The Czech Republic promotes democracy

Haven’t they heard that people who are enslaved want their slavery?

Well, no, and the Czechs know better. As part of Czechosolvakia, they were imprisoned five years by Hitler’s Germany, and then more than four decades by the Soviet Evil Empire.

Now the Czechs are free, and they’re funding projects to boost democracy in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, Georgia, Moldova, Burma (Myanmar), Serbia, Ukraine and even Iraq.

Korunas at work. They’ve already been subsidizing programs that spread information and encourage non-governmental organizations to challenge repression and explain how democracy is built. And this year, the Czech government will spend 18 million korunas to continue that work.

The Czechs can teach from experience. They remember too well the haunting gloom of springtimes without bloom.

Frank Warner

(Hat tip: Babalu Blog)