[21twelve]

Ukraine’s immediate problem is that it is on the edge of economic collapse. To become a normal nation anchored in the global trading system, Ukraine will have to endure decisive and deep economic reforms, including state spending cuts, privatization, and the implementation of a tax system that is simpler and less loophole-ridden.

“The problem is, the people will likely hate the politicians brave and honest enough to implement those reforms,” Semykoz tells me. “We need now a generation of political kamikazes, who, like the protestors on the Maidan are ready to risk their future by doing the right thing today.” It’s not clear whether any such leaders are ready to step forward in Ukraine.

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Never did I think that I would get America confused with Ukraine!

Thanks for an informative, and perhaps prophetic, post.

[stormhill]

I had the same reaction to parts of the story. At some points like:

Regimes can stay in power in an age of mass media only if they have enough murderers willing to gun down people in the street. Snipers were willing to kill their fellow countrymen in the streets...

I kept going "oh, wait!"

[Georgia Girl 2]

I wonder if Barry and his merry band of commie criminals looked at the square in Kiev and had the brains to feel even a moment of fear?