\u00cd dag fagna Lith\u00e1ar 35 \u00e1ra afm\u00e6li sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isyfirl\u00fdsingar \u00feeirra. Og eins og alla t\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an (fr\u00e1 \u00e1g\u00fast 1991) \u00feakka \u00feeir J\u00f3ni Baldvini innilega fyrir. Hann var s\u00e1 sem \u00feor\u00f0i og st\u00f3\u00f0 me\u00f0 f\u00f3lki Eystrasaltsr\u00edkjanna gegn \u00f3gnarvaldinu \u00ed austri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vi\u00f0 komumst ekki \u00fat \u00feetta \u00e1ri\u00f0 en JBH t\u00f3k til m\u00e1ls online \u00ed \u00feinginu \u00ed Vilnius (Seimas) og setti fram \u00feessar huglei\u00f0ingar: “Eiga sm\u00e1r\u00edki \u00f3hj\u00e1kv\u00e6milega a\u00f0 leita skj\u00f3ls undir verndarv\u00e6ng st\u00f3rvelda? Geta sm\u00e1r\u00edki, ef \u00feau taka h\u00f6ndum saman, haft \u00e1hrif, sem skipta m\u00e1li? Geta \u00feau jafnvel breytt gangi s\u00f6gunnar \u00feegar \u00e1 reynir? Endurheimt sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0i Eystrasalts\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a var upphafi\u00f0 a\u00f0 endalokum hinna voldugu Sov\u00e9tr\u00edkja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JBH vitna\u00f0i \u00ed fr\u00e6ga r\u00e6\u00f0u Bush BNA forseta sem hann flutti \u00e1 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0\u00feingi \u00dakra\u00ednu \u00ed \u00e1g\u00fast 1991, \u00fear sem hann sag\u00f0i: “\u00c9g skora \u00e1 \u00dakra\u00ednu a\u00f0 for\u00f0ast a\u00f0 lenda \u00ed gildru \u00f6fgafullrar \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ernisstefnu; \u00e9g skora \u00e1 \u00dakra\u00ednu a\u00f0 halda Sov\u00e9tr\u00edkjunum saman \u00ed nafni fri\u00f0ar og st\u00f6\u00f0ugleika”. \u00deetta var yfirl\u00fdst stefna lei\u00f0toga l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0isr\u00edkja Vesturlanda. H\u00fan hef\u00f0i hlj\u00f3ma\u00f0 sem heillandi t\u00f3nlist \u00ed eyrum KGB mannsins ef hann hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 vi\u00f0staddur. \u00devers\u00f6gnin er hinsvegar s\u00fa, sag\u00f0i JBH, a\u00f0 hann sem utanr\u00edkisr\u00e1\u00f0herra NATO-r\u00edkis v\u00edsa\u00f0i \u00feessu \u00e1 bug og a\u00f0 stu\u00f0ningur hans vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isbar\u00e1ttu Eystrasalts\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a haf\u00f0i \u00e1hrif vegna a\u00f0ildar \u00cdslands a\u00f0 NATO.. \u00deannig fengu \u00feessi sj\u00f3narmi\u00f0 vikt og \u00e1hrif sem skiptu m\u00e1li.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00dearna voru m\u00e6ttir Landsbergis, lei\u00f0togi sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ishreyfingarinnar \u00e1 s\u00ednum t\u00edma og s\u00ed\u00f0ar forseti, Emanuelis Zingeris, forma\u00f0ur utanr\u00edkisnefnda Seimas, og Saudargas, fyrsti utanr\u00edkisr\u00e1\u00f0herra sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0s Lith\u00e1ens. \u00dearna voru l\u00edka n\u00faverandi lei\u00f0togar Lith\u00e1en, sem v\u00edsu\u00f0u \u00ed \u00feessa reynslu um samst\u00f6\u00f0u sm\u00e1\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a um l\u00f6g og r\u00e9tt og samninga \u00ed samskiptum \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a, \u00ed sta\u00f0inn fyrir ofbeldi. Menn spur\u00f0u margir hverjir, hva\u00f0 af \u00feessu m\u00e6tti l\u00e6ra um vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 vi\u00f0 fj\u00f6gurra \u00e1ra styrj\u00f6ld r\u00fassneska n\u00fdlenduveldisins gegn sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0i \u00dakra\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
H\u00e9r er r\u00e6\u00f0a hans:<\/p>\n\n\n