Joe Biden's been to Ukraine and is now headed for Georgia. What's up with the former Orange Revolutionaries? NATO membership, Russian relations.. what's it all about?
The Ukrainian majority decisively rejected Russian political influence in the "Orange revolution" lead by President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. They've sought closer connections with the EU and west, including membership in NATO, the organization that was once a military alliance and is now increasingly a "US Fan Club" for ex-communist countries wanting to give Russia a poke in the eye.
But I believe the circumstances of their NATO bid has changed a lot in the last two years since Bush and Yushchenko started pushing for it. Here's an explanation of how.
