Is it just me, or are there some countries about this world whose time has come to stand up and be counted? Tis my contention that many NATO and ex Warsaw pact countries were happy to ride into battle on the coat-tails of the senior partners but now they are on thier own in the big bad world it's all suddenly a bit too difficult. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick completely and everyone is just as deep in the brown stuff we are?
