Comments on: Darth Soros

By: C. Gunson

C. Gunson — Wed, 25 May 2005 04:45:04 +0000

“refined”, “unexpected, but quite unpleasant”.

Sounds like a grenade to me!

By: jodi

jodi — Wed, 25 May 2005 03:40:50 +0000

“Darth Soros”? Oooh, you’re harsh!

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Global Voices Online»Blog Archive » Tuesday World Blog Roundup — Wed, 25 May 2005 02:14:33 +0000

[...] as well as their support for Karimov’s crackdown on militants.) And he’s got a link to a great story about Georgian threats against George Soros. Onnik [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 May 2005 20:54:30 +0000

“‘[W]e have a more civilized surprise for him,’ Natelashvili said, adding that it will be ‘refined’, ‘unexpected, but quite unpleasant’.”

That sounds good! I want something like that…

Oh, unpleasant, not pleasant… but still, it could be nice..

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 24 May 2005 19:25:33 +0000

I thought he was more like the super-secret overlord.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 24 May 2005 19:23:08 +0000

What do you mean, “can’t get a break” — the man’s President of Georgia!

Granted, its not as prestigeous a presidency as President of the United States, but it’s a start. He can work his way up…

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:49:06 +0000

Not such a bad thing either. All of those countries were and are deeply in need of reform, and Soros Foundation funding does some pretty good things when given the chance.

By: Josh Narins

Josh Narins — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:40:38 +0000

As much as USAID, NED and IRI have been funding the student groups agitating for reforms in countries like Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, Soros has been funding them even more.