Okay, well that is a reason to suspect i suppose. But to be fair comrade Merkel uses Ex stasi agents to help go after “hate speech” on the internet.
But did Czech intelligence answer directly to Moscow? I know you were a puppet state, but i would still consider him working for Czech intelligence as different then being a direct agent of Putin. Also, what about all those who were in military service during communism? Are they suspected as Russian sleepers?
While not officially subordinated, in practice the leadership of Czech secret service did answer to Moscow.
In practice, when Czech secret service succeeded to implant / hire agent abroad in a very important position - initially independently, KGB first started overlooking the operation and if wanted to, they took the operation under their own wings.
That was for example the case of Karel Köcher, Czech CIA mole.
Those that were conscripted for the 3 years (later 2 years) general service no - that was basically everybody.
Those that were professional officers, especially higher ranking ones, yes, and they are barred from all government (and military) positions (bar those for which they may be elected).
Direct Soviet influence was the most present in 1940s and 50s when they orchestrated the communist coup. Then they somewhat lost the grip which ended up in the 1968 Prague Spring followed by the Soviet invasion. In 1968-1989, we were true puppet state in every meaning of the word.
does it matter.
do you agree with him ? no so dont vote for him
do you agree with him ? yes , so vote for him
democracy is real simple
Well in a grand scheme of things it wouldn’t.
In a normal party it wouldn’t.
Unfortunately his party, which won the election by landslide, was established by him and is top-down run by him. The party owes money to him which he may request to have returned at any moment and thus have the party fall apart.
At the same time, if he does not own up to his secret service years. Which means he is open to possible blackmail by those who know the details of it.
Voting for someone who cannot be trusted is democracy? Kinda short sighted.
That it may be but that’s your democratic right
So is the right to bitch about it.
of course it is but i dont see why what he did during the communist era makes much odds . most of your country sympathised with the soviet union back then .
some extra excitement for your local bowling trip !
http://news.sky.com/story/police-officers-respond-to-ongoing-incident-in-nuneaton-11093762
Where did you get that from? No.
Also: aiding stb is whole another level than not fighting it.
you lived under the communist flag for 40 years its sympathy enough .
Aiding it or not it was your countries government he served which in turn served the soviets. He served your country and ideals at the time.
That’s like saying that Indians were sympathetic to UK occupation… which I am sure is the point of view you hold.
Are you talking about some kind of Stockholm syndrome or what?
Which makes him untrustworthy and quite a poor character person.
No he didn’t. He served puppet government in a country that was occupied by five hundred thousand enemy soldiers (later downsized to 75.000). A slight difference.
We hanged and shot dead those that served in similar role during German occupation. Not doing the same with the communist figures was the price we paid for avoiding the Romanian and Yugoslavian scenario.
many of them were.
a government only holds power while the people grant it power.
would you blame the german people for hitler? i would they granted him power , they supported him in that respect . same principle i apply to your country.
enemy soldiers ? no, allied soldiers.
had the soviet union gone to war with the west your family members would have killed mine and gladly… lets not pretend your nation was secretly in spirit on the western side .
the Germans were a foreign occupying force… the Czech communist party were not .
not at all . he was born into a communist country he knew no different in his eyes he was serving his country as he is doing now.
Actually no, enemy soldiers.
how so ? you were part of the warsaw pact they were your sworn allies.
there is no shame in your history , why deny it ?
people did not percieve 1968 much differently than 1938. All what you are saying was just on paper.
Why is that? They choose to serve their nation, is it their fault that it happened to be under the rule of a shitty government at the time?
Also how many of them, (and those in the intel community) had a choice in serving. I get the feeling that if they told you, that you were to become an officer, or to become and spy you really had no choice.
Deputy Prime Minister Babiš called for NATO intervention against human trafficking in the Mediterranean.[58] After talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on migrant crisis issue Babiš said that “NATO is not interested in refugees, though Turkey, a NATO member, is their entrance gate to Europe and smugglers operate on Turkish territory”.[59]
Babiš rejected the EU refugee quotas,[60] saying: “I will not accept refugee quotas [for the Czech Republic]. … We must react to the needs and fears of the citizens of our country. We must guarantee the security of Czech citizens. Even if we are punished by sanctions.”[61] He said after the 2016 Berlin attack: “Unfortunately… [Angela Merkel’s open-door migration] policy is responsible for this dreadful act. It was she who let migrants enter Germany and the whole of Europe in uncontrolled waves, without papers, therefore without knowing who they really are.”[62][63]
If his goal as “putins puppet” was to weaken the Czech Republic, why would he be against importing migrants, given how destructive it’s been in nations that have?
Also i cannot find what his views on other political issues are, would you mind linking some info on it?
