Obama Must Be Nervous After Ouster of Ukraine President

          The people of Ukraine have repeatedly shown their fortitude and resilience since they severed ties with the former Soviet Union and became an independent nation in 1991.  They stepped up to the plate again during the subsequent Orange Revolution of 2004 and 2005, forcing the results of a fraudulent presidential election to be overturned.  And this week, once again, these proud, independent people have taken their country back by ousting President Viktor Yanukovych.  Yanukovych’s policies were taking Ukraine back to closer ties with the Russian Federation, while the majority of Ukrainians wanted to foster their burgeoning relationship with Europe and the West.

A Rich Country

          Ukraine is known as the ‘breadbasket of Europe’ because of its abundance of rich, fertile soil that produces grain for export.  Its state (or oblast, as they call it) of Crimea sits on the Black Sea where the seaside city of Yalta rivals any town on the Italian Riviera.  Yalta was also the site of the famous World War II Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin that took place in 1945.  The capital city of Kiev is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and is fast becoming a tourist mecca.  With so much going for it, along with this latest turn of events, it looks like Ukraine has a bright future ahead and can look forward to even closer ties with the West.  President Obama must be getting nervous after seeing how the people of another nation took back their country and ousted a president who did not reflect their values.