Speaking of Finland, Meryl, I read a book a few months ago about the Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940. It was, as you probably know, an absolutely unprovoked attack on a neighbor was was willing to do whatever was necessary to show non-aggression towards the Soviet Union. When the Finns sued for peace the Soviets grabbed off a chunk of Karelia and expelled something like 400,000 Karelian Finns, who left with only what they could carry, nothing more.

Curiously, I don’t think any Karelians languish in refugee camps all these years later. Perhaps they are and I’ve missed it; if so, they should start murdering Olympic athletes, blowing up airliners, and sending suicide bombers to St. Petersberg to kill as many innocent civilians as possible. This would undoubtedly attract the sympathetic attention of the world.