This week's meeting between Toomas Hendrik Ilves and George W. Bush in the White House contained as much symbolism as substance. The invitation was extended amid a confrontation in Estonian society, which had been sparked by the removal of the Soviet war statue in downtown Tallinn and exacerbated by inaccurate reporting by Russian reporters and Moscow's unprofessional diplomacy. When Tallinn was in trouble, Washington held out its hand. Ilves spent most of his adult life in the United States, so he speaks like an American. For Bush, a Texan, chatting with an East European president from...
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