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7.21.2005 ||> Get political, political
Went to Publius Pundit as I sometimes do and he had this post up regarding Mikhail Saakashvili, the president of Georgia. Apparently, Saakashvili allowed as how Belarus would be the next totalitarian state to fall to a peaceful revolution named after a color.
I can't remember how long ago it was (right after the Rose Revolution in Georgia), but I remember that Saakashvili made a similarly idiotic comment when he suggested that bringing in American non-governmental organizations would be all the people need to help form a velvet revolution. The reason I remember is that soon after, the Peace Corps started to have real trouble with the Uzbek government. In fact, all the NGOs working there started to be watched and questioned.
I can't help but think that things are going to be very bad for any dissident in Belarus for a while. It will probably also be difficult to get over to Ukraine and Georgia for anyone. I can't see President Lukashenko of Belarus taking that threat lying down, but I can see him reacting in a repressive way. Which begs the question, why would Saakashvili say that? Can he just not keep quiet, or is it something other than silliness that prompts him to say things like this?
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