Reply #41: You're characterization ignores the Ukranian people's interests

[sangh0]

You describe it in a way that totally ignores the interests of the Ukranian people in having a free and fair election.

The election wasn't between Russia and bush*. It was for two UKRAINIAN candidates. If the US supported candidate wins (and "bush*" is NOT a candidate, AND it's also the EUROPEAN supported candidate), the Ukranian people benefit. That's why you don't mention HOW a victory by Yuschenko would put the Ukraine in "a world of hurt"

Your analysis is based on the mistaken notion that this is a Russian vs bush* election. It takes no consideration of the interests of the Ukrainians.

There is a lot of material on the net about what the National Endowment for Democracy has done in other nations and none of it has been good. So it is very believable to me they are pulling the same brownshirt activities in the Ukraine.

Like what? There's been no coup. The only "brownshirt activities" that have occurred during this election were perpetrated by the other side, but you have remained silent about such things like:

1) The beating and summary jailing of opposition candidates
2) The media's collusion with the govt
3) Ballot stuffing
4) Multiple voting
etc

Your concern over "brownshirt activities" would be more credible if you addressed ALL of those activities, instead of ignoring one sides violent actions, while speculating about the other sides.