Jaan Kaplinski After having read the letter of a group of Central and East European politicians to "the Administration of President Obama" I thought I should write a letter to him too. I somehow suspect that this letter is connected to the campaign of the Republican Party conservatives against the new president, especially against his domestic policies, and in particular, against his attempts to introduce some elements of social democracy into America. As his plans to create a health care system for all Americans. It is easier to attack president Obama's foreign policy, and here, the voice of some politicians from CEE is welcome. I don't know whether they wrote the letter in their own initiative or were inspired to write it by some gentlemen from the GOP. But in any case, I want to say clearly that our politicians who have built their career on confrontation with Russia don't speak in my name. Not in my name. A friend of mine, a former deputy of the Estonian Parliament too, told me that a simple worker in the NATO air base in Ämari had told him that in his opinion we really don't need a confrontation with Russia. I believe many people in Estonia think in the same way. Here is the text of my letter to President Obama.
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to maxim04 Aug 2009 15:19
you were called " an apologist for the bolsheviks and stalin", that is a far cry from a russian sympathizer
the latter people do deserve great sympathy because they have endured the worst brutalities ... but if the current russian leadership wants to trade on the bolshevik/communist/soviet past, then they deserve only scorn
Maxim04 Aug 2009 12:14
There are people who lap up dishing out hatemongering against the Russians. They think it is limited only to Russians, but my guess is that the sentiment spreads to other racial groups as well. It's interesting to note that in the post-Cold-war era, you choose to call me a Russian sympathizer, when my comments have started and stopped with a message to halt all criticism of Russia and the Russians. Estonia cannot afford to criticize anyone-least of all a country it has traditionally had more than its fare share of problems. No amount of criticizing will alleviate the pain of the past. All evidence of Estonia's "political realism" points to the fact that not only the government of Estonia, but every citizen must show greater responsibility in pursuing peaceful relations with neighbouring countries. I continue to abide by this attitude and will denounce all forms of bigotry and hate language.
^03 Aug 2009 15:55
"Too bad that the Russians don't have to stoop so low as you do in order to get a result. The entire world is with Russia from the Second World War onwards."
all of your postings and analyses lose credibility when you come up with this type of stuff
you (who should know better) becomes an apologist for the bolsheviks and stalin, forgetting the sixty million who died in the gulag, slapping all eastern european peoples in the face
are you proud of that ?
was ronald reagan not your hero ?
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