Is anyone else really, really worried about this?
Okay, Estonia moved a Soviet war memorial. Why am I so uneasy?
- The Russian government is going ballistic. This means they think it's their business.
- Estonia's population is about one-quarter ethnic Russians. Who may at some point "need to be protected" by other Russians.
- One demonstrator, according to BBC Radio this morning, has been killed (although the story referenced above does not mention that, even though it's also BBC -- obviously the situation is still quite chaotic).
- BBC Radio interviewed someone from the Russian Duma who's on their foreign-affairs committee, and her mindless, fatuous, emotional rhetoric took me back to listening to Soviet politicians. It was eery, actually.
- Putin is already repressing the media and now he's flouting treaties.
- This is suspiciously timed for a moment when the US government is heavily committed elsewhere and distracted by internal conflict and an impending presidential race.
Yeah, I'm uneasy all right.
posted by Laura E. Goodin @ 11:40 PM (permalink)
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I worry about everything the US and Russia do. I worry about any country that can revile someone like Gorby, yet think of Boris Yeltsin as its conscience.
I'm not sure I'd like to Estonian right now anyway.
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I don't think Russia is behaving very differently from the way it always has, even pre-communism. And, yes, I'm uneasy too. We just have to hope there are still some astute advisers to whom world leaders pay attention out there (preferably students of history who are not driven by ideology).
Of course, this is something to be woried about too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_on_go_co/terror_suspects_guns_7
Houston
Hmm. that last comment's url was obscured somewhat by the layout on my screen. Hope it came up on yours.
if not,
here it is again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_on_go_co/terror_suspects_guns_7
ARGH!
i'll send it to you privately
h
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