minister Djindjic now raises the issue of who will lead Europe in stabilizing the Balkans.

Hungary, Austria and Italy must be looking nervously over their shoulders at the Balkans. If another conflagration breaks out there, it will require an atomic bomb to flush Mssrs Chirac and Schroeder out of the firehouse.

Entrophy is bustin' out all over. From the Africa, to the Balkans, to the 'stans of Central Asia, to Indonesia and East Asia -- the world will be confronted with series of crises which current multilateral agencies are unwilling to confront. Hold rock concert fundraisers and television specials for; yes: confront, no.

Old Europe is on a 100-mile hour collision course with reality. They've parted ways with the hunter armed with a .457 Weatherby in Jurassic Park, and are approaching a pack of raptors with flowers. The flowers will look as useful on them as they will now on the casket of Djindjic.

[thinktwice]

Assassination seems to a tactic used most often against those opposed to dictatorships/socialism/communism. -- John F. Kennedy, the attempt on Ronald Reagan, and ... others (please add to list).

Heads up, President Bush.