Posted on 04/03/2013 10:55:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai
For the first time in almost a decade, the blue-and-gold European Union flag is flying above Prague Castle. But there’s already a movement to take it down.
The new president, Milos Zeman, says the flag is a long overdue sign that the country is moving toward the European mainstream, following the staunchly anti-EU tenure of his predecessor Vaclav Klaus—who banned the banner from the castle that houses the presidential offices. Euro-skepticism remains rife, however, and one prominent member of the anti-EU camp even likened Zeman to a puppet leader installed by the Nazis. …
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a sad day for all the freedom fighters of Czech blood. sad.
I guess the Czechs are used to being sold down the river, just like in 1938.
Deja Vu.. one monster and army of beasts, replaced by another so soon.. history’s lessons lost? (insert Film of rioting hordes and Russkie Tanks in 1958 as they fought to be freed from their ‘liberators’)
Being of Czech blood and yearning to visit my roots in Bohemia, this saddens me. I hope they fight on and overcome.
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