[jan in Colorado]

I'm not at all happy to hear that Soros is supporting Yushchenko.

Yushchenko supposedly is pro U.S.A. and we know Soros is a hate America, socialist,leftist, Hollywood loving... well you get the idea.

Something about this just doesn't add up.

[cicero's_son]

Jan...the world is a big and nasty place, and not every geopolitical problem can be resolved by the logic of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Believe it or not, there will be instances in which Soros and our President are on the same side.

This is one of them. Yanukovich is a Putin/KGB plant.

[Dick Vomer]

i'm hoping that soros goes to the Ukraine to confront the "illegal" government.

I mean the Ukraine is better than the big old bad USA. He should feel very safe there.... I mean the people support him and would protect him.

[Rome2000]

The pro-Yushchenko web site Ukrayinska pravda, however, openly mourned Kerry 's defeat, predicting that Bush's re-election would only make matters worse for Ukraine. "The Bush administration will continue making efforts to keep the mock anti-terror coalition, which Ukraine has joined, together. And it will turn a blind eye to human rights abuses and encroachments on freedom of speech in Ukraine," the website speculated.

This gloomy prediction is in line with the jealous mistrust of Bush's administration that is widespread among Ukraine's liberal and nationalist opposition. Many of those Ukrainians who oppose Kuchma's government believe that Bush tacitly agreed to overlook corruption and undemocratic practices in Kyiv in exchange for Kuchma' s support for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. "Ukraine's presence in Iraq will push it further away from Europe bringing it closer to America.

America's focus on Iraq will push Ukraine onto the sidelines of U.S. foreign policy," Ukrayinska pravda continued. "During Bush's first term, foreign aid to Ukraine shrunk by almost $100 million, and it will shrink further. This will mean fewer exchanges between students, teachers, military personnel, and parliamentarians," the opposition website warned.

Georgia revolt carried mark of Soros

By MARK MacKINNON From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Tbilisi — It was back in February that billionaire financier George Soros began laying the brickwork for the toppling of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze.

That month, funds from his Open Society Institute sent a 31-year-old Tbilisi activist named Giga Bokeria to Serbia to meet with members of the Otpor (Resistance) movement and learn how they used street demonstrations to topple dictator Slobodan Milosevic.....

[FairOpinion]

I came into this without much knowledge and an open mind.

I thought Yushchenko is pro-West, from what the articles said. Upon getting more info from various FReepers and doing my own research, it turns out that Yushchenko is pro-socialist-EU, NOT pro-US. The current Ukrainian government supported the US in going into Iraq, they sent troops, which shows serious support and commitment, so I would say the current government is pro-US and the Soros-supported candidate is anti-US, pro-EU. Soros is supporting him, to strengthen the EU, as a force against the US.

All the screams about fraud are based on EXIT POLLS! Remember exit polls, in this election? Based on that, Bush won the presidency fraudulently, Kerry should be president, and the Democrats should be taking to the streets.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I suspect that Soros needs to shore up his cover. He is a commie, through and through. Backing the percieved bad guy in this tussle will only give him street cred after Putin crushes a few students under tank treads. Soros is all about influencing the West and propelling us to our own destruction in international socialism. He doesn't care about the Ukrainians any more than any other double agent cares about the ultimate goals of his cover story persona.