tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post4549036960506610658..comments2023-11-05T13:07:03.784+02:00Comments on foreign notes: Bad t-t-t-timingScott W. Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04047386631227542689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-45715070264675732652008-01-25T20:03:00.000+02:002008-01-25T20:03:00.000+02:00The point of the article was that the signing and ...The point of the article was that the signing and submitting of the letter of application for MAP was done in a furtive way. It was badly handled, possibly deliberately, in order to discredit Tymoshenko in the eastern regions of Ukraine, where she had been gaining popularity.<BR/><BR/>The case for NATO accepting Ukraine's application is provided in today's IHT article:<BR/><BR/>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/24/opinion/edpifer.php<BR/><BR/>My view is that the MAP application could have waited a year when there will be new presidents both in the US and in Russia, Ukraine will be in the WTO, and the USA maybe out of Iraq.LEvkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000312831734960442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-15103006624851055622008-01-25T11:50:00.000+02:002008-01-25T11:50:00.000+02:00latest NATO survey:http://kommersant.ua/doc.html?D...latest NATO survey:<BR/><BR/>http://kommersant.ua/doc.html?DocID=845658&IssueId=46844<BR/><BR/>32% support joining (kind of) -- 16% right away, 16% in the event of a supportive nationwide referendum.<BR/><BR/>50% are categorically against it<BR/><BR/>18% don't knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-6761282068442974932008-01-25T09:13:00.000+02:002008-01-25T09:13:00.000+02:00Good if Tym's pissed off - he's right this time - ...Good if Tym's pissed off - he's right this time - Ukraine should start joining Nato whether it's popular or not at this moment and she should put her self where her mouth is - if she's so worried about Russia and so Ukraine's western course as in that article she wrote in the American journal than joining Nato is the necessary course. How long can you put it off for? Now Ukraine has for the first time a "pro-west" majority in Parliament which even if with a wafer thin majority has never happened before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com