[Destro]

not really - we so called anti-Orange Freepers were posting this would be the case since December. Yushchenko was more the pro-EU than he was pro-American.

[Timedrifter]

Still, with 75% of the Ukrainians supporting withdrawal according to the few polls I have seen, Yushchenko is being smart politically making this his first official act upon becoming president. I just hope it does not come as a surprise to many pro-Yush Freepers that he will be closer to Chirac and Schroeder than President Bush.