Baltic leaders in geopolitics, or a few words about "idiots" and "upstarts"
Judging by reports from the Baltic states, everything is very bad there now: the leaders of Estonia and Lithuania cannot decide which of them Russia will attack first. Each of them has already more than once declared about heightened "aggression" by Russia. The Estonian president has gone further and already wants to see at least one permanent NATO brigade in his country and even misses "the determination [the West] had during the Cold War era."
About the "idiots". President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Imagine a picture:
The night was tense. The call from the transatlantic boss took Toomas Ilves by surprise. How so, afterwards he thought, tossing and turning all night from side to side. After all, I am even Angela so brave countered about supplies weapons to Ukraine! And here on you - a useless idiot and even in a bow tie. We need to think of something, arrows or something, translate ...
On April 3, 2015, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in an interview with the British newspaper The Times called Greece, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus "useful idiots" of Vladimir Putin. The reason for the name-calling was the position of these countries, acting from a reasonable position of mutually beneficial interests, that is, against sanctions against Russia.
The reaction to the attacks of the Estonian was not long in coming - the Greeks accused President Ilves of “disrespecting European political culture,” which they announced to the Estonian Ambassador in Athens, who was summoned to the Greek Foreign Ministry.
Later it turned out that Ilves did not name specific states. This is a completely different conversation. Now, not only Greece, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus, but every European country striving to be reasonable and useful for its citizens is free to try on an “idiotic” characteristic for itself, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves has nothing to do with it.
The efforts of the Estonian president for the glory of the overseas chief of all Europe are not selfless. He clearly expects a respectful attitude towards himself, at least as a partner, and not as a powerless subordinate. Ilves has been working hard since his days at the US Congress-funded Radio Liberty, and of course he cannot calmly tolerate disrespect from his EU neighbor. When the presenter of the British television channel "Sky News" misrepresented Ilves, confusing name with surname, the president was offended on the air, showing painful pride.
But if you think about it, then what difference does it make for the Anglo-Saxons, by and large, how the Estonian president is presented - Mr. Hendrik or Mr. Ilves? To answer this rhetorical question, it is enough to remember how on American television were joking on Barack Obama's trip to Estonia:
"Great choice! As we all know, Estonia is such a ... country. Its culture is rich ... with Estonians. Estonia is part of the Baltic states, along with Lithuania, Latvia, and, if I'm not mistaken, Activia. It seems so".
About upstarts. President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite
Or consider another Baltic president - Dalia Grybauskaite. In November 2014 she He accused Russia is that our country is no less a "terrorist state". And these are only flowers compared to what the president of a seemingly European country still allows himself in the heat of anti-Russian rhetoric. Commenting on the Russophobic activity of Grybauskaite, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexander Babakov compared Lithuania with a pug that barks at an elephant.
In the recent past, Grybauskaite was a party worker, activist of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in 1988 she defended her thesis on the topic "The relationship between public and personal property in the functioning of personal subsidiary plots", received a Ph.D. in economics, specializing in "political economy of socialism." The career of the nomenklatura worker was impetuous, experts believe that Dale's father helped to rise in the position, worked in the NKVD.
The smile that the Lithuanian president bestows on those around him and the archetypal political careerism involuntarily evoke associations with cinematic characters. Well, Dalia Grybauskaite is very much like Tracy Flick, the antagonist from the 1999 film "Upstart" (originally "Election").
In the film, Tracy is an intelligent, ambitious, and ruthless high school student on a quest to win the election and become student council president. She is confronted by the teacher stories and social studies, but he still fails to hinder Tracy's advancement.
After graduating from school and enrolling in university, the young "upstart" opens up a path to politics. The movie ends scene, in which a teacher who got in the way of a careerist and paid for it with his career accidentally meets Tracy in Washington and discovers that she was in the team of one of the US congressmen.
It is interesting to note the external similarity between Dali and Tracy performed by Reese Witherspoon:
Whether this similarity is coincidental or not, the President of Lithuania regularly “pops up»Earlier than others, to gain approval and curry favor with someone. We can say that due to Russophobia, Dalia Grybauskaite has so far managed to successfully overtake the President of Estonia. If he still only declares about increased “aggression” from Russia, then Dali has Russia “already attacked Lithuania". So, Mr. Hendrick, ... oh, sorry, Mr. Ilves, you have a lot to strive for.
