A fateful drama is playing out in central Kiev.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators occupy Independence Square and block
entrances to government buildings. They demand “revolution.” They clamor
for the resignation of President Victor Yanukovich’s government as
punishment for his surprise decision to reject the European Union’s
offer of association status and to look instead eastward for partners.
Yanukovich’s use of the riot police has been met with ever larger
numbers of demonstrators.
An experienced observer like Anders Aslund predicts
that this is the beginning of the end of Yanukovich. If so, it will be
the Ukrainian people, not President Obama or professional European
diplomats, who will have dealt Vladimir Putin
his first major foreign policy defeat. Putin has risked a lot of skin
in the Ukrainian game, defiantly calling the Kiev demonstrations a
“pogrom.”
You now decry "Yanukovich’s turning his back on the prosperity, civility, and modernity of Europe."
ReplyDeleteAll that "prosperity, civility, and modernity" seemed rather despicable to you when you were ranting agaínst "European socialism"
(http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/01/22/is-president-obama-truly-a-socialist/).
If you want to be taken seriously, better make an effort towards consistency.