Until that is over, in February, no candidate is likely even to hint at flexibility towards Turkish-Cypriots for fear of being thought treacherously weak.
Russia claims that Mr Saakashvili treacherously broke a unilateral ceasefire he had just announced, ordering a massive offensive on Tskhinvali, ethnically cleansing South Ossetian villages and killing as many as 2, 000 people.
One number on his Ellington album, "Jubilee Stomp" a treacherously difficult stride piece arranged by Dick Hyman sounded so right that Mr. Hyman's wife couldn't tell the difference between Mr. Thibaudet's version and her husband's.