In the history of the "Ukrainian engines" for North Korean missiles, first of all, not the publication itself in the United States, but the reaction to this publication by Ukrainians deserves attention. In the history of "Ukrainian engines" for North Korean missiles, the publication in the United States, first of all, This publication of a certain part of the Ukrainian public. In the publication - almost no specifics, from one assumption follows another. Perhaps the North Korean engine is based on Soviet engines.

Perhaps these engines were purchased or stolen - in Ukraine or Russia, we do not know. Perhaps they were stolen in Ukraine, because in this country there are poor people who are simply bribed.

Perhaps they gave money to the guard of the warehouse, who took out the necessary engines. And, perhaps, an employee of the design bureau "Yuzhnoye". And, perhaps, it was not in Ukraine, but in Russia. And, maybe, did not happen at all. Because the investigation itself is based on the principle that North Korean scientists in principle could not create the necessary technology in such a short time.

But this is an assumption that is based solely on the authors' views on the level of development of authoritarian countries such as the DPRK. And we know from our own experience that in such countries money is pity for everyone except for the military-industrial complex. In the Soviet Union, technology was not only stolen, but created - even though the development of conventional household appliances was a problem. North Korea - a copy of the Soviet Union of Stalin's time.

At the same time, one can not exclude not only theft of technology, but also the theft of brains - I completely believe that Pyongyang could be helped by former Soviet or Chinese specialists. And, maybe it was not theft, but a conscious decision by Moscow or Beijing, why not. But this is also an abstract assumption.

The author of the study Michael Elleman says that Ukraine "can be justified" and conduct an investigation. But the first investigation that needs to be carried out should concern how Mr. Elleman himself came to conclusions about the Ukrainian track.

The researcher speaks of "two sources" that often visit Ukraine - but does not want to name the names of these people. I fully admit that he, as is often the case in such cases, invented these sources. But if it did not, then the first thing we need to know is that Michael Elleman does not want to speak. The first is the names of his American informers.

After that, the US and Ukrainian special services will not have much difficulty finding out the circle of contacts of these people, their level of awareness and realism. It would not be bad to find out how frequent trips to Ukraine neighbor - or not - with trips to Russia. And only after the results of this investigation it will be necessary to decide whether there is a reason for a real investigation related to the Ukrainian trace.

Because the basis of the data that is made public in the United States may not be conspiracy, but the most elementary stupidity. Yes, stupidity - and what is in this unprecedented?.

Of course, conspiracy theory is more pleasant - both for us and for power. All this was specially launched to deprive Ukraine of the possibility of obtaining lethal weapons. And they launched it when there are lively discussions about this. And it was launched on the pages of the New York Times, this speaker of the Democrats, who have always been against giving us lethal weapons. And in general for this is Moscow.

It would be nice if so - then we are at the center of American politics. But, unfortunately, for the American philistine - and the inhabitant can be and the researcher, and the journalist - Koreans, Russians and Ukrainians - ordinary savages. Do Ukrainians understand the intricacies of relations between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi? Is it important to find out who is really right and who is to blame? Do not they think that the one who is beaten also lives in the last century?.

Here we are also. It is clear that there are "good guys" who are Ukrainians for us. And the "bad guys" who are against - the Russians and the authorities of the DPRK. But they are all running around in the skins of mammoths. Therefore it is not difficult to assume that if one of them was offered a new hide of a mammoth, he gave it for a rocket engine. And now let him prove that he did not need a skin.

This, I repeat, is not a problem. With this kind of thinking, I come across every day. And I am glad that now it is often articulated at the highest level, by the US president - so that there are no unnecessary illusions.

The problem is that many of my compatriots really behave as if they are savages. They are ready to believe in any fiction that is told about their own country, if only this fiction were in accordance with their idea of ??Ukraine.

Even better - if the fiction affects the interests of the authorities, although the study does not mention anywhere the timing of obtaining the DPRK allegedly Ukrainian engines, and in fact their modification needed time. The fact that the interests of power, the interests of the state and the interests of the citizen in matters of strengthening the country's defense capacity and its reputation coincide, these people do not want - or can not understand.

And they are much more dangerous than any unscrupulous researcher or conscientious provocateur.

If you do not want to be perceived as a savage who walks in the mammoth's skin, do not go into the mammoth skin. Changing the Original.