another area of the prison. and we heard some music. it took us over, and there was a heavy metal rock band in a little room rehearsing and playing. and i think that was one of the elements that the staff thought was good for the inmates. to spend time blowing off steam. though it s not a common sight, we visited american prisons with band rooms, as well. but one aspect of the inmate population provided the most striking difference of all. the eastern european prisons, it was predominantly caucasian inmates. whereas in american prisons, there are a variety of ethnicities, a lot of tensions exist between the ethnicities. but only one group at mirov stands out as a minority. they re called roma. a nomadic ethnic minority that has taken root throughout eastern european nations.
there for 30 years with more than 40,000 troops. ss when russia seized ukraine, they had about a dozen tanks, but we haven t one tank in europe today, and two brigades there. and the troops have stop bdped be the draft, and so the european union is in disarray financially, but they have lost the power. the eastern european nations like the baltics, they have never been told that the american people will fight to keep them free. and i will tell you that president obama made it with a very and it was name-checking the country, stephen, poland you not alone. latvia, you are not alone, and estonia, you are not alone, and yet unspoken, i got an e-mail from somebody a former
america is pretty much nonexistent. as many of us get set to celebrate easter and passover, the level of search over ukraine is paltry. putin knows that as well. and he also knows that the american public is largely apathetic about what happens to eastern europe, the same thing can be said for western europeans, they simply don t care. once again, the situation mirrors what hitler did in the 1930s, same game plan. back then the west did not want a confrontation with the brutal nazi dictator and allowed him to run rampant. nearly 75 years later we are looking at a similar situation with putin. the only question that remains is how crazy is this guy? clearly doesn t care about the law or human right or democracy. as putin grows in power, literally anything could happen. eastern european nations like the baltic states, moldova and even poland very worried they know the u.s.a. is a paper tiger. that s where we are at.
blunt, and russia, with its gdp and trade might be able to withstand it, especially because of this. russia remains a big oil and natural gas producer for europe, and about 24% of the oil and natural gas, natural gas from russia, goes to germany right now. and another 24% goes to eastern european nations. so the bottom line is, if you hurt russia, this can be used for russia to hurt other nations back. and that s not even counting the general spillover effect, which could happen if you look at the whole impact of the region. if you hurt russia with its economy, the spillover is going to affect a lot of places out in here, some places here. and if that happens, those nations may squawk, saying they are hurt by the recession, not ready to hurt again. it makes a difficult job for the united states and european powers to really pull together all the political and economic
and we heard some music. it took us over, and there was a heavy metal rock band in a little room rehearsing and playing. and i think that was one of the elements that the staff thought was good for the inmates. to spend time blowing off steam. though it s not a common sight, we visited american prisons with band rooms, as well. but one aspect of the inmate population provided the most striking difference of all. the eastern european prisons, it was predominantly caucasian inmates. whereas in american prisons, there are a variety of ethnicities, a lot of tensions exist between the ethnicities. but only one group at mirov stands out as a minority. they re called roma. a nomadic ethnic minority that has taken root throughout eastern european nations. they re also known as gypsies, with a reputation for being con artists and thieves.