I wouldn’t normally comment here since I know very little about the Balkans, but this essay fits a well-
established pattern that I find very hard to understand.
The strongest criticism of del Ponte’s tactics has come from people who feel that her aggressive prosecution of
the former Yugoslav leadership is unhelpful to promoting reconciliation in Serbia. The issue of "Balkanalysis"
featuring Deliso’s piece also links to a thoughtful op-ed by Misha Glenny, one of the best-known observers of
the region, who makes essentially this argument: "The prosecutor muddies Serbian waters."
But Deliso’s essay is entirely different from Glenny’s. As far as I can make sense of it — not an easy thing
given its hysterical tone — his view is that del Ponte is now a universal figure of hatred not only in Serbia
(which is hardly surprising) but in the West as well.
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