Allir gegndu \u00feeir lykilhlutverki, \u00feegar mest \u00e1 rei\u00f0. \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0ir \u00feeirra fundu \u00ed s\u00ednu innsta e\u00f0li, a\u00f0 \u00feeim v\u00e6ri treystandi fyrir sj\u00e1lfu fj\u00f6regginu: Sameiginlegri menningu og reynslu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a \u00ed \u00e1nau\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 var von til \u00feess, a\u00f0 fulltr\u00faar annarra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a, sem hittu \u00feessa menn, augliti til auglitis, g\u00e6tu skili\u00f0, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 var barist fyrir einhverju, sem skipti m\u00e1li; tungum\u00e1li, s\u00f6gu, reynslu, \u00ed einu or\u00f0i sagt – menningu – sem heimurinn st\u00e6\u00f0i snau\u00f0ari eftir, ef h\u00fan f\u00e6ri forg\u00f6r\u00f0um. \u00dea\u00f0 er framlag listamannsins til l\u00edfsins. \u00deeir voru kj\u00f6rnir til a\u00f0 berjast fyrir l\u00edfi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a sinna, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feeir skildu hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er, sem gefur l\u00edfinu gildi. R\u00e9ttir menn \u00e1 r\u00e9ttum sta\u00f0 \u00e1 r\u00e9ttum t\u00edma. Hvers frekar geta menn \u00f3ska\u00f0 s\u00e9r af \u00f6rlagad\u00edsunum?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Einn \u00feessara \u00f6rlagavalda samt\u00edmans er fallinn \u00ed valinn: Lennart Meri, fyrrverandi forseti Eistlands (1992-2000). Hver var hann? Fyrrverandi fangi \u00ed hinum sov\u00e9ska g\u00falaki, fyrrverandi sk\u00f3garh\u00f6ggsma\u00f0ur og raftak\u00fdlir \u00e1 flj\u00f3tum S\u00edber\u00edu.Og tala\u00f0i m\u00e1l Puskins betur en flestir R\u00fassar. Hann \u00fe\u00fdddi b\u00f3kmenntir \u00feeirra um \u00fej\u00e1ningar\u00feol mannsandans \u00e1 tungu Eista, til a\u00f0 halda m\u00f3\u00f0urm\u00e1li s\u00ednu lifandi eftir a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 d\u00e6mt til dau\u00f0a – af R\u00fassum. Hann var kvikmyndager\u00f0arma\u00f0ur um \u00f6rl\u00f6g t\u00fdndra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a \u00ed frera G\u00falagsins. Hann er h\u00f6fundur hins \u201cHv\u00edta silfurs\u201d, s\u00f6gu meira en \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1ra bar\u00e1ttu Eista og annarra Eystrasalts\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a fyrir frelsi s\u00ednu og tilverur\u00e9tti, sem ritsko\u00f0urum kerfisins t\u00f3kst ekki a\u00f0 hindra a\u00f0 seitla\u00f0i \u00fat \u00ed gegnum sprungur virkisveggjanna. og var lesin \u00e1 laun vi\u00f0 arinelda sk\u00f3garlandsins \u00ed r\u00f6kkri s\u00ed\u00f0kv\u00f6lda. \u00dea\u00f0 voru \u00feessir lesendur, sem t\u00f3ku h\u00f6ndum saman og myndu\u00f0u mannlega ke\u00f0ju fr\u00e1 Tallinn \u00ed nor\u00f0ri til Vilnu \u00ed su\u00f0ri, og sungu um frelsi\u00f0. Af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 frelsisgl\u00f3\u00f0in haf\u00f0i aldrei kulna\u00f0. Menn eins og Lennart Meri og Vitautas Landsbergis g\u00e6ttu eldsins og bl\u00e9su \u00ed gl\u00e6\u00f0urnar. Og skilabo\u00f0in b\u00e1rust \u00fat me\u00f0 hra\u00f0a lj\u00f3ssins og hittu f\u00f3lki\u00f0 \u00ed hjartasta\u00f0, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feessir menn og margir a\u00f0rir, s\u00ed\u00f0ur nafnkunnir, g\u00e1fust aldrei upp. Menn af \u00feessu tagi, sem berjast fyrir h\u00e1leitari markmi\u00f0um en eigin frama – fyrir l\u00edfi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a sinna – gefast aldrei upp. \u00deeir sem helst \u00feurfa a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra \u00feessa lex\u00edu sitja ekki lengur bara \u00ed Moskvu, heldur hafa l\u00edka hrei\u00f0ra\u00f0 um sig \u00ed Washington D.C. Menn eru seint \u00fatskrifa\u00f0ir \u00far hinum har\u00f0a sk\u00f3la s\u00f6gunnar.<\/p>\n
Menn koma og fara. En Lennart Meri er einn hinna f\u00e1u \u00fatv\u00f6ldu, sem \u00fej\u00e1\u00f0ist me\u00f0al hinna \u00fej\u00e1\u00f0u, en s\u00f3tti \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 l\u00edfsreynslu styrk til a\u00f0 r\u00edsa upp, \u00feegar b\u00f6\u00f0larnir linu\u00f0u t\u00f6kin og til a\u00f0 leysa hlekki me\u00f0br\u00e6\u00f0ra sinna og systra, \u00feegar dagur lausnarinnar loksins reis. \u00dea\u00f0 leikur lj\u00f3mi um nafn hans. \u00dea\u00f0 voru forr\u00e9ttindi a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 kynnast honum og l\u00e6ra af honum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Af \u00f6llum \u00feessum m\u00f6nnum, sem voru \u00ed fararbroddi sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ishreyfinga Mi\u00f0- og Austur Evr\u00f3pu \u00e1 \u00e1runum 1988 fram a\u00f0 falli R\u00e1\u00f0stj\u00f3rnarr\u00edkjanna 1991 og \u00e9g kynntist \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rum, skera \u00fer\u00edr sig \u00far. Lennart Meri fr\u00e1 Eistlandi, Vytautas Landsbergis fr\u00e1 Lith\u00e1en og Vaclav Havel fr\u00e1 T\u00e9kk\u00f3sl\u00f3vak\u00edu. Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ber a\u00f0 geta rafvirkjans fr\u00e1 Gdansk, Walensa, en honum kynntist \u00e9g aldrei. En \u00feessi \u00fer\u00edr, sem \u00e9g gat \u00ed upphafi, voru allir listamenn. Enginn \u00feeirra hef\u00f0i n\u00e1\u00f0 frama \u00ed p\u00f3lit\u00edk undir venjulegum kringumst\u00e6\u00f0um. Til \u00feess voru \u00feeir allir of \u00f3venjulegir. \u00deeir voru listamenn, sem kerfi\u00f0 skildi a\u00f0 voru h\u00e6ttulegir af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 menning \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a \u00feeirra var \u00feeim runnin \u00ed merg og bein. Kerfi\u00f0 skildi, a\u00f0 ef \u00fea\u00f0 t\u00e6kist a\u00f0 uppr\u00e6ta \u00fe\u00e1 – einangra \u00fe\u00e1 og drepa andlega – \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ri ekkert eftir. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2951,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}