Posted on 04/13/2008 9:57:17 AM PDT by gimmeone
The only true ethnic Macedonians are Greeks. Slavs who speak a Bulgarian dialect where told by the Communists that they were the ethnic kin of ancient Macednionans in the Cold War attempt to steal Greek land and create a warm water port for Stalin.
I don't how the USA can justify once being against the creation of these fake Slavs called 'Macedonians' and now the USA supports them.
That is why America is hated - she is not hated for her freedoms but for her tendency to be a 'two-faced' nation in diplomacy. To say one thing and do another. To hold one position at a point in time and then take the exact oppositte position later on.
See below for what the State Dept. once said:
Foreign Relations Vol. VIII, 868.014 / 26 Dec. 1944
"The Department has noted increasing propaganda rumors and semi-official statements in favor of an autonomous Macedonia, emanating principally from Bulgaria, but also from Yugoslav Partisan and other sources, with the implication that Greek territory would be included in the projected state. This Government (of USA) considers talk of Macedonian "nation", Macedonian "Fatherland", or Macedonian "national consciousness" to be unjustified demagoguery representing no ethnic, nor political reality, and sees in its present revival a possible cloak for aggressive intentions against Greece. The approved policy of this Government is to oppose any revival of the Macedonian issue as related to Greece. The Greek section of Macedonia is largely inhabited by Greeks, and the Greek people are almost unanimously opposed to the creation of a Macedonian state. Allegations of serious Greek participation in any such agitation can be assumed to be false. This Government (of USA) would regard as responsible any Government or group of Governments tolerating or encouraging menacing or aggressive acts of "Macedonian forces" against Greece".
U.S. Secretary of State Stettinius
And then see what the State Dept now says
Thankfully, he eventually concluded that we idjits would rather believe our own eyes and ears...
I have to say that there is truth in this statement. I think alot of the reasons for this comes from the fact the the two major parties have completely different views on foreign policy and that it is next to impossible to maintain a consistent effort on an issue when our overall foreign policy is subject to change every few years. This gives the impression that the US has a schizophrenic foreign policy, which we do.
Governments take positions that suit the times. Such is the way of the world. One must look at the overall progress toward a long range goal.
It’s just a name...I don’t recall many protests in Atlanta when Georgia was carved out of the USSR.
The US State of Georgia doesn’t share a border with it’s former Soviet couterpart, nor does it claim territory from it...
You mean to tell me Georgia Tech is now in Moscow? Sheesh.
If true, JWB would not continue "our" support of 'greater albania' and we would not be choosing between three possible candidates equally driven to amnesty for (mexican) illegal aliens. Elites follow elites and rarely their own interpretation of doctrine.
On the other hand; the 1944 citation addresses an entirely different subject than today's "my name and my name only" fiasco:
"The Greek section of Macedonia is largely inhabited by Greeks, and the Greek people are almost unanimously opposed to the creation of a Macedonian state."
...refers to a 'Greater Macedonia" made up of territory from a Slav 'Macedonia' and a Greek 'Macedonia'. It takes a stretch to claim that only one state can use the name Macedonia because the old subject might resurface - unless they are planning against a repeat of Kosova/Albania.
However:
If the Greeks win, and "Macedonia" has to change it's name to "Louise" or some such...
I demand that the state south of California USA be renamed to "West Cesspool", or "Baja del Norte", or simply "Theirs"..."Baja California" infringes on my ethnic rights.
Original by Destro, not Desto. My bad.
True, but this indicates a distinct change in American foreign policy.
When did this change take place?
Upon whose initiative?
If elected, will John McCain continue this policy?
What does Robinson think?
BTTT
BTW - In the marathon for most annoying nation ever - it appears that the Greeks are currently leading the French by a nose (which is saying something).
Well can you blame them because of us they are totally surrounded by Muslim nations.
No, supporting Jihad in Kosovo exceeded this stupidity by the power of two.
The Greeks buy our F-16’s, which places them well ahead of the French, imo.
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