And CUI BONO, readers?
Just a coincidence that is is right from the PNAC script?
"Ukraine split over bid to join NATO"
"by Peter Baker, Washington Post | April 1, 2008
KIEV - The hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who camped out on Independence Square here three years ago toppled a pro-Russian government in favor of a Western-oriented coalition that pledged to move this former Soviet republic closer to the rest of Europe.
But by the time President Bush arrived yesterday to hail the emerging democracy and urge the NATO alliance to put Ukraine on the path to membership, the mood on the square had changed. "Yankee Go Home," read one sign. "NATO Hands Off Ukraine," read another. A hand-painted banner unfurled around the square used a four-letter obscenity to describe what both Bush and NATO should do.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!! I love the Ukranians!!!
I wonder why these protests garnered any attention at all in the Zionist-controlled War Daily.
Guess they couldn't avoid it if they were going to write this piece.
Gee, Bush sure is LOVED around the world, ain't he, readers?
The thousands of Communists flying hammer-and-sickle flags on the square, though no longer a dominant force in this society, do reflect a broad division in a country situated on the edge of east and west.
Although Bush strongly supports President Viktor Yushchenko's aspirations to join NATO, the Ukrainian public is deeply split over the idea, in the face of Russian opposition. Western European governments, also concerned about Moscow's reaction, are divided.
Bush landed last night and was welcomed with the traditional gift of bread and salt in advance of meetings today aimed at promoting Ukraine's candidacy. He then heads this evening to Bucharest, Romania, for a three-day NATO summit where the issue will be debated. The alliance is poised to offer membership to Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia; Bush wants to offer a map toward membership further down the road for Ukraine and its fellow former Soviet republic Georgia.
Yeah, nothing like sticking the Russians in the eye!
While you are at it, Bush, how about letting the breakaway sections of those republics declare independence like Kosovo so they can rejoin Russia?!
Didn't think so!
"We feel a gap in our security because all of our neighbors, to east and west, are in some sort of security arrangement," Oleksandr Chalyi, a foreign policy adviser to Yushchenko, said in an interview, referring to NATO and Russian-led alliances. "Only we participate in neither. We don't want to return back to the Russian security system."
Moscow warned again yesterday that even negotiations for membership for Ukraine and Georgia would cross a "red line" for Russia.
Poke, poke, poke!!!!
What Ukraine and Georgia want out of the Bucharest summit are "membership action plans," that would lead eventually to full status in the alliance. The process can take years and forces applicants to meet NATO standards for democratic institutions and military capabilities.
What, is there like a MASS-MURDER QUOTA or something?
Although Canada and nine NATO members in Eastern Europe also support road maps for the two aspirants, Germany and others say they are not ready, especially given Ukraine's internal divisions and Georgia's struggles with two breakaway republics.
Bush hopes to finesse the issue. "We think it's very, very, very important that Georgia and Ukraine, that we welcome their aspirations to be part of NATO," national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley told reporters on Air Force One."Bush's finesse is like a bull in a china shop!
Ah, well, what's ONE MORE FAILURE, right?
