The answer is B, he is speaking just after the US intervention in Kosovo.
The subject is sponge because that is what is the main point of the sentence is.
Answer:
Personification
Explanation:
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
a figure intended to represent an abstract quality.
a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing.
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