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Demovictory9

(32,454 posts) Sun Mar 6, 2022, 03:50 AM Mar 2022

massive Czech Republic crowd cheer Ukrainian president's address

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massive Czech Republic crowd cheer Ukrainian president's address (Original Post) Demovictory9 Mar 2022 OP

There probably aren't many Czechs who don't know about the Prague Spring DFW Mar 2022 #1

And they remember well the fall of the Soviet Union a decade later... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #3

Kr TY! Cha Mar 2022 #2

This reminds me of the reception John Kennedy and Obama received in foreign countries. Frustratedlady Mar 2022 #4

DFW

(54,372 posts)

1. There probably aren't many Czechs who don't know about the Prague Spring

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 04:02 AM

Mar 2022

And that means there aren‘t many Czechs who don‘t know how the Russians led the crushing of it, either.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

3. And they remember well the fall of the Soviet Union a decade later...

Reply to DFW (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 04:19 AM

Mar 2022

I was in Prague shortly after the fall. The Czechs were trying to get it right but they were exhilerated to the extent nobody really cared.

Cha

(297,196 posts)

2. Kr TY!

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 04:03 AM

Mar 2022

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

4. This reminds me of the reception John Kennedy and Obama received in foreign countries.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 04:44 AM

Mar 2022

Maybe the old farts staying around governments should hang it up and let the younger people take over.

Granted, there is a lot of knowledge from older people, but there are also a lot of old hang-ups that won't let them grow. They remain stagnant through their experiences.

I'm old and know what I'm speaking about.

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