Posted on 07/31/2012 2:04:59 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
In fact the two are different from each other. ukraine contains the cradle of Eastern Slavic civilisation, the Kievan Rus states which also spread over what is now Belarus and western Russia. Muscowy (which became Russia) claimed to re-gather the Rus lands after the Mongol invasion. However, while Muscowy was doing that, the Lithuanians conquered western Ukraine and Belarus and then lithuania joined with Poland, hence setting the stage for the Muscowy-Polish feud.
Bulgaria was conquered by the Ottomans, who no longer exist. Bulgaria is a successor state almost as much as modern day Turkey is.
ah. Right. WE have SOOOOOO much to thank Carter for, don’t we? /sarc
Well if they're so freakin' young and smart....how come they're filty moslems?
Jerry gotta make himself/herself crystal clear, regarding EVERY THING!
Ahh, the “Persian” Jibe is overrated & often out of context, or, in Jerry’s case, an “after-thought”..
Cronos:
You ought to behave yourself! :-)
BTW, seriously, so, a blue-eyed, blonde (well, very light brown hair), like myself won’t do huh!?
well, considering my Polish wife is a blue-eyed blonde.... :) A blue-eyed blonde works very well for me -- my wife :-P
well, Iranis will continue to be blanket-associated with the Islamic regime as long as the Islamic regime continues. We can't expect everyone to know everything about every country...
Just as it does for the USA.. i.e Carter, Clinton, Hussein Obama, etc., etc.., etc..... - sounds like “The King & I”.. ;-)
As it does for my conservative, republican, former Air Force pilot & commander, American husband, who has always been a Reagan supporter :-)
Social engineering has worked in which country? So far all the Zero or Negative Population Growth folks all look like evil nuts. They’ve caused real harm and part of the slowdown we’re seeing is a demographic shrinking caused directly by their pronouncements and policies.
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