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Originally posted by Yorick: 1.The 2000 USA election and it's similarity/difference to the currect Ukrainian election. Very different; we didn't stage massive protests. 2.The higher standard placed on American democracy if it is held as a barometre of international democracy, and if it's leaders are going to publicly call into question another nations democratic processes. I don't think there is a higher standard placed on us, only the same standard applied to every other nation. I doubt our leaders will call into question the Ukranian vote, because it really isn't any of our business. 3.The similarity of the Ukrainian seceding threats and prospect of resultant civil war to the US civil war and southern states secession. No similarity. The US Civil War was about state's rights and economic concerns, not an election. 4.Why it seems so few Americans seem concerned with the Ukrainian situation. Is it the US media? So few of my fellow citizens care because the vote there doesn't impact their daily life. Most of them don't know where it is, anyway. The media is covering the issue, but it isn't a "headline grabber". 5.Is President Bush being hypocritical or not, in commenting in the Ukrainian election. No.