Hang tough Estonia!
May 17th, 2007
Just saw a report on the BBC about the massive denial of service attack being waged by the Russians against Estonia, which has done the most of any Eastern European state to actually shed authoritarianism and enter the 21st century with the rest of us, mainly through canny development of their internet infrastructure and sheer talent. (I was really impressed by the energy and optimism of some Estonian grad students I met a few years ago at a retreat at University of Aarhus in Denmark.) The Estonians have shut their virtual borders for the moment to figure out what to do, but I’m rooting for them and have every hope that with their competence, and support from the rest of us who espouse open societies, that they can outwit these gangsterish Russian tactics.
And a pattern emerges… the Russian tendency to bully neighbors with whom they have disagreements by cutting off resources — whether natural gas or information. anybody still don’t believe that Vlad Putin isn’t the most dangerous national leader on the scene today? L
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1. REG CROWDER | June 5th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Just between us, when it comes to being dangerous, I think Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Tony Blair are about even. If you’re not up on the “fine points” of Tony Blair’s accomplishments, here is a place to brush up.
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=recent&rid=20790
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