Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:47:05 -0800 > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > the efforts in the Balkans have been "utter failures" ? > >> > >> I'd hardly call any of the former Soviet-bloc stable. > > > > Please elaborate on this one! > > Considering the Balkans haven't ever particularly stabilized as far > as I can tell,
Your impression is not very accurate. Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania are part of Nato and EU now. Croatia is doing well also. Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina are recovering nicely. Albania also hasn't been in the news lately, which is a good thing :) Greece I don't even have to mention. > and Russia is aggressively trying to keep territory > acquired under soviet rule and reverting to it's Soviet-era ways, and > we all know how stable the Soviet Union was the first time around... What do you mean by aggressively? Haven't seen any Russian tanks around. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
