Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I thought we were talking about the Balkan area ... 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]
