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Buck Galaxy — 6/23/2009 5:41:43 AM (archived)

"There's also famous Bush "caution" particularly in 1991 where he did not press on the issue of separatism in the USSR"

As I remember it, GHWB pressed aggressively for the independence of the Baltic states right after the failed Soviet coup.

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You have got to be kidding me. - Marsby - 6/20/2009 9:45:53 PM
- re: You have got to be kidding me. - gbaikie - 6/22/2009 9:51:01 AM
- Actually, it's too soon to comment. - ER - 6/21/2009 2:31:56 PM
  - More moral support would be nice. - TB - 6/21/2009 6:23:11 PM
    - Why Iran will never be the same - Buck Galaxy - 6/21/2009 10:29:12 PM
      - Another key quote from your article... - ER - 6/21/2009 11:03:31 PM
        
        George H. W. Bush - TB - 6/22/2009 12:54:33 AM
        
        Zakaria is talking about the fall of 1989 - dtb - 6/22/2009 8:07:04 PM
        
        1991 - Buck Galaxy - 6/23/2009 5:41:43 AM
        
        Thanks, dtb. - ER - 6/22/2009 10:31:37 PM
        
        Thanks for the references - TB - 6/22/2009 9:09:08 PM
        
        You really didn't expect me to read that speech, all the way through, did you? - ER - 6/22/2009 1:38:18 AM
        
        So the first part of the speech means nothing? - TB - 6/22/2009 4:12:29 AM
        
        Neocons were opposed - dtb - 6/22/2009 7:56:11 PM
        
        NO - ER - 6/22/2009 10:41:51 AM
        
        Reagan and the Warsaw uprising. Moral support. - TB - 6/21/2009 11:37:26 PM
        
        Obstinately ignoring the point made over and over - Buck Galaxy - 6/21/2009 11:42:08 PM
        
        That was then, this is now. - ER - 6/22/2009 12:17:47 AM
    - Unfortuntely, we have no moral standing in Iran to give them any moral support. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/21/2009 10:09:35 PM
    - Moral support can get people killed. We should be very careful. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/21/2009 8:28:04 PM
      - People get killed when we stand mute, too. - TB - 6/21/2009 8:36:58 PM
        
        Man, an endorsement from the US is not something any Iranian party wants, needs, or can survive with for long. - alcaray - 6/21/2009 10:42:42 PM
        
        We must not make promises we can't keep, - ER - 6/21/2009 9:26:35 PM
- I'm certainly glad you had something important to say. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/21/2009 7:38:35 AM
- Explain the moral high ground the US has here. Marsby, or anyone. - Bowser - 6/21/2009 3:25:14 AM
  - " I need a laugh"... - Lindy - 6/21/2009 5:48:19 PM
- The Voice of Iran - ER - 6/21/2009 2:57:42 AM
  - re: The Voice of Iran - Lindy - 6/21/2009 5:55:02 PM
    - "Yacht Boy" is the actual brand name. - ER - 6/21/2009 7:06:04 PM
      - For backpacking - Bowser - 6/22/2009 1:25:21 AM
        
        Nice little radio - ER - 6/22/2009 12:32:39 PM
        
        Oh, yeah. The reason I posted that. - Bowser - 6/22/2009 5:38:44 PM
        
        Only very strange people listen to short wave. (n/t) - ER - 6/22/2009 5:50:02 PM
- There have been a few posts. - TB - 6/21/2009 12:42:23 AM
  - Websites - TB - 6/21/2009 12:46:07 AM
- Indeed. - Bowser - 6/20/2009 10:05:06 PM
  - re: Indeed. - gbaikie - 6/21/2009 2:13:05 AM
  - Revolution in Iran - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/21/2009 12:31:57 AM
    - Wow - Buck Galaxy - 6/21/2009 5:14:13 AM
    - Missing Image - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/21/2009 12:32:33 AM
      - Notice the contrast. - Lee - 6/21/2009 10:32:04 PM
        
        In Iran, "the pigs" wear beards. (n/t) - ER - 6/22/2009 5:54:41 PM

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