Former Georgian President Mikhael Saakashvili — who deserved praise for remaking his country’s economy a decade ago — likes to refer to himself as “old revolutionary.” But that is not why he was invited to Ukraine four years ago after he lost his last election in Georgia.
He was invited to Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko who went to university with Mr. Saakashvili. Mr. Poroshenko knew Mr. Saakashvili needed a home and had proven skills as a reformer. So Mr. Poroshenko gave him Ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the important Odessa region of Ukraine, which needed some cleaning up. Mr. Saakashvili seemed capable of the task at the time.
