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Juri Estam commented about Estonia Facts and Photos, On Friday August 11th, 2006 01:39:00 PM
A couple of essential corrections here. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were no more voluntary parts of the Soviet Union than Norway and France were constituent parts of Nazi Germany (no one would write "France - part of the Third Reich"). The three Baltic countries were unique in World War Two as independent European countries that were conquered (by the USSR) and stayed occupied for half a century. We did not become independent in 1991, but rather the Russian occupation troops left with their tanks thereafter, and we returned to independence.
As concerns Danes - they were our very first oppressors and occupiers (they came with sword and fire, arriving in 1219). Alas, our borders were not strong enough to have excluded these invaders. There were large pitched battles against the Danes and German crusaders for decades until we submitted (Estonia's Ancient War to Retain Independence). The philosophy of no borders has a nice idealistic tune to it, as long as you are not constantly subjected to having to repel aggressive boarders, as Estonia has had to for decades. Give me borders any day, if the alternative is living in subjugation. Juri Estam Tallinn
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Juri Estam commented about Estonia Facts and Photos, On Friday August 11th, 2006 01:45:00 PM
A couple of essential corrections here. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were no more voluntary parts of the Soviet Union than Norway and France were constituent parts of Nazi Germany (no one would write "France - part of the Third Reich"). The three Baltic countries were unique in World War Two as independent European countries that were conquered (by the USSR) and stayed occupied for half a century. We did not become independent in 1991, but rather the Russian occupation troops left with their tanks thereafter, and we returned to independence.
As concerns Danes - they were our very first oppressors and occupiers (they came with sword and fire, arriving in 1219). Alas, our borders were not strong enough to have excluded these invaders. There were large pitched battles against the Danes and German crusaders for decades, until we submitted (Estonia's Ancient War to Retain Independence). The philosophy of no borders has a nice idealistic tune to it, as long as you are not constantly subjected to having to repel aggressive boarders, as Estonia has had to do on and off again for eight centuries. Give me borders any day, if the alternative is living in subjugation. Juri Estam Tallinn
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