...As an unpaid, volunteer adviser to Viktor Yushchenko, the democratic candidate for president, I have seen, firsthand, how Viktor Yanukovich, the Putin candidate backed by a coalition of the Russian Mafia, oil barons, former KGB officials and communists stole the election and thwarted the obvious will of the voters.
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Yushchenko, a pro-Western former prime minister, survived two assassination attempts to make the race.
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If they couldn’t commit murder, Putin’s boys decided to commit larceny and did all they could to stack the election.
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We, in the West, are at best distracted and at worst willing to cede to Putin regional control in return for his assistance in the war on terror. This is a mistake of the same order of magnitude as the allies made in the 1930s in dealing with Hitler. The theft of the Ukrainian election is parallel to Germany’s decision to march into the Rhineland. And our refusal to notice or act is akin to the French and British policy of turning the other way.
http://www.hillnews.com/morris/112404.aspx
Статья написана в ноябре, ещё до принятия известных решений.
Кто такой Дик Моррис, а думаю, обьяснять не надо.
Что вы думаете по поводу паралели с 30-ми?