My heart is broken
11/27/2004 | y3k
I've come back to Vienna after 3 weeks being in the middle of elections and Orange Revolution. I've got too much to express but I need some time to shape my mind. The feelings are just overwhelming me and today I feel real real sorry. I'm really sorry because I feel like fooled. And I'm sure loads of people feel fooled at Maydan too.
I've seen the people crying and hugging each other, speaking about love and respect. Speaking of change, justice and new life. People saying "look at the square, it's Ukrainian nation being born". Saying that in different languages, people identify themselves as Ukrainians. For the first time in my life I felt really really proud of being Ukrainian, we all are feeling it and I hope we'll save that for the future. 3 days ago when Walesa and Kwasniewski arrived, the mood was great -- it was an obvious that we've got needed support from our Western partners and friends and then everything started to fall: police and government officials switching to the side of the people etc. I've seen the smile on the frozen faces of the people: the smell of the victory was already in the air. We've talked about Kuchma and the Donesk clan. People won't let it go just like in Russia - couple of dachas on the islands and good rest of life. People believe those must be punished for betraying the whole nation. People must see that there is justice in this world, otherwise the process won't ever be completed and we'll all continue believing that the crime cannot be punished as long as it's large enough.
What happened in the 2 last days is just dissappointing. Very few understand that. Does Putin really have some serious argument? Is that true about new nuclear weapons? Does this all mean that there's no more Orange Revolution? Who's going to announce it at Maydan?
I've seen the people crying and hugging each other, speaking about love and respect. Speaking of change, justice and new life. People saying "look at the square, it's Ukrainian nation being born". Saying that in different languages, people identify themselves as Ukrainians. For the first time in my life I felt really really proud of being Ukrainian, we all are feeling it and I hope we'll save that for the future. 3 days ago when Walesa and Kwasniewski arrived, the mood was great -- it was an obvious that we've got needed support from our Western partners and friends and then everything started to fall: police and government officials switching to the side of the people etc. I've seen the smile on the frozen faces of the people: the smell of the victory was already in the air. We've talked about Kuchma and the Donesk clan. People won't let it go just like in Russia - couple of dachas on the islands and good rest of life. People believe those must be punished for betraying the whole nation. People must see that there is justice in this world, otherwise the process won't ever be completed and we'll all continue believing that the crime cannot be punished as long as it's large enough.
What happened in the 2 last days is just dissappointing. Very few understand that. Does Putin really have some serious argument? Is that true about new nuclear weapons? Does this all mean that there's no more Orange Revolution? Who's going to announce it at Maydan?