[Preachin']

I am quite amazed to hear anyone take a jab at FDR.

President Bush has a lot of guts for apologizing to eastern Europe for Yalta. What a man.

[PzGr43]

>I am quite amazed to hear anyone take a jab at FDR.
>
>President Bush has a lot of guts for apologizing to >eastern Europe for Yalta. What a man.
>

Quite so. Politically-Domestically, it was unnecessary since the electorate have never heard of the Yalta agreement.

Poltiically-Foreign-Policy, it is not an easy call. The whole 20thC in Europe is fissured with this kind of thing. And if one party starts apologizing then it could lead to reprisal apologies by another party. And then where would it end ?

He's right. But politically it was not easy to make out the costs/benefits.