Open letter ineffectual

The daily Postimees believes the letter addressed by former Central and Eastern European leaders to US President Barack Obama will make little impact on foreign policy: "The letter neither shatters the world view of the reader nor does it open up new perspectives. Apart from a few ideals it does cheap advertising for the special interests of Poland and Romania. It says nothing about what Europe itself can do to preserve order in its own backyard - the old continent couldn't have presented Obama with a greater gift. In reply an official of the US State Department promised on Friday that the US leadership would continue with its visits to Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The letter assumes that our region is lost without the US. The US won't let itself be influenced by emotional blackmail. And in Eastern Europe the letter has more of a destabilising effect which only strengthens the argument of a 'strong hand' to consolidate and mobilise societies."

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