Albania + * 4ever!!

[BurtWorm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09albania.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print






For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow
By CRAIG S. SMITH

TIRANA, Albania, June 8 — 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.”

Thousands of young Albanians have been named Bill or Hillary thanks to the Clinton administration’s role in rescuing ethnic Albanians from the Kosovo war. After the visit on Sunday, some people expect to see a rash of babies named George.

So eager is the country to accommodate Mr. Bush that Parliament unanimously approved a bill last month allowing “American forces to engage in any kind of operation, including the use of force, in order to provide security for the president.” One newspaper, reporting on the effusive mood, published a headline that read, “Please Occupy Us!”

[krispos42]

1. Even in TEXAS he wouldn't be as welcome.

Cindy Sheehan and Company proved that adequetly, I believe.

[livvy]

2. I'm still trying to figure out why Rama chose to pick on Michigan.

Michigan was blue in '00 and '04. Curious.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Riding on Clinton's popularity? Now I've seen everything. -nt

[tridim]

4. "Albanians’ support for the war in Iraq is nearly unanimous,

and any perceived failings of American foreign policy are studiously ignored."

There's your answer, they're trained to be idiots just like Rove does with our idiot president.

[Igel]

5. Hoxha, Kosovo, and little interference from the US.

And there's your answer.

(Oh ... "xh" is prounced like English 'j'.)