tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034006406987868261.post6874781202565545081..comments2024-03-10T03:36:25.355-07:00Comments on BALTIC: Incompetent governance continuesVeiko Spolitishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136925332059803186noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034006406987868261.post-42721867647300113692007-10-16T01:16:00.000-07:002007-10-16T01:16:00.000-07:00Maybe latvians don't care about their country as m...Maybe latvians don't care about their country as much as Estonians and Lithuanians do? Less patriotism? More russians? Diplomaatia dedicated its july/august vol to Latvia. There was one very interesting article about Latvia's defence ( http://www.diplomaatia.ee/?archive_mode=article&articleid=284 ). The conclusion was quite negative.<BR/><BR/>Completely fucked up Latvia is not good for Estonia -- fear of "domino effect" (1998 collapse vol 2), Russia's growing influence (politically, economically), open borders (more crime). Bad, very bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034006406987868261.post-81688548240042515512007-10-15T14:39:00.000-07:002007-10-15T14:39:00.000-07:00Mel:If there is no will among Latvian citizenry to...Mel:<BR/><BR/>If there is no will among Latvian citizenry to accept the reality of participatory democracy and EXISTENCE of plural societym, then there is only sovereign democracy left for such fools.........all this in the EU country, and who would have thought about that. My Estonian friends were traditionally bemused about my apprehensions, but what are they saying now??? They should be jumping on one leg in Ilves EST, cause Zatlers LAT is going down the gutter.......Veiko Spolitishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136925332059803186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034006406987868261.post-72531110821081716922007-10-11T06:31:00.000-07:002007-10-11T06:31:00.000-07:00If Latvian leaders keep this up, there will be no ...If Latvian leaders keep this up, there will be no Latvia for them to plunder. Moscow will be soooooooooo happy when that day comes. Instead of Russophones moving home to the East, you got Latvians emigrating to the West in droves.<BR/><BR/>And truly what worries me is that this is also the environment that breeds extremism and extreme politics from both the left and right. We don't need "youth organisations" fighting with "sporting clubs" on the streets like the late 1920s and early 1930s...<BR/><BR/>Who would have thought things would crash so fast after Vaira's exit from Rigas Pils...who'd thunk it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com