Comments on: Europe’s forgotten neighbor http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/ Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nikola http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9147 Nikola Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:57:46 +0000 http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9147 Yes. Better, that way. Transdniestria didn't start the war, and never crossed over into Moldova's side. Not even while the fighting was going on. But the rest of the blog post is quite accurate in most places and gives a good overview to both Moldova and Transdniestria. Thanks. Yes. Better, that way. Transdniestria didn’t start the war, and never crossed over into Moldova’s side. Not even while the fighting was going on. But the rest of the blog post is quite accurate in most places and gives a good overview to both Moldova and Transdniestria. Thanks.

]]> By: Mary Kate Boughton http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9146 Mary Kate Boughton Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:11:49 +0000 http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9146 Quite right; my words in this sentence were indeed vague. What I meant to convey could perhaps be better said as: The territory issued a unilateral declaration of independence declaring the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and after a brief war with Moldova, that is the name by which the territory still calls itself today. Quite right; my words in this sentence were indeed vague. What I meant to convey could perhaps be better said as: The territory issued a unilateral declaration of independence declaring the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and after a brief war with Moldova, that is the name by which the territory still calls itself today.

]]> By: Nikola http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9144 Nikola Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:26:11 +0000 http://blog.gmfus.org/2008/01/31/europe%e2%80%99s-forgotten-neighbor/#comment-9144 A small correction to an otherwise good and relatively objective analysis ... You wrote that: "After a unilateral declaration of independence on September 2, 1990, which was not recognized by any other state, the territory entered a brief war with Moldova, which resulted in the creation of the so-called Transnistrian Moldovan Republic." The Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic was declared in 1990, and the war took place in 1992. So the war did not cause the creation of the entity. It was the other way around. Also, your turn of phrase "the territory entered into a brief war with Moldova" is incorrect. Transdniestria did not start the war. Transdniestrian forces never had any designs on Moldova, and never crossed into Moldova. Moldova, on the other sent, sent troops to Transdniestria to enforce its territorial claim and establish sovereignty. It is a historically accepted fact today that Moldova began the war, and that Transdniestria merely entered the war as a reaction to the invading tanks and the aerial bombing of its civilian neighborhoods. Apart from that, keep up the good work. And regarding the "responsible proactive citizens" who can "lead the way", did you ever talk to anyone from the Renewal movement (www.obnovlenie.info) ? A small correction to an otherwise good and relatively objective analysis … You wrote that: “After a unilateral declaration of independence on September 2, 1990, which was not recognized by any other state, the territory entered a brief war with Moldova, which resulted in the creation of the so-called Transnistrian Moldovan Republic.”

The Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic was declared in 1990, and the war took place in 1992. So the war did not cause the creation of the entity. It was the other way around.

Also, your turn of phrase “the territory entered into a brief war with Moldova” is incorrect. Transdniestria did not start the war. Transdniestrian forces never had any designs on Moldova, and never crossed into Moldova. Moldova, on the other sent, sent troops to Transdniestria to enforce its territorial claim and establish sovereignty.

It is a historically accepted fact today that Moldova began the war, and that Transdniestria merely entered the war as a reaction to the invading tanks and the aerial bombing of its civilian neighborhoods.

Apart from that, keep up the good work. And regarding the “responsible proactive citizens” who can “lead the way”, did you ever talk to anyone from the Renewal movement (www.obnovlenie.info) ?

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