Yushchenko vs. Tymoshenko
According to this Yahoo article, Yuschenko has gone on the offensive against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, accusing her of abusing her powers to get rid of a $1.5 billion debt for a company she owned in the 1990's. The irony is that during the elections, Tymoshenko was a staunch critic of corruption within Kuchma's government.
Yet oddly Yuschenko is more than willing to welcome back his former ally, on the grounds she stop her corrupt ways. This really doesn't make much sense. If you know she's corrupt and have already fired her, why welcome her back into your government?
Supposedly the answer maybe because of Tymoshenko's popularity. As the Yahoo article states, "[f]or many Ukrainians, Tymoshenko symbolized their revolution, a charismatic orator with charm and appealing ethnic symbolism."
Ok, my big question is what "ethnic symbolism"? For those who don't know, she's not an ethnic Ukrainian but a Jew. Jews historically have never been allies of Ukrainians, in fact they often identified themselves more with Russia than with Ukraine. This is why most Jews sided against the Ukrainian cause during the Revolution of 1917-1921.
This just goes to show how pathetic the Orange Revolution has become, and how more pathetic it becomes when it tries to use Ukrainian nationalist sentiment to further its own agenda. Hopefully the Ukrainian people will see through this facade and give support to some real nationalists soon!
Yet oddly Yuschenko is more than willing to welcome back his former ally, on the grounds she stop her corrupt ways. This really doesn't make much sense. If you know she's corrupt and have already fired her, why welcome her back into your government?
Supposedly the answer maybe because of Tymoshenko's popularity. As the Yahoo article states, "[f]or many Ukrainians, Tymoshenko symbolized their revolution, a charismatic orator with charm and appealing ethnic symbolism."
Ok, my big question is what "ethnic symbolism"? For those who don't know, she's not an ethnic Ukrainian but a Jew. Jews historically have never been allies of Ukrainians, in fact they often identified themselves more with Russia than with Ukraine. This is why most Jews sided against the Ukrainian cause during the Revolution of 1917-1921.
This just goes to show how pathetic the Orange Revolution has become, and how more pathetic it becomes when it tries to use Ukrainian nationalist sentiment to further its own agenda. Hopefully the Ukrainian people will see through this facade and give support to some real nationalists soon!
posted by Perun at 9:59 AM
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