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    Lithuania mulls honoring Reagan with airport

    VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One of the largest strategic air force bases in the former Soviet Union could soon be named in honor of Ronald Reagan.

    The idea to honor Reagan in Lithuania originated in the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, which recently voted in favor of the move.

    Throughout Eastern Europe, Reagan is idolized for his unyielding stance during the Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Union.

    The proposal to name Siauliai International Airport, located 130 miles (210 kilometers) northwest of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, in honor of the late U.S. president will need approval from a municipal commission and the Siauliai city council, but officials said Wednesday they are taking up the issue.

    Vaclovas Vingras, deputy director of the Siauliai administration, said the commission would discuss the name-change Friday, while the city council would rule on it in late December. He refused to say whether the proposal would be accepted.

    "From what I have heard, the mood is patriotic — people are used to the current name of the airport," Vingras said. "But that's the opinion of ordinary people. We'll see on Friday what the commission's opinion is."

    "(It) would be Lithuania's act of gratitude to America, which was then represented by President Ronald Reagan, for its fight against the Soviet empire of evil and especially for its support for enslaved nations," committee chairman Emanuelis Zingeris told The Associated Press.

    "America and Ronald Reagan had an undeniable influence on strengthening democracy in Europe," he added.

    Lithuania was swallowed up by the Soviet Union in World War II and only restored its independence in 1991.

    The Siauliai airport contains two large air strips built to support long-range Soviet bombers destined for Europe and North America.

    Currently the airport serves both civilian and military aircraft, including some NATO jets that patrol in the Baltic region.

    There is already a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, just outside the U.S. capital.

     
    • Yes  •  6 mths ago
      Putin must be livid
    • Glenmorangie  •  Dearborn, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Hey, I just bought a table from IKEA that was made in Lithuania. Built like a tank...
    • mb  •  6 mths ago
      Good for Lithuanian -- great idea! They'd still be under either the Soviet's or Putin's dictatorial rule if it wasn't for Reagan...
      • Jay 6 mths ago
        And Lithuanians KNOW it!
      • J. 6 mths ago
        In retard land, yes, that's what happened. In the real world, Lithuania has it's capital Vilnius, because the USSR gave it back to them from the Poles. Also, Reagan had virtually nothing to do with the collapse of the USSR. Research. Do some.
    • SUNSHINE PREVAILS  •  6 mths ago
      I am delighted of hearing about this fine gesture. RONALD REAGAN--the most highly intelligent and successful man ever to help the whole world! GOD REST HIS BEAUTIFUL SOUL!
    • elbarto  •  6 mths ago
      A fitting tribute.
    • Areyoukidding  •  6 mths ago
      ARE YOU NUTS!
    • Royal Ron  •  San Francisco, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Anyone but him!
      • Jay 6 mths ago
        Obviously Royal Ron knows nothing about the real world outside of America's borders.
      • Royal Ron 6 mths ago
        I know far more than you think since I am not from America and most countries of the world could not stand Ronald; brain dead, Regan -President of U.S.A.
    • Mike S  •  Vancouver, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Lithuanians are boobs. Why not name your airport after a true hero, Julian Assange.
      • Jay 6 mths ago
        Simple answer: Because Aaange did nothing that freed people.
        Reagan, by comparison, propelled the confrontation that led the Soviet Empire to collapse. In doing so, Reagan freed hundreds of millions of people.
        As a classic liberal I know Reagan's great accomplishments were confronting the evil of tyranny; the post-liberal Left long-ago gave up on such great causes.
    • usmc  •  6 mths ago
      must be a country whose leaders are a bunch of losers butt kissers .Can't they find some lithuanian national hero .
      • J. 6 mths ago
        This is very common among the loser former Soviet countries. In addition to their phony EU "democracy", Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world. But don't worry, Russia is right behind.
    • Hans Delbruck  •  Yonkers, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Ronaldsky Reaganov Airportsky, cool.
    • ZIEH LEINE!  •  6 mths ago
      Airplanes won't be allowed to have a gradual approach. They will have to trickle down. But I do think that a death star should be named for him in honour of his out of control deficit spending on Star Wars and the 600 ship navy. "Well mommy, there I go again!"
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