Bush visits friendly countries in Europe (Guess how many are still friendly and which ones)

[Robbien]

Just two. The article states he is "Dogged by protesters at his other European stops"

Albania professes such an affinity for America that it has issued three stamps featuring President Bush's likeness and the Statue of Liberty.

. . .But Bush is so well-liked in Albania, the street running in front of parliament has been renamed in his honor. "Albanians identify the United States of America as the cradle of liberty and democracy," said Albert Rakipi of the Albanian Institute for International Studies. Bush's visit to the mostly Muslim nation is "a thank you for Albania's nonstop support of U.S. policy," he said.

In Bulgaria, once the most loyal Soviet ally during the Cold War, U.S. flags also cover parts of downtown Sofia, where Bush will meet with top leaders.

. . .

Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin said his government wants NATO more involved in a U.S. missile defense system that would be based in the Czech Republic and Poland, and hopes the shield can be repositioned so it protects Bulgaria as well.

A few hundred pro-Communist demonstrators rallied against Bush's visit in Sofia on Saturday, holding posters that read "Stop Bush" and chanting slogans against him.

But others, like 38-year-old economist Petar Iliev, hope Bush's visit will give Bulgaria an image boost. "It is very important for Bulgaria's reputation that America's leader is visiting," he said. "It shows the world that we are on the right track."

http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_6102810

[demnan]

1. Even in one of those countries

they had protests.

[Cleita]

2. Their Ministers of Propaganda must be working 24/7 to suppress

the real news and paint Bush's America in rose tinted tones. I have met Bulgarians and Albanians and they aren't stupid, just repressed in their own countries.

[Robbien]

5. That is what I suspected

From the article it seemed they still believed the old line of America being the golden land of opportunity, home of the free, land of the brave.

[NV Whino]

3. Poland?

Or do we have to forget Poland?

[napi21]

4. OH PLEASE, won't one of them KEEP HIM!!!!!!

I don't know anything about Albania or Bugaria, but maybe we can work something out here. THEY LOVE HIM, and we hate him, so can we make him part of a foreign aide package...I'd even throw in Cheney to sweeten the deal! What do ya think? Anybody know any officials in either Country????