Thursday, February 10, 2005

Crossed Lines

Observed online: in one forum, posters from the Baltic states excoriate Ephraim Zuroff, the Nazi-hunter who has made it his business to investigate war criminals in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. In another forum, posters from Israel write in support of Putin's campaign of repression against Chechen fighters. In yet another forum, East European posters attack Israel for its policy on the Palestinians and the territories. Posters from the Baltic states express their resentment when comparisons are made between the situation of their countries and the situation of Israel. In another place, someone points out how Putin voices his support for President Bush and the War on Terror while Moscow quietly arranges the sale of missiles to Syria. And so it goes...


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