I trust Colin Powell was making a PERSONAL comment. It would take some brass neck to speak for the USA. George Bush, after all, was "elected" on a minority of the votes cast two elections ago, and they're still counting the votes for the last one!
The opinion of one uninvolved Scot [though very interested] matters not a jot, but for the record I am convinced there was some "jiggery-pokery" in the Ukraine election. Can we PLEASE let them sort it out by themselves?