Washington, DC (TLS). President Bush was received in this former Soviet bloc country as a hero on Sunday as he became the very first American President to visit the impoverished Eastern European nation.
In statement that is sure to irk Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Bush stated that it is imperative that Albania continue on its process of independence--a statement that brought loud cheers from average Albanian citizens as well as their leaders.
Increasingly, the Putin regime is acting as if it wishes to return to the old paradigm of a Soviet Union, consisting of small nations dominated and ruled by one large, powerful Communist government located in Moscow.
It is clear that Putin repudiates the move toward liberty that was embraced by Boris Yeltsin and Michael Gorbachev.
Yet the nations that were once dominated and oppressed by Soviet Communists celebrate the American vision of liberty and independence and treat our leaders as heroes. Albania and Poland have been two of our staunchest allies in the War on Terror.
Poland has even begun the process of erecting statues to the memory of Ronald Reagan and naming several landmarks after the deceased former President.
Read the story of Bush's hero's welcome in Albania here:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070610/D8PM5QT00.html
Monday, June 11, 2007
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