Ukraine: the Soros viewpoint.

George Soros is a unique individual. He is a financial expert, a currency pirate, a megalomaniac (thinks of himself as a sort of god) and part of the European, Leftist elite. That doesn't mean that all his insights are wrong. He is right that both Russia and the Ukraine are undergoing a wrenching experience of "Now What?" after the fall of Communism. And he is right that Ukraine is in financial trouble and Russia has been hurt by the sanctions.


Soros has an anti-Christian and pro-homosexual bias, though the latter is simply a vehicle to forward the anti-Christian viewpoint. His bias shows in his description of the transformation of Russia: "To replace communism, President Putin has developed a nationalist ideology based on ethnic grounds, social conservatism, and religious faith—the brotherhood of the Slavic race, homophobia, and holy Russia. He has cast what he calls Anglo-Saxon world domination as the enemy of Russia—and of the rest of the world. Putin has learned a lot from his war with President Mikheil Saakashvili’s Georgia in 2008. Russia won that war militarily but was less successful in its propaganda efforts. Putin has developed an entirely new strategy that relies heavily on using both special forces and propaganda.

Putin’s ambition to recreate a Russian empire has unintentionally helped bring into being a new Ukraine that is opposed to Russia and seeks to become the opposite of the old Ukraine with its endemic corruption and ineffective government. The new Ukraine is led by the cream of civil society: young people, many of whom studied abroad and refused to join either government or business on their return because they found both of them repugnant. Many of them found their place in academic institutions, think tanks, and nongovernmental organizations. A widespread volunteer movement, of unprecedented scope and power unseen in other countries, has helped Ukraine to stand strong against Russian aggression. Its members were willing to risk their lives on the Maidan for the sake of a better future and they are determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past, including the political infighting that undermined the Orange Revolution. A politically engaged civil society is the best assurance against a return of the old Ukraine: activists would return to the Maidan if the politicians engaged in the kind of petty squabbling and corruption that ruined the old Ukraine."

Soros wrote this in January when he was advising the EU on how to rescue Ukraine financially. You can see the whole article here:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/feb/05/new-policy-rescue-ukraine/

One characteristic of Leftist meddling is failure. Ukraine is still in trouble, the Russians are enraged and Europe is heading for a financial crack-up. And Ukrainian students have been corrupted by Western Academia.