[lit-ideas] Re: Helm's World
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 03:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
--- Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Interestingly, we have many Croatian, Slovenian,
> and I think Macedonian
> troops over here. Most of the old Warsaw Pact (or
> Soviet Union!) has troops
> here as
>
> well: Poles, Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians,
> Czechs, Slovakians,
> Romanians, Bulgarians. I forget who else. Also
> Mongolians. Apparently all
> these nations prefer US leadership to a world filled
> with terrorism."
>
Everything I've read and heard from the ex-Warsaw Pact
nations is pretty much same: this is returning a favor
for US help during the cold war. Estonians for example
already have pulled the troops, and explicitly
consider the debt paid. Poland too will follow soon I
believe. Terrorism just does not register as a concern
in the east, as far as security issues are considered
it is all about Russia. Security on the whole is not
the pressing issue in Latvia for example, economy,
jobs, and corruption are. They do not have the luxury
of getting all worked up about distinct threats. And I
doubt that at the end of the day they give a damn
about war on terror, and as such who they prefer to
lead such a fight is a moot point.
Cheers,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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