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Sunday, March 06, 2005
Best of luck to Moldova
Instapundit mentions upcoming elections in Moldova and that country's turn toward Europe. Let's hope it's successful.
About five years ago, one of my cousins was in Moldova for the Peace Corps. One night, a drunk broke into her house and claimed to be the husband of the woman with whom she was staying. He turned violent and they called the police. The response? It was the word of a man against that of a woman, and while the officer was sympathetic, there was nothing he could do.
While we spend a fair amount of time scorning Europe, it did at one time set a decent bar for civilization. One hopes that Europe will crack down on the abuses it's allowed in the name of tolerance for Islam and set a standard that Moldova, the Ukraine and others will be well served in aiming for. And that those nations will subsequently know a better future for their efforts to join the West.
posted by gbarto at 1:02 PM
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