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2014-02-26 -Land of the Free

Will America reach a breaking point like the Ukraine? - Short Fox Video

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 VERY interesting question. I would say no. The American people would watch it on television or bend over.

Think Spandex. Think WalMart. Think Brokeback Mountain and standing in line in Colorado.

Posted by Spereting Tingle4064 2014-02-26 04:56|| 2014-02-26 04:56|| Front Page Top

#2 It could easily happen. When the GIVERnment checks start bouncing or the dollar buys you nothing; there will be riots.

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose"

Posted by Airandee 2014-02-26 06:47|| 2014-02-26 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 President Yanukovych was caught totally unprepared. To his credit, he was openly aligned with the regional communist hegemony. He had taken steps to militarize his police force and stockpile millions of rounds of ammunition. His police sniper training program was second to none. Important oversights however, would soon became apparent.

When the early protestations began, Yanukovych had failed to gain total sovereignty over the media and news outlets. He had not yet extinguished the Rule of Law through a subversion of the Ukrainian equivalent of our Department of Justice. Ukrainian judges and courts had yet to be supplanted with his selected agents. He had not organized counter-demonstration cells. He had failed to fully integrate police sleeper cells and agent reporters within the ranks of the protestors. Due to funding shortfalls, Yanukovych was unable to spend his way into a subservient electorate via social welfare and give-away programs.

Yes, it is easy to see why Viktor Yanukovych failed. Another term in office might have saved him.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-26 07:57|| 2014-02-26 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 The government was broke and weak. I sensed several in the police barricades did not want to push the protesters too hard. The Special Police did at the last minute but that outraged the public. As the fires raged in front of the barricades, I saw only one fire hose which was woefully inadequate. It seemed that the official response was half hearted, almost to the point that the police wanted the protesters to get rid of the idiot President. They would storm a building, take it over, then when their 8 hour shift was over, they would vacate for the protesters to walk right back in.

It was clearly not Tiananmen Sqaure where protesters were up against a full blown military presence.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-02-26 11:31|| 2014-02-26 11:31|| Front Page Top

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