Thursday, December 02, 2004

where is Macedonia?

I found this tidbit in an article about Oliver Stone's new Alexander:

With the world waiting and wondering where the president will start the next war, Bush chose as his first major foreign-policy decision of his second term to recognise Fyrom by its "proper" name as the Republic of Macedonia, prompting paroxysms of Greeks anger across the globe and Athens to vow to block Macedonia's entry into the EU and Nato.

In other quasi-political news, last night's West Wing focused on Taiwanese independence, and did a not-awful job of addressing the current tensions, if not the historical motivations. I'm still trying to figure out what it meant when Josh got overruled by CJ, after he was convinced by the older Congressman (Hurtt?) to give the Taiwanese some leeway.

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