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In reply to the discussion: The Rise of a ‘Democratic’ Fascism (John Pilger) [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,166 posts)I'm too far removed domestically from judging his performance as a Ukrainian president so I can't really offer an opinion on him. Honestly, it's not my place.
And I honestly don't know whether Poroshenko would fall under right, left or center in the political spectrum as we view it from American eyes. Most accounts place him somewhere around the middle. Certainly, he's not a member of the far-right political parties such as Svoboda or Right Sector, so I don't know where you are coming from in terms of labeling him "right wing", but clearly you are attempting to move the goal posts after I called you on your claims that Svoboda was "in charge" in Ukraine.
Is he corrupt? I don't know. Corruption is a big problem in Ukraine, before and after Yanukovych, but I don't have enough knowledge regarding Poroshenko so I'm not going to make any rash asssumptions one way or the other.
The problem I see here is that you claimed Svoboda was "in charge" of Ukraine and I pointed out that it wasn't, and now you are desperately attempting to save face instead of simply admitting you were wrong.