US President Bush arrived in Sofia yesterday. The scoop from the International Herald Tribune (AP):
In Sofia, thousands of Bulgarians — many waving small American flags — lined the cobblestone main street through Nevsky Square as an honor guard played both countries’ national anthems. Bush greeted Bulgarian soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then worked the crowd, reaching in to shake hands as the locals beamed and cheered.
A bit of recent history in the next paragraph:
Bulgaria shed communism in 1989, and it became a member of NATO in 2004 and the European Union in January. Its parliament recently extended the Iraq mission until March 2008, and last year, Bulgaria signed an agreement with Washington allowing U.S. troops to use Bulgarian military facilities.
In a purely outsourcing context, it makes me think about the price of stability but this begs a separate post.
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