[Poohbah]

We've had freepers say the KGB would never chose this poison because it would be unprofessional. If they didn't want to kill Yushchenko and merely disfigure him, I'd say they did a darned good job, whoever did it.

If that was their goal, which I doubt. The KGB didn't f*** around with half-measures, they just made sure their target was deader'n dog crap.

Either the KGB has really gone downhill, or (my favorite hypothesis) Yushchenko did this to himself, a la Kerri Dunn and the fake hate crime that she just got a year in the slammer for.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

...or (my favorite hypothesis) Yushchenko did this to himself...

I respect what you say...if he were crazy, but he doesn't appear crazy to me; therefore, I can't go along with it. Just my thoughts.

[anymouse]

Ether that or they outsourced the job to the Bulgers. ;) They're known for not quite getting the job done.

[topher]

If that was their goal, which I doubt. The KGB didn't f*** around with half-measures, they just made sure their target was deader'n dog crap.

Either the KGB has really gone downhill, or (my favorite hypothesis) Yushchenko did this to himself, a la Kerri Dunn and the fake hate crime that she just got a year in the slammer for.

You obviously have never heard of the Ukrainian Josyp Teryla.

The KGB tried to kill him, but he had a mystic instance of being saved.

His book Witness tells of his ordeal and how they attempted to kill him, but failed. However, this is Christian reading, and that is where the mystic part comes in.

In the Bible, Jesus said that His followers would drink poisons, but live.

It is the 2000 year tradition of the Christian Church that 11 of the 12 Apostles [Paul replacing Judas Iscariot] died as Martyrs of the faith. The 12th was boiled in oil, but did not die [John the Evangelist].

All this science stuff is pretty flaky. Harvard still can't spell a 300 year dictionary made by a French priest that they published in 1833.

And they talk about the Minnesota electoral vote for Ewards...