UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA

http://jamestown.org/ ^ | August 12, 2008 | By Taras Kuzio

[Maelstorm]

Ukraine’s president and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which comes under his jurisdiction, have reacted sharply to the Georgian-Russian conflict. President Viktor Yushchenko has close personal relations with President Mikhail Saakashvili with whom he is direct contact on a daily basis (www.president.gov.ua, August 9).

The Yushchenko-Saakashvili relationship is a political alliance based on the shared aims of the 2003 Rose and 2004 Orange revolutions, a common desire to join NATO and support for an alternative to Russia energy sources through the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) regional group. Ukraine and Georgia have also supported pro-U.S. positions in the UN on Belarus’s human rights record and in the CIS through the Community of Democratic Choice created in 2005. Ukraine and Georgia contributed the third largest military forces to the US-led intervention in Iraq (Ukraine until 2005 and Georgia since 2006).

[Maelstorm]

I'd like those who wish to absolve Russia of their aggression to remember the tactics employed in an attempt to steal the Ukrainian election and also assassination of Journalists. Just do a search on Russia and Polonium which was traced to a Russian nuclear power plant. The KGB is alive and well.

[TexanToTheCore]

This is going to be very costly for Russia. Such a bad move for so little gain. Russia is now ringed by unfriendly states. I wonder what Azerbaijan is thinking about now?

[Army Air Corps]

I wonder what Azerbaijan is thinking about now?

Ditto for the considerable number of Azerbaijanis who live in the Moscow area.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[SeeSharp]

I wonder if this will improve our relationship with Uzbekistan.

[TexanToTheCore]

I was thinking last night that one might wish to stay away from public buildings in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Just a feeling.....

[damondonion]

Sounds to me like between Kosovo, George Soros trying to set up “orange(TM)” governments around Russia and NATO’s machinations, somebody has tried to rub Russia’s nose in it one too many times and got burned.

[EagleandLiberty]

The Yushchenko-Saakashvili relationship is a political alliance based on the shared aims of the 2003 Rose and 2004 Orange revolutions, a common desire to join NATO and support for an alternative to Russia energy sources through the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) regional group. Ukraine and Georgia have also supported pro-U.S. positions in the UN on Belarus’s human rights record and in the CIS through the Community of Democratic Choice created in 2005. Ukraine and Georgia contributed the third largest military forces to the US-led intervention in Iraq (Ukraine until 2005 and Georgia since 2006).

It is time the USA did some BEAR HUNTING in GEORGIA!! Lets support our friends!!