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To: energyplay who wrote (63611)	5/7/2005 1:35:33 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 74559

Bush admits US screwed over Baltics, Eastern Europe Sounds cute. Yes, they did, but, by the time Yalta took place it was already late - the Soviets have already occupied the Baltics, along with much of Europe. What should the US have done? Push the then powerful Red Army back into Russia? Wouldn't be easy. Some hot-headed Soviet military leaders, otoh, - like Marshal Zhukov - were pushing Stalin not to stop at the Elba, but to attack Americans and to continue moving west. The world back then lived under a totally different set of sensibilities... quite different from the standards of today. upload.wikimedia.org

To: energyplay who wrote (63611)	5/7/2005 2:15:22 PM
From: critical_mass	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

as much as this might be true, i wonder what the US might gain by jabbing a stick in vladimir putin's eye. is putting political capital behind the baltic states the way to the optimal ROI when it comes to foreign policy?

To: energyplay who wrote (63611)	5/12/2005 6:46:38 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

<"Once again, when powerful governments negotiated, the freedom of small nations was somehow expendable," the president said, opening a four-nation trip to mark the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. "Yet this attempt to sacrifice freedom for the sake of stability left a continent divided and unstable." "We will not repeat the mistakes of other generations — appeasing or excusing tyranny, and sacrificing freedom in the vain pursuit of stability." > I wonder if he had Taiwan in mind too? King George II is growing on me. Mqurice