Police Pull Out of Kiev Square After Move on Demonstrators

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4. Considering...

...that I was born in Kyiv and my wife's family currently lives there, I respectfully, but firmly disagree.

In fact, I'd draw a direct comparison between OWS and the people of Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square). What's more, the people in Ukraine are more likely (than OWS) to reach their goals for few reasons:
- they have clear demands and a leader: several opposition parties and, personally, a very charismatic boxing champion Vitali Klitschko;
- they are very ... stubborn? rugged? Perhaps, both. At any given time there are between 5 and 50 thousand people in that square, despite brutal police actions (NYPD would look like angels in comparison), below freezing temperatures, snow, etc. There are also mass protests in other cities.

Forget Lenin - the episode with his statue toppled is just that - an unfortunate episode, not the entire narrative.

And yes, sometimes people have to pick the better of two evils. Don't we have the same choice every election here? Yet I have never missed a vote ever since we became US citizen.

Lastly, please read accounts of the people who are there, like this one: "Volunteer with special needs helps EuroMaidan", before dismissing all of them and their fight altogether.