About the "idiots". President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Imagine a picture:
The night was tense. The call from the transatlantic boss took Toomas Ilves by surprise. How so, afterwards he thought, tossing and turning all night from side to side. After all, I am even Angela so brave countered about supplies weapons to Ukraine! And here on you - a useless idiot and even in a bow tie. We need to think of something, arrows or something, translate ...
On April 3, 2015, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in an interview with the British newspaper The Times called Greece, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus "useful idiots" of Vladimir Putin. The reason for the name-calling was the position of these countries, acting from a reasonable position of mutually beneficial interests, that is, against sanctions against Russia.
The reaction to the attacks of the Estonian was not long in coming - the Greeks accused President Ilves of “disrespecting European political culture,” which they announced to the Estonian Ambassador in Athens, who was summoned to the Greek Foreign Ministry.
Later it turned out that Ilves did not name specific states. This is a completely different conversation. Now, not only Greece, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus, but every European country striving to be reasonable and useful for its citizens is free to try on an “idiotic” characteristic for itself, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves has nothing to do with it.
The efforts of the Estonian president for the glory of the overseas chief of all Europe are not selfless. He clearly expects a respectful attitude towards himself, at least as a partner, and not as a powerless subordinate. Ilves has been working hard since his days at the US Congress-funded Radio Liberty, and of course he cannot calmly tolerate disrespect from his EU neighbor. When the presenter of the British television channel "Sky News" misrepresented Ilves, confusing name with surname, the president was offended on the air, showing painful pride.
But if you think about it, then what difference does it make for the Anglo-Saxons, by and large, how the Estonian president is presented - Mr. Hendrik or Mr. Ilves? To answer this rhetorical question, it is enough to remember how on American television were joking on Barack Obama's trip to Estonia:
"Great choice! As we all know, Estonia is such a ... country. Its culture is rich ... with Estonians. Estonia is part of the Baltic states, along with Lithuania, Latvia, and, if I'm not mistaken, Activia. It seems so".
About upstarts. President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite
Or consider another Baltic president - Dalia Grybauskaite. In November 2014 she He accused Russia is that our country is no less a "terrorist state". And these are only flowers compared to what the president of a seemingly European country still allows himself in the heat of anti-Russian rhetoric. Commenting on the Russophobic activity of Grybauskaite, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexander Babakov compared Lithuania with a pug that barks at an elephant.
In the recent past, Grybauskaite was a party worker, activist of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in 1988 she defended her thesis on the topic "The relationship between public and personal property in the functioning of personal subsidiary plots", received a Ph.D. in economics, specializing in "political economy of socialism." The career of the nomenklatura worker was impetuous, experts believe that Dale's father helped to rise in the position, worked in the NKVD.
The smile that the Lithuanian president bestows on those around him and the archetypal political careerism involuntarily evoke associations with cinematic characters. Well, Dalia Grybauskaite is very much like Tracy Flick, the antagonist from the 1999 film "Upstart" (originally "Election").
In the film, Tracy is an intelligent, ambitious, and ruthless high school student on a quest to win the election and become student council president. She is confronted by the teacher stories and social studies, but he still fails to hinder Tracy's advancement.
After graduating from school and enrolling in university, the young "upstart" opens up a path to politics. The movie ends scene, in which a teacher who got in the way of a careerist and paid for it with his career accidentally meets Tracy in Washington and discovers that she was in the team of one of the US congressmen.
It is interesting to note the external similarity between Dali and Tracy performed by Reese Witherspoon:
Whether this similarity is coincidental or not, the President of Lithuania regularly “pops up»Earlier than others, to gain approval and curry favor with someone. We can say that due to Russophobia, Dalia Grybauskaite has so far managed to successfully overtake the President of Estonia. If he still only declares about increased “aggression” from Russia, then Dali has Russia “already attacked Lithuania". So, Mr. Hendrick, ... oh, sorry, Mr. Ilves, you have a lot to strive for.
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