Andrei Popescu wrote: > 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.
Not exactly seeing peace in Chechnya. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
