And is that a justification for war or part of an excuse? It seems like you are saying that is a justification.
t's 3:54 a,m, in Kiev. There is heavy fighting all over the city. The mayor and the former president are out in the streets with flak jackets and automatic rifles. 18.000 guns have been handed out to the citizens. They have been instructed on how to make molotov cocktails and where to hit a tank with them, I only hope i live to see the day Putin is assassinated or stands trial for war crimes.
good video, covers a lot. BTW she shows many, many volunteers for military recruitment in Dnipro, which is in what would be considered a pro-russian area,
There hasn't been much reporting on Mariupol that I've seen but there's supposedly an amphibious invasion?
Newsweek Russia Issues Ominous Warning to Finland, Sweden Should They Join NATO Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said that Moscow would have to respond if Sweden and Finland intended to join NATO. . 10 hours ago
I find it odd that people are just going about their business as usual since it appears we may be on the verge of a pretty fucked up few months
According to this guy the causes of this crisis are 1) Democracy ( political independence); 2) EU involvement (economic independence); 3) Potential NATO membership ( the right to protect themselves). And according to him, these are valid and reasonable grounds for what Russia is doing! I have never heard of this guy before, but 10 minutes of listening to his right wing/pro Russian talking points is enough to write him off as just another member of the anti-American, right wing fever swamp. His admission that he identifies more with Chinese authoritarians than with "21st century Americans" should tell you all you need to know about his credibility.
How much evidence do we need of the validity of the Hitler/Putin comparison. Putin's argument essentially boils down to this: if you have a lock on your front door, that is an intolerable aggression against his right to steal from you. How can any rational mind justify that? ( silly question, the Trump tramps abandoned rationality long ago.)
I was reading about the details of the beginning of WWII the other day. I knew there were certain similarities but I was blown away by how similar so many details are to this situation and what led up to it. I can't imagine being Ukraine right now. You're getting attacked by a superior force and the rest of the world just watches because you're not yet part of their special club. Pretty disgusted with NATO and the US at the moment.
