What we have to say as Slavists

[Adassovsky Georges]

Eliot Borenstein wrote:

>
>Kenneth Brostrom asks the question: "Do we, as Slavic specilaists,
>have nothing to say?"  Well, maybe we do, but I can't help but feel
>that anything we can say specifically as *Slavic* specialists is, at
>least in the short term, largely irrelevant.

Slavic specialists deal with Languages, Litterature, but also with Civilization and History. They can't ignore that Slavs, as well in Balkans as in Rus', have been, since middle ages, on the front line in the "civilization choc" described by professor Huntington. They can't ignore that up to now, American foreign policy supported muslims, as well in Afghanistan as in Balkans and Tchetchnia, in order to thwart communists or post-communist dictators.
Anyone may have his own political opinion, and I don't feel these opinions are to be expressed on this list, as that could lead to quarrels.
For these reasons, I don't appreciate the Chomsky contribution (personnal opinion), but appreciate the Philippe Frison contribution (information about Slavic States positions).
Slavs are concerned with this tragedy, because its may trigger a (welcommed for them) change in American foreign policy. And Slavists ARE concerned with the observation of the new world political situation, as Slavic States may be largely involved.

Georges,
Civilizationist.

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