[joan]

The separatists here were inspired by Montenegro's May referendum, in which residents voted for independence from Serbia. Just over a month later, Montenegro was welcomed into the United Nations. But unlike the Trans-Dniester plebiscite, the Montenegro referendum was authorized by the central government.

"The situation in Trans-Dniester shares no similarities ... with Montenegro," Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said Saturday.

[joan]

ping

[divine_moment_of_facts]

I had a "Retro" Dream the other night.. America was under Nuclear attack by Russia, but their missiles couldn't do diddly.

[Gay State Conservative]

*Joining* Russia? Good God,a whole lotta mercury must have gotten into the food supply there.

[Sybeck1]

Moldovia? I remember Blake Carrington had a problem with those people.

[Trityn]

Not sure how much Russia can pull back from the brink but here is a good article (from 2000) on Operation Sunbeam ...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19824

..."The leaders of the West have yet to understand the significance of Sejna's statement about the fake dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. Americans and West Europeans are far from grasping the truth in Golitsyn's 1984 statement that the Kremlin was contemplating the demolition of the Berlin Wall. As Horst Jemlich suggested in his statement to the Times, Operation Sunbeam was initiated with the collapse of East Germany in mind. The KGB, however, was not giving up. It was creating an alternate channel to continue operations against the West under cover of a supposed Cold War defeat."...

[Tailgunner Joe]

The Balkanization of Eastern Europe proceeds as Russia fans the flames.

Igor Smirnov

[goldstategop]

One wonders why Moldova is not seeking to join Romania. They share a common language and culture.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus