Thank you for writing this. I also don't understand how they don't get it. Whitewashing national history is, sadly, not uncommon in that part of the world. But they are aware how Bandera is perceived abroad. Not only in Poland but among Western historians .This is not even a controversy anywhere outside of Ukraine. So shelving this grotesque figure for now at least , regardless how they really feel about him , would be plain common sense and acting in their own best interest. Bizarrely, they choose to drag him out all the time and shove his mug in everyone's faces. Not only Zaluzhny/Rada/West Ukrainian officials but Ukrainian public figures living in the West as well. Where is the logic?
Thx Monika. I made the same point in a post scheduled for tomorrow.
Thank you for writing this. I also don't understand how they don't get it. Whitewashing national history is, sadly, not uncommon in that part of the world. But they are aware how Bandera is perceived abroad. Not only in Poland but among Western historians .This is not even a controversy anywhere outside of Ukraine. So shelving this grotesque figure for now at least , regardless how they really feel about him , would be plain common sense and acting in their own best interest. Bizarrely, they choose to drag him out all the time and shove his mug in everyone's faces. Not only Zaluzhny/Rada/West Ukrainian officials but Ukrainian public figures living in the West as well. Where is the logic?