Monday, September 12, 2005
Why We Are A Nation Of Laws...
...Not Men. Government in the Ukraine is falling apart. And as you read the story, you cannot help but be amazed at how personal the conflicts are.
The greatest failing in the fall of the Soviet Union, and the still staggering rise of democracy is that they have tried to be deomcratic relying on the subterfuge of democracy that existed in the constitutional documents of the Soviet state. In other words, people have continued to fight for despotic power, just not from within the Communist party.
True democracy is not measured in new leaders, but in new laws. This is why we are doing it so right in Iraq.
But, in an emotional broadcast, Mrs Timoshenko said life in government had become intolerable because of the presence of another man in her relationship with the president. She was referring to Petro Poroshenko, a top aide and key ally of Mr Yushchenko.Sounds like some sort of love triangle doesn't it?
The greatest failing in the fall of the Soviet Union, and the still staggering rise of democracy is that they have tried to be deomcratic relying on the subterfuge of democracy that existed in the constitutional documents of the Soviet state. In other words, people have continued to fight for despotic power, just not from within the Communist party.
True democracy is not measured in new leaders, but in new laws. This is why we are doing it so right in Iraq.
