IMBUED BY NATIONAL SPIRIT

The representatives of Turkish youth co-alliance have burnt the EU flag in front of the EU representation protesting against the prospects of becoming the EU member in Stambul lately. Unfortunately the representatives of ARF "Nikol Aghbalian" union haven't joined to that alliance who are also against the membership of Turkey to EU.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME

The CBS TV channel only now paid with its disloyalty for proclaiming before two months of the US presidential elections that Bush the Youngest has broken the regulations for many times during his military service and used of illegal privileges. Certainly the American president respects democracy a little in contrast to our president so didn't deprive CBS of the broadcasting licence. He waits for an opportunity and then did in such a way that CBS itself dismissed its four officials of high rank. The prepared material about the US future president's military service in the army was recognized unethical as it was found out that the collected materials can't be conformed: the author of many complaints towards Bush, lieutenant colonel Jerry Killian was died in 1984. And the authenticity of the compromising documents hasn't been conformed. For what CBS apologized to the TV viewers at the end of September. However Bush wasn't satisfied with it. All dismissed officials consider the case political. In other words CBS "bent" in front of the winner Republicans. In dismissed journalists' opinion the principles of journalistic investigation has been infringed and the CBS traditions have been threatened.
At the same time CIA is also combed out in the USA. More than a dozen officials have been dismissed from the administration during last months that have displayed disloyalty to the Republican administration during the last presidential races.
The same happened in Armenia. The difference is that our administration prefers to close TV channels and the others prefer to "trample down" before the presidential elections. Just in the same way our administration get rid of the opponents from state officials before elections and not after. Thus if the American presidents revenge, ours insure against beforehand. For example the independent channels or state officials. The Americans would probably do the same if they could. But they can't because their American elections in contrast with ours depend exclusively on voters and the American voter wouldn't like if Bush began closing TV channels and dismiss officials among Democrats before elections. Strictly speaking our Armenian voter doesn't also like it but the Armenian elections mean to have no connection between the will of the voter and the results of elections. So why are we so ceremonious and revenge in some months after electing if it is possible to get rid of unpleasant people beforehand?