1989 Velvet Revolution memories leave Czechs confused - http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment... - Twenty years on, in Prague, the de facto capital of central Europe, there is no shortage of the bewilderment and disorientation that is apparent in the other capitals of the former Warsaw Pact. Plenty of people feel little or no trust in their government .......... In 2009, the country now – once again – finds itself at least confused, if not belligerent, in its attitudes to the outside world. Klaus is said to have declared that he would never allow the EU flag to be raised above the presidential castle, while the people, unlike their politicians, are anti-American /anti-Bush/. - Petr Buben