Ukraine Update

Now that the spotlight seems to have passed from Ukraine to Southeast Asia, perhaps some less frenzied thought can be applied to the country's current problems. Postmodern Clog provides regular updates.

Interestingly, notwithstanding the concerns of some (not least The Guardian), Viktor Yushchenko hasn't, at least by first impressions, turned out to be the sort of lap dog to the West that many feared he would be. Critics were fond of pointing out that his "Orange Revolution" was helped at least partly by the EU and the United States, and that his wife is an American citizen (or former?). Nevertheless, Yushchenko announced recently that withdrawing his country's troops from Iraq is a priority. Whatever his other beliefs, not the action of an imperialist stooge.