[lbo-talk] Why Progressives Must NOT Embrace the Ukrainian "Pro-Democracy" Movement

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>http://orangeukraine.squarespace.com/journal/2004/12/13/hey-cranky-make-up-your-mind.html
>Hey Cranky, Make Up Your Mind!
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>The problem with these three claims is that each of them assumes a 
>different fundamental character for Yushchenko. If he is a radical 
>populist nationalist, he would be highly unlikely to be 
>simultaneously a  Western stooge. If the UNA-UNSO guys were 
>dictating strategy, like many of these people imply, Yushchenko 
>would be virulently anti-western and there  would be no possible 
>reason for the US to help him.
>
>If Yushchenko were just like the oligarchs, he would be a 
>disinterested  nationalist, because he would be busy pleasing 
>oligarch interests, not  those of his country. If he were an 
>oligarch tool, he would also have no  particular interest in the 
>West over Russia, because his foreign policy  would be pragmatically 
>based on whatever helped the oligarchs the most.

The coalition of anti-Semites, radical nationalists, and rich 
neoliberals -- that's just like the GOP!  Washington really loves 
that combination in its stooge.
-- 
Yoshie

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