Mike, I stand corrected. (Is it really western Europe?) I know Tito seemed to have some independence from the Soviet Union although he was a communist and aligned with their block. He preserved some independence because the terrain was so difficult to conquor. At the height of the cold war, we would have lumped him in with the rest of the Soviet Block...as in 'kill all the commies and let God sort it out.' Those were scarry times, especially for a kid who figured the H-bomb landing in downtown Chicago had a kill radius that made practicing ducking under his at school a kind of pointless effort. Crispy critters we would have been... Regards, Bob S. Mike wrote: << Bob wrote: > > My knowledge of western Europe is much better than > my knowledge of eastern Europe. When I was in > school, eastern Europe was part of the 'Evil > Empire', behind the 'Iron Curtain' and somewhere > few folks traveled. > As Wheatfield Wille would say, "har!" Your knowledge of "western" Europe isn't so hot either! (I'm presuming you're joking here...the former Yugoslavia was never "behind the iron curtain," and Reagan's fantasy "evil empire" was the Soviet Union and its dominions--specifically, the Warsaw Pact countries. Saying Tito was a Soviet pawn is about as accurate as a European saying that Castro is an American one.) --Mike >> - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
