интеллект с человеческим лицом
Не могу, такие люди просто выводят меня из себя: да как можно, как можно помещать на общем форуме такие оскорбительные статьи, тем более что добрые восемьдесят ее процентов - обычная проамериканская пропаганда?! Притянутая за уши так явно, что сам факт помещения этой статьи можно счесть за оскорбление моего русского национального достоинства?! Видит Бог, или кто там, я никогда не считала российскую политику (как иностранную так и внутреннюю) даже на первом шаге близкой к идеалу, но, во-первых, мы не кровожадные диктаторы-коммунисты, а во-вторых, чья бы корова мычала?!!
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05.05.2005 в 02:09-
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05.05.2005 в 02:18Да, и вообще, кто на ком стоял? Потрудитесь излагать свои мысли яснее!
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05.05.2005 в 02:29Jeffrey T. Kuhner
5/4/05
The winds of change are about to sweep across the plains of Belarus.
Since 1994, the former Soviet republic has been ruled by Stalinist
strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
This proud nation has the dubious distinction of being Europe's
last dictatorship. Mr. Lukashenko has stifled dissent, curbed
opposition parties, imposed state control over the media and rigged
elections to ensure his grip on power.
Anti-Lukashenko journalists face constant harassment from the
secret police, and several high-profile critics have gone "missing" --
most likely murdered by former KGB thugs.
Belarus' capital, Minsk, once the cradle of a brilliant, Slavic
medieval kingdom and a major center of resistance to Adolf Hitler's
invading armies, is now often derided by Western diplomats as
resembling "East Berlin, without the charm."
Yet Mr. Lukashenko's days in office are now numbered. During a
recent meeting with Belarusan opposition leaders at the NATO summit
in Vilnius, Lithuania, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced
administration is support for regime change.
"The Belarusan government should know that they are being watched
by the international community, that this is not a dark corner in
which they can [go] unobserved, uncommented on, as if Belarus is not
a part of the European Continent," she told reporters.
Washington is hoping Belarus will follow the recent successes in
Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, where pro-democracy forces toppled
autocratic, Soviet-style governments. President Bush's policy of
spreading democracy is slowly working not only in the Middle East,
but also in the former Soviet empire.
The administration provides financial assistance and other
resources to Belarusan democrats in preparation for next year's
presidential elections. Opposition leaders, however, warn that Mr.
Lukashenko will seek to maintain his hold on power at all costs. The
Murderer of Minsk will either rig the vote or refuse to accept a
defeat.
This is why Belarus' brave democrats plan massive street
demonstrations this fall in hopes of forcing Mr. Lukashenko's
resignation. With strong American support, they may well unleash
a "White Revolution" similar to the Rose and Orange Revolutions in
Georgia and Ukraine.
But the White revolutionaries face one major hurdle: Russia. The
Kremlin increasingly views the new democracies along its borders as
pro-American satellites, which threaten Moscow's regional strategic
predominance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to not let Minsk
go the way of Kiev and Tbilisi. His Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
has said Russia will oppose any effort by the United States to
undermine Mr. Lukashenko's government.
Not only Russian pride is at stake. Mr. Lukashenko has
transformed Belarus into an economic and political vassal of Moscow.
Russia supplies Belarus with nearly all its oil and gas, and more
than half of Belarus' exports are sent to Russia.
More ominously, Mr. Lukashenko is a strong believer in Mr.
Putin's dream of a Great Russian empire. The Belarusan strongman has
made no secret of his desire for a formal union between Belarus and
Russia.
Throughout the 1990s, Belarus emerged as an important departure
point for Russia's weapons sales and missile-technology transfers to
Libya and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Mr. Lukashenko is not only a menace
to his own people, but to American security interests as well.
That is why the Bush administration is right to isolate Mr.
Lukashenko's regime, while helping to bolster the country's growing
opposition movement. Yet Washington should be under no illusions:
there is a real possibility of violence and bloodshed.
In his recent address to parliament, Mr. Lukashenko denounced any
peaceful efforts toward democracy as "plain banditry." He vowed they
would not occur under any circumstances.
If Mr. Lukashenko orders a military crackdown, it probably would
be supported by the Kremlin. The West has turned a blind eye to
Moscow's genocidal campaign in Chechnya. It must not allow the same
thing to occur in Belarus.
Washington must make it clear to Mr. Putin that the United States
and its allies will not tolerate the Kremlin's interference in
Belarus' internal affairs. There cannot be a repeat of Hungary in
1956 or Czechoslovakia in 1968, when Russian tanks crushed democratic
uprisings.
Mr. Lukashenko also must be told any attempt to quell the
demonstrations by force will trigger severe diplomatic, economic and -
- if necessary -- military consequences. His regime would become an
international pariah, similar to Kim Jong-il's North Korea. Yet
unlike Pyongyang, Minsk is firmly rooted in Europe and, with the
exception of Russia, surrounded by liberal democracies. Its
neighbors -- Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania -- along with the European
Union and NATO can exercise a decisive influence in helping Belarus
embrace its pro-Western, pro-European civilizational destiny.
It is time for Belarus' White revolutionaries to follow the path
blazed by their Ukrainian brethren. America stands with you.
Jeffrey T. Kuhner is a historian and communications director at
the Ripon Society (www.riponsoc.org), a Republican policy institute.
The views expressed are solely those of Mr. Kuhner.
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05.05.2005 в 02:38Да не лезь ты в эту грязь... и время на нее не трать... так, совет просто
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05.05.2005 в 02:49Как, скажем, тебе - рисовать.
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05.05.2005 в 04:15Меня просто от политики, в любом виде, трясти начинает!
А рисовать - это да...
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05.05.2005 в 04:37-
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05.05.2005 в 18:51- СССР объявляет вам войну!
- СССР? Мы думали, вы распались!
- Мы пошутили!..
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07.05.2005 в 07:10-
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09.05.2005 в 14:03Хаааа!!!
Enka-Letka
Вот вернешься домой, приобрети кассету с выступлением Задорнова. Мало того что огромный наплыв гордости за свою страну и свой народ тебе будет обеспечен, так еще и жаль станет "бедных" "тупых" американцев, которых всех поголовно Задорнов выставляет настолько идиотами, что случись побывать на концерте пусть даже и не слишком большому американскому патриоту - удавился бы от стыда. Им нас не понять, а нам их, но ткие как ты - связующая ниточка, надежда на о, что когда нибудь мир все же станет единым и такое понятие как гражданин мира будет не голословным. Эх... Обчиталась фантастики....
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09.05.2005 в 16:59Если бы.
Гала
Ну, да. Некоторые, не все, конечно.
Liomis
И Задорнова насмотрелась, явно.
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11.05.2005 в 04:11Да, знаю, что не все... но в моменты депрессии их количество меняется.
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11.05.2005 в 06:30