Kommentaarid on kirjutatud EWR lugejate poolt. Nende sisu ei pruugi ühtida EWR toimetuse seisukohtadega.
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Edward, easy for you to judge. But the Estonians, after 16 years or regained independence, had every right to move a statue. It was a municipal thing, not a national decision, really, even though it had national repercussions.
Your argument makes minimal sense when you argue two different opposing views. It is too bad you can't make up your mind. You said: "Even if this hadn't happened, the Russians would have found something else to agitate about."
Damn straight. The Russians (in the Kremlin) and other pro-Kremlin activitis know bloody well what they are doing is propoganda, and has nothing if anything at all to do with the Soviet war dead.
I'm on the side of Estonia's right to make any decision it wishes, not having to weigh and see if it might further upset the Russians.
Your argument makes minimal sense when you argue two different opposing views. It is too bad you can't make up your mind. You said: "Even if this hadn't happened, the Russians would have found something else to agitate about."
Damn straight. The Russians (in the Kremlin) and other pro-Kremlin activitis know bloody well what they are doing is propoganda, and has nothing if anything at all to do with the Soviet war dead.
I'm on the side of Estonia's right to make any decision it wishes, not having to weigh and see if it might further upset the Russians.
The outrageous reaction by the Russian Government in the case of Tallinn's memorial to the Soviet soldier as "liberator" is probably motivated by the wish to intimidate the balance of Eastern Europe which is full of similar statues. No one likes them because they actually commemorate a marauding horde of rapists who brought Soviet oppression. Every country would like to get rid of such memorials.
re your question to Ansipt" You have no diplomatic support abroad and Can you name one politician in any other country who has come out in public support for moving the statue". He couldn't name one
WHY SHOULD HE? All Estonians need a big lesson in self confidence. Estonia is a free, sovern nation. Just because Eesti is small, It should not have to gather foreign support in order to respectfully re-locate one statute from its downtown core. The statue has offended the majority of the population for years and honors fallen soldiers of another country. I would be cross at the fact that it took so long for the powers in charge to find the courage to proceed. Better late than never.
WHY SHOULD HE? All Estonians need a big lesson in self confidence. Estonia is a free, sovern nation. Just because Eesti is small, It should not have to gather foreign support in order to respectfully re-locate one statute from its downtown core. The statue has offended the majority of the population for years and honors fallen soldiers of another country. I would be cross at the fact that it took so long for the powers in charge to find the courage to proceed. Better late than never.
Fact is that on a global scale, we have measured defeat in the Second World War as being the large-scale battle between Germany and Russia. The fact that different motives arose during the course of time (more accurately to do with the partisan movement dressed in German uniform) is something that Russia will not history books to take precedence over their own victory. 60 years have left their mark, and I don't think that the partisans are about to win-even at this late stage of the day. The Pronkssõdur is just that-a battle representing victory over Germany, and the oppressed partisans whose ghost is rising from behind the wall of the bronze soldier.
your english is so full of errors that its almost incomprehensible.
go away
go away
There's some fine commentary surfacing on this issue by some finely-tuned Estonian-Russian authors, particularly in EPL. Worth reading, because the analysis on pretty much on the mark, showing the shallowness of Lucas this time round. The guy hasn't got a clue about the acutness of the problem.
i'd rather be reading postimees
If we follow Lucas' logic, Sarkozy should resign as well...but he hasn't even been sworn in as President.
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