Yalta, Truth and Tact

Published May 11, 2005

Presidents aren't expected to know much history, but their speechwriters are -- and even presidents are expected to be considerate of their hosts' feelings. President George W. Bush's speech in Riga on May 7 did not measure up.

It wasn't Mr. Bush who started the quarrel about whether the Soviet Union "liberated" or "occupied" Eastern Europe after 1945. It was the presidents of Lithuania and Estonia,...

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