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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
No Bush Bashing in Baltics
www.brusselsjournal.com on Wed, 2006-11-29 17:15 "US President George W. Bush was in the Estonian capital Tallinn on Monday and Tuesday and travelled on to Riga, Latvia, where he met leaders of NATO. Bush thanked the Estonians for their support in Afghanistan and Iraq. His visit is seen as a clear signal to Moscow that the Baltic States are out of the Kremlin's sphere of influence. The one thing that was NOT on display in Tallinn and Riga was anti-Bush protests or any visible hostility towards the visit of "the biggest tyrant and killer." Altogether four anti-Bush protests had been organized, two of them by Russians, who object to Estonian membership of NATO and who think the Soviet Union should still rule one sixth of the world. Not even a dozen people participated in each of these meetings, which were very peaceful and diffident. Then there was a local pagan worshiper and neo-Nazi, who managed to get arrested for throwing fireworks towards the US embassy. No-one followed his call to join him in his protest march against Bush and America. The biggest demonstration was organized by anarchists. How they reconcile their anarchist ideology with organizing marches is beyond me. Some 150 to 200 people joined their march. Their main complaint was not, however, against Bush but against the Estonian government for sending troops to Iraq. There was a small pro-US welcome party of about half a dozen people with Estonian, Latvian, American and NATO flags, but the media mostly chose to ignore it. Several hundred people lined the streets when Bush's motorcade arrived on Monday evening. I have not heard of any serious protests in Latvia either though the media would be certain to report them, if there were any. One reason for this calm is the high security that was put in place both in Tallinn and Riga. Some streets were temporarily closed even to pedestrians and traffic was restricted as well. But on the whole I am sure that the general population in Estonia and Latvia have no deeply rooted animosity towards America or their president. The reason is pretty obvious - we can still remember what oppression and planned economy really mean." |
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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
"PJ O'Donovan" wrote:
No Bush Bashing in Baltics www.brusselsjournal.com on Wed, 2006-11-29 17:15 What a headline! Even the anarchists got more people out on the streets than the pro-US welcome party. "No Welcome for Bush" might be a more honest slant. But it does not fit the agenda of Peej and like-minded non-thinkers. **** off, Peej. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |
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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
"PJ O'Donovan" ha scritto nel messaggio ups.com... No Bush Bashing in Baltics www.brusselsjournal.com on Wed, 2006-11-29 17:15 "US President George W. Bush was in the Estonian capital Tallinn on Monday and Tuesday and travelled on to Riga, Latvia, where he met leaders of NATO. Bush thanked the Estonians for their support in Afghanistan and Iraq. His visit is seen as a clear signal to Moscow that the Baltic States are out of the Kremlin's sphere of influence. The one thing that was NOT on display in Tallinn and Riga was anti-Bush protests or any visible hostility towards the visit of "the biggest tyrant and killer." Altogether four anti-Bush protests had been organized, two of them by Russians, who object to Estonian membership of NATO and who think the Soviet Union should still rule one sixth of the world. Not even a dozen people participated in each of these meetings, which were very peaceful and diffident. Then there was a local pagan worshiper and neo-Nazi, who managed to get arrested for throwing fireworks towards the US embassy. No-one followed his call to join him in his protest march against Bush and America. The biggest demonstration was organized by anarchists. How they reconcile their anarchist ideology with organizing marches is beyond me. Some 150 to 200 people joined their march. Their main complaint was not, however, against Bush but against the Estonian government for sending troops to Iraq. There was a small pro-US welcome party of about half a dozen people with Estonian, Latvian, American and NATO flags, but the media mostly chose to ignore it. Several hundred people lined the streets when Bush's motorcade arrived on Monday evening. I have not heard of any serious protests in Latvia either though the media would be certain to report them, if there were any. One reason for this calm is the high security that was put in place both in Tallinn and Riga. Some streets were temporarily closed even to pedestrians and traffic was restricted as well. But on the whole I am sure that the general population in Estonia and Latvia have no deeply rooted animosity towards America or their president. The reason is pretty obvious - we can still remember what oppression and planned economy really mean." you are right Riga was completely closed during the Nato meeting Near the meeting centre ( a sport hall ) only residents could enter or exit. the closed streets. as far as Iknow. schools and public offices were closed during the meeting. Latvian simply choose to take a few days off.. and ignore the Nato meeting. |
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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
From: "PJ O'Donovan" Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: alt.activism.death-penalty,talk.politics.misc,uk.politics.misc,aus.po litics,re c.travel.europe Date: 30 Nov 2006 03:59:21 -0800 Subject: No Bush bashing in the Baltics His visit is seen as a clear signal to Moscow that the Baltic States are out of the Kremlin's sphere of influence. Brief history of the Baltic states, PJ. The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) became independent states in 1920. They remained independent during the interwar period. In 1940, with the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union took advantage of the opportunity to annex the independent Baltic States. None of the Western powers recognized this annexation, and refused to return Baltic state holdings, such as gold, deposited in Western banks. These holdings provided assets for a new start after the fall of the Soviet Union. These states were not as "influenced" as you seem to believe. Donna Evleth |
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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
Could someone teach third age gagas how not to crosspost everywhere ?
"Donna Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news: ... From: "PJ O'Donovan" Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: alt.activism.death-penalty,talk.politics.misc,uk.politics.misc,aus.po litics,re c.travel.europe Date: 30 Nov 2006 03:59:21 -0800 Subject: No Bush bashing in the Baltics His visit is seen as a clear signal to Moscow that the Baltic States are out of the Kremlin's sphere of influence. Brief history of the Baltic states, PJ. The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) became independent states in 1920. They remained independent during the interwar period. In 1940, with the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union took advantage of the opportunity to annex the independent Baltic States. None of the Western powers recognized this annexation, and refused to return Baltic state holdings, such as gold, deposited in Western banks. These holdings provided assets for a new start after the fall of the Soviet Union. These states were not as "influenced" as you seem to believe. Donna Evleth |
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No Bush bashing in the Baltics
"Runge" wrote in message ... Could someone teach third age gagas how not to crosspost everywhere ? Having done that, they could teach the mentally disabled how not to top-post. |
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