Saakashvili won 96% of an 80%-voter-turnout in Georgia. Now there's a mandate. I hope he doesn't let them down. Or plain out and out screw them like suckers as presidents here in the U.S. tend to do once in office.
Celebrating his outright victory on Sunday night, 36-year-old Saakashvili pledged to crack down on the widespread corruption that flourished under Shevardnadze's regime, to activate the national economy, and bring Georgia's separatist territories under control in his future career. article
Now, there's a problem already. All that stuff may well be difficult, but if Georgia's separatist terrorities don't find what they want voluntarily under a Georgian government, why should they be forced to submit to one?
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
People everywhere just want to be free
Or something like that. Young Rascals - when the U.S. had a moment in time to turn itself around, but the Yuppies outnumbered the Hippies, or at least greed trumps altruism. Money creates power and power corrupts. Forever and ever, amen. Can I get a witness?
Sitting astride a planned oil pipeline route between the Caspian Sea and Western markets, Georgia is of vital strategic interest to the West.
Bingo.
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
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