But in his speech, Mr. Bush acknowledged that the United States and Britain shared some blame for the annexation of the Baltics, noting that the 1945 Yalta agreement, in which Europe was carved up by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, was in an "unjust tradition" of earlier treaties like the Munich and Molotov-Ribbentrop pacts. He added that "once again, when powerful governments negotiated, the freedom of small nations was somehow expendable" and that the "captivity of millions in Central and Eastern Europe will be remembered as one of the greatest wrongs of history."
That should make the dems livid, saying Roosevelt was partly responsible for the Soviet occupation. They linked this story as a blurb on the front page. I'm surprised the Times didn't bury it. Here's Reuter's version.
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I was so surprised to here Bush actually come out and say this. No wonder they hate him so. Now if we culd only tell the truth about the great depression.
Only the NYT would say that Bush was "lecturing" Putin.
Knowing the President's character .. Bush would never go on a public stage and publically embarrass another leader.
It's only the NYT who would do that - and they have done that to Bush many times. Same old "projection" technique.