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I'm no fan of Belarus's dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. He is a third-rate goon in the mold of Slovak strongman Vladimir Mecier. I've previously called for Lukashenko's overthrow. However, while Belarus is a beach of authoritarianism to the island of democracy that is Europe

But Russia is much, much, much more dangerous than Belarus could ever be. Indeed, seen in the proper context, Belarus is infinitely more useful if she is a buffer to Russia than if she serves that Bear



Roll back Russia. Support Belarus.



Democracy can come to a Belarus free of Russia faster than it can come to a Belarus that belongs to Russia. Europe and the west must take Russia's blackmailing of Belarus as the opportunity it is to splinter Moscow's hold on the Eurasian Heartland.

Don't let Russia threaten Belarus.

"Belarusian National Republic," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_National_Republic.

"Protesters clash with police in Belarus, 150 people arrested," Kyodo News, 25 March 2005, http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=332026 (from Coming Anarchy).

I'll sign off tonight on some hopeful news. Really hopeful news. Belarus may join Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan

Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in Minsk near the palace of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday and 150 protesters were arrested, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.

The police made the arrests after some 1,000 pro-democracy protesters reportedly tried to gather near the presidential palace, demanding democratic reform.

As you can tell by the national shield, the Belarussian government never got over its Soviet fix



Interesting, not only are Belarussia's historical symbols much more "European"



They still have a government-in-exile from the post-World-War-I days. Nifty!

Let's hope!