From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">


Bizarrely given the subject of my rejoinder below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4802762.stm


Adam

Adam > wrote:
>>>Stability is what's important.  A bit like why in your country people
>>>gerrymander senate/congressional seats etc.
>>>
>>>Don't much like the person m'self but obviously the Belarus seem to love
>>>him......
>>>
>>
>>LMAO. So you really believe this is the will of the people there?
>>
>>George
>
>
> Partly.
>
> I would have been curious to see what a really free & fair election
> would have been but hey that's treu wrt Azerbaijan etc as well.
>
> By really I mean that the opposition had got a fair hearing in the media
> for some time before the election etc as well as in the immediate run up.
>
> But like in the rest of the FSU with a few exceptions, this is unlikely
> in the extreme.
>
>
> However wrt the people..I know that a lot of the Belarus cherish
> stability over uncertainty & frankly think all pols are the same & that
> in reality it doens't matter who you vote for you always get the go. I
> mean look at Georgia & the Ukraine, what improvement to the man in the
> street has there been thanks to the Orange & Rose revolutions?
>
> Adam

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