In Kearny, N.J., in 2003, he gave a famous address against "suicidal nationalism."

Not the historic referendum for freedom by Ukraine, instructed not to indulge in "suicidal nationalism" by President Bush in his infamous "Chicken Kiev" speech.

The newspaper felt that Bush had been injudicious in his language, particularly using phrases such as "suicidal nationalism," "ethnic hatred" and "local despotism" that it felt "went too far."

He warned against "suicidal nationalism."

In a speech to the Ukrainian Parliament on Aug. 1, he warned against the dangers of "suicidal nationalism."

They chafed at Mr. Bush's "Chicken Kiev" speech in August condemning "suicidal nationalism," calling it ill-advised support for a disappearing center.

Realism reached its peak in 1991 when President George H. W. Bush warned independence-minded Ukrainians not to separate from the Soviet Union lest they engage in "suicidal nationalism."

Fighters for a Ukraine free of Russian imperial rule are still smarting at Mr. Bush's speech in Kiev this summer blasting "suicidal nationalism" and touting the Gorbachev center.

The passage in the Kiev speech that has drawn the most fire declared that the U.S. will not aid "those who promote a suicidal nationalism based upon ethnic hatred."

They will not aid those who promote a suicidal nationalism based upon ethnic hatred.