[Agog]

It is apparent that Yushchenko on the one hand and Yanukovych/Kuchma/Putin on the other have very different ideas about what kind of compromise was to be discussed. Yushchenko was calling for new elections and presumably the issue for him was under what terms such elections should be held, while Yanukovih appears unwilling to contemplate such an idea.

[K1avg]

It seems highly unlikely to me now that Yanukovych will be able to pull out a victory based solely on the "official" results. Yushchenko/Tymoshenko will NOT give up on anything.

Kuchma and Yanukovych have two options: re-vote or secede. The future of Ukraine rests on their decision - between power or the good of the people.

[Rodney King]

He and others in the West have also stressed the importance of averting a split between Ukraine's mostly Russian-speaking east, Yanukovych's support base, and the western regions where Western-leaning Yuschenko is popular.

What is wrong with a split? You have two parts of a country that speak a different language and want very different futures for their government. I say let the eastern part of the Ukraine split off and join Russia. Problem solved. The only reason this is frowned upon is the general "one-world" mentality which suggests that we ought to be trending towards, not away from, one-world government.

[LibertyRocks]

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