The reality is that we had so ruthlessly abandoned half of Europe to its fate for forty-five years that the only anticommunists whose voices could still be heard were, in some cases, the wilder variety of liberal economists or adherents of some form of ethnic or religious obscurantism, or even autocrats - unrepentant former communists in many cases.
In feite hebben wij de helft van Europa 45 jaar lang zo erg aan zijn lot overgelaten dat de enige anti-communisten die nog opdoken soms overdreven liberale economen waren, voorvechters van etnisch of religieus obscurantisme of alleenheersers, vaak vroegere en maar half bekeerde communisten.Europarl8 Europarl8