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2014-02-19 Europe

Three Ukrainian lessons for the United States

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Posted by Steve White 2014-02-19 12:13|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Interesting and informative article, well summarized, but without the photo worthy of .Com, for those old enough to remember.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-02-19 13:56|| 2014-02-19 13:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder why no one, as yet, compared Ukraine to Serbo-Croatia?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-02-19 14:59|| 2014-02-19 14:59|| Front Page Top

#3 If the army splits, it will be very much like Serbo-Croatia.

Putin engineered this. I wonder what he does next.

Posted by phil_b 2014-02-19 15:20|| 2014-02-19 15:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Glad people are FINALLY paying attention to this. Vitaly Klitschko is emerging as a heavyweight (no pun intended) opposition figure. Boxer, chess master, PhD. And wants a normal western democracy out of Russia's orbit as the result for the Ukraine. Interesting guy. Its a shame we don't have an intelligence service that can help him and the rebels (but we do have a billion to throw at creating a climate change government agency), nor a president with the guts to do so. Unlike Hungary, there is no large soviet military presence, and there is at least a nominal amount of freedom, and Putin seems unlikely to send in the Red Russian Army.

Ukraine has a large chance to split ethnically. The Russian resettled eastern part (Thanks Joe Stalin for starving out Ukrainians in your ethno-genicide), and the Ukrainian western part.

If leveraged correctly, this would be a great opportunity for the West. Shame it will never happen with the crapleadership we now have.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-02-19 16:19|| 2014-02-19 16:19|| Front Page Top

#5 ..Dnipro River will be the border between the land essentially annexed by Russia and a separate independent country to its East.?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-02-19 22:12|| 2014-02-19 22:12|| Front Page Top

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