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Russia Invades Ukraine
Zayl
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Not too much about it on the news that I've seen, and of course any media that does mention it is downplaying it a lot. But you can't really ignore that fact that a fleet of Russian Attack and Transport choppers has entered, landed, and is now operating in Ukrainian airspace. Meanwhile, the ousted Ex-President of the Ukraine is urging Russia to take even more drastic measures. Calling the popular uprising against his corrupt regime "Far-Right Fascist terrorism" that is "Backed by western interests"
Things have the potential to seriously go wrong over there. I mean they already have, but on a massive, global scale.
RUSSIA STRONK.
Things have the potential to seriously go wrong over there. I mean they already have, but on a massive, global scale.
RUSSIA STRONK.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Russia really has to proceed very carefully.... :
So technically russia has permission no? Im talking politically btw, not logically.
Politics is like human nature.. Because it IS human nature. It has never changed and probably never will. Ive always been interested in the game of nations even as an adolescent. Its all politicrevolt ater, there should be a reality show of it lol.
On the flip side the people have always and will always be the same, with the rare exception of when they have exceptional leaders like ghandi. Its a cycle, when things are good or bearable the people are fat and happy, apathetic and easily controlled.. When it gets desperate enough the people revolt, violently and in chaos, and if they manage to change governments the new one is almost always worse then the old and controlled by foreign powers. nothing ever changes.
Not entirely sure if these links are what you're looking for, but here.
http://channel9000.net/espreso/
Streaming video channels from the Ukraine
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/ukraine-government-verge-collapse-201422213757684211.html
An older story on it now.
That's really all I can offer that isnt say, yahoo news or cnn.
But yes, it's all very worrying in terms of super-power tension.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/27/opinion/ghitis-crimea/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/02/world/ukraine-divided/?iid=article_sidebar
Yes, there is underlying ethnic tension. About 30% of the country, mostly in the east along the Russian border and in Crimea, is ethnic Russian in heritage and culture, and Moscow-leaning socially. The vast majority of the country, Ukranian and other ethnicities, is pro-Western. When president Yanukovych cancelled a European trade deal and aligned with Russia, the majority uprising made him decide he'd be safer in Russia than in Ukraine, so he slipped over the border. The remaining government has installed technocrats in key posts and is setting up for elections as soon as possible, but they may not be well equipped to deal with the massive Russian military buildup and threat of imminent invasion.
I reckon nobody would have messed with the Ukraine if they'd kept their warheads.
Although Ukraine is not part of the Balkans, I still consider it to be part of the ' Europe's Gunpowder Barrel' countries, and Russia deliberately invading an independent and sovereign country, will spark the fuse of this gunpowder barrel.
Anyone who watches the world at large expects a wave of conflict as peak oil, global warming, and rising demand for resources from countries like China stress artificial national boundaries and cause old regimes to face protest.
I hate living in interesting times.
I do suspect that many Russians have historically seen the Crimean warm water ports on the Black Sea as ports belonging to Russia for centuries. Perhaps the Sovietization of Russia and Eastern Europe rather complicated things —especially in the crumbling of the Soviet Union 25 years ago now.
But one thing I do know, this sort of land grabbing goes on all the time. There's a lot of bad blood in real estate and a lot of shenanigans too. If the injured parties were allowed to hire militias rather than resorting to spending all their moneys on attorneys, the world would be a very bloody place, indeed.
I don't think the Buddha would have concerned himself with this one. One really has to choose ones battles wisely, he would say, I think.
I would suggest everyone exercise restraint; I am impressed that so far a shot has not been fired in Ukraine despite the revolution, but someone is going to overstep the mark, and someone is probably going to die. Perhaps, this can be solved amicably. But the rest of the world really doesn't need to get involved as that will mean potential catastrophe. Hell it was part of Russia 60 years ago, and has been the site of historical conflict more than once in the last century.
This is a local issue (40% Russians I am informed by the trusted BBC), and it should remain local, but of course our governments can offer advice.
Russia is going to secure its interests, rest assured, what are the underlying European, Asian and American interests.
The borders: that is where things unfold.
Puja anyone?