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    Bush creates democratic spetsnaz
    by Ivan Groshkov

    RusData Dialine - Russian Press Digest
    May 20, 2005 Friday

    SOURCE: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, No 98, p.6

    Washington to focus of "velvet revolutions"

    U.S. President George W. Bush predicted more democratic changes across
    the Caucasus and Central Asia - areas that were once part of the Soviet
    Union - and pledged Washington would help new democratic governments.

    Speaking at a Washington dinner on Wednesday evening given by the
    International Republican Institute, Bush recalled the arrival of
    democratic governments in the former Soviet republics of Georgia,
    Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan as well as in Iraq and Lebanon in the last 18
    months and said more countries would follow.

    "These are just the beginnings," Bush said, according to a transcript
    of his speech published on the White House's web site. "Across the
    Caucasus and Central Asia, hope is stirring at the prospect of change -
    and change will come."

    The comments appeared aimed at the former Soviet republics of Armenia
    and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,
    Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

    Bush also announced a plan to create an Active Response Corps within
    the State Department by 2006 that would be on call to quickly deploy
    staff to crisis situations in countries that overthrow "tyranny"
    and elect pro- Western governments.

    The U.S. federal budget for 2006 will request $24 million for this
    office and $100 million for a new Conflict Response Fund, Bush said.

    Nezavisimaya Gazeta presumes that George W. Bush has finally understood
    - velvet revolutions are much more cost-efficient than military
    operations in order to overthrow undemocratic regimes. They are not
    only cheaper, but they also help to preserve the state administration
    structures that get destroyed during military conflicts.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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