[duckln]

Prior to 1940, no one preferred Hitler over their own sovereignty, except anarchists, plenty of them in the Balkans. After 1945, Germany was unable to help for decades. But recently they revisited the Balkans, depends on who you are, whether you like the reshuffling there. They've been complaining about 'WWII confiscated' property in the Czech Republic and Poland. Sound familiar?

These vulnerable countries IMO shouldn't put all their eggs in the wrong basket. The loss of Bosnia and Kosovo is an example of what can happen.

Russia looks at Poland as a neutral buffer, we should too. Point is, why do you want to restart the cold war?

[GSlob]

1940 in the Baltics was not the Germans [they came in 1941], but the russians. 1940 was put there for a reason: it was not "prior to 1940", but "prior to the Germans, like in 1940".

[GSlob]

"why do you want to restart the cold war?" - because I have been born and grew up in moscow - and know first hand how bad and dangerous that civilization is. thus it must be contained like a plague it is, never allowed to spread onto those who do not want to have anything to do with it [and thus deserve better], and if possible, rolled back or at least quarantined. ef them.