The situation with the vote in Ukraine is in many way amusing in its resemblance to our own voting issues, but it could be much less of a laughing matter.
Although the Cold War appears to be behind us, there is bit of a standoff by proxy between Russia and the U.S. What you have are two hardliners squaring off, with the Bush administration wanting the opposition to win in the Ukraine because it is pro-Western, while Russia's Vladimir Putin would rather the pro-Russian incumbent party retain power. Bush has pushed for a new election -- because his guy didn't win -- while Putin thinks new elections aren't needed.
Here's hoping Ukraine gets this figured out without the need of any more involvement by Russia and the U.S.
Would any of us be here had Bush been in charge during the tensions of the Cold War?
Also on the international front, Bush is still demanding that Iraq hold elections in late January, although several political parties have asked that the date be moved back so that polling places can be better secured.
Why does Bush want the elections ASAP, and why doesn't he care about security of the vote? Because the U.S. wants an "official," "democratically" elected government in place. The administration doesn't care about the legitimacy of the vote, because it will make sure who it wants elected gets elected; they are still naive enough to think people will accept a sham election.
If they don't care about the legitimacy of their own American elections, why would they care about Iraq's?
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