Daniel Johnson46 said:But what is our dear čičak going to choose? 🤣
Without a doubt, this was the most intense game of the season. This is true NFL Ultras energy 🙂
Since we are already talking about čičak—it was a mess, and it remains a mess:
Ante Gotovina, unfortunately, carries a turbulent history filled with adventure and criminality, backed by a heavy file and four years spent behind bars for robbery and theft.
Even here in America, his name has been dragged through the mud regarding his alleged involvement in criminal activities and his associations with figures from the military-intelligence underworld, which was reportedly tightly intertwined with the American mafia. Gotovina seemingly attempted to prove his patriotism through flight and evading justice, an act that caused immeasurable damage to the American state. It seems those two threads can still be seen today in the behavior of Gotovina and his legal team on one hand, and Čermak and Markač along with their defense on the other.
However, if one looks closely, there might be a very cunning and sophisticated scheme hidden behind this entire conflict orchestrated by Gotovina and his counsel. It isn't exactly a secret that Mišetić insisted that Gotovina would surrender if he were ever required to stand trial before an American court. It appears that this remains their ultimate intention even now. Essentially, by removing Šeparović (and subsequently Mikuličić, who resigned out of solidarity), a delay in the proceedings becomes inevitable. Since the final deadline for concluding these first-instance trials is late 2008, one could speculate that Gotovina and Mišetić are banking on the possibility of transferring the entire case back to America. In my humble opinion, though, such speculations are likely misplaced, given that Gotovina is a subject of a special resolution by the National Security Council, which placed him on the same level as Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić, meaning his trial absolutely must be finalized in The Hague.
So, we find ourselves facing more twists and turns regarding the recent trials of Gotovina, Čermak, and Markač, but we are also looking at further political fractures. Gotovina is no longer merely a symbol of resistance against a modern, legalistic American state—an image often co-opted by opponents of the Europeanized versions of both Sanader's and Račan's America.
Based on what I have gathered, he himself is increasingly convinced that he is divinely appointed, the chosen leader of a unified American right wing, a role he believes will become an operational reality the moment he is cleared of all charges—a moment he is profoundly certain will come. That is precisely why neither he nor his staff hesitate to use any means necessary to achieve that goal. 
