Dinavan, you say "nationalist" like it's a nasty thing. As Hillel said, "If I am not for me, who is? And if not now, when"?

It was the failure of the Soviet Union to recognize the deep feelings that people had for their own countries and traditions (language, religeon, currency, etc.) These feelings caused them to have to have troops in nearly every country under the Communist rule, ostensibily to protect against a NATO (or whatever) attack. In reality, they were there to keep the populance in line and to keep nationalism down.

As history will note, as soon as they could, they declared their independence and became their own nations again.

Yes, I am a Nationalist. I love my country and want it to be first among nations. If this gives me a "very limited world perspective" , oh well.

Under our system of government, you are entitled to express your opinion.

For whatever it's worth.

troll