Who'd have expected this?
The highlight of President Bush’s European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight.Americans here are greeted with a refreshing adoration that feels as though it comes from another time.
“Albania is for sure the most pro-American country in Europe, maybe even in the world,” said Edi Rama, Tirana’s mayor and leader of the opposition Socialists. “Nowhere else can you find such respect and hospitality for the president of the United States. Even in Michigan, he wouldn’t be as welcome.”
Much of the pro-American sentiment stems from the time of Woodrow Wilson and his efforts to ensure that Albania would be an independent country. But I personally suspect that the Albanians, who suffered under what may have been the most oppressive regime behind the Iron Curtain, probably recognize that the US really is still the beacon of liberty for the world.
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Greg,
Very interesting... thanks...
|| Posted by Butch, June 9, 2007 06:55 PM ||Albania is a small Mediterranean country, with a very old and rich history.
Most people have no clue in geography. Of course the communists in Albania isolated their country for a good while.
What is unique about them, is that they still maintain certain (great) old customs towards the guest! Try to go and visit. You will have to see for yourself to understand it!
Meantime, nothing surprising here, the US is the only real supporter for Kosovo's independence. The Europeans and Russia consistently have screwed them when it come to the national issue. Instead, the US consistently backed them up!
As for the religion of the Albanians....they really are AGNOSTIC!!!
|| Posted by John Duncan, June 11, 2007 08:27 AM ||OK? It is in their upbringing, in their culture! Of course 500 years of Turkish invasion has left certain east relics over there. They are portrayed as Islamic or religious... whatever..... you would have to know them to understand it. Albania holds some of the most genuine treasures in Europe still to be discovered in the west.
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