I do NOT like Putin, but I remember OUR using guns to enforce voting in Viet Nam, we also did it in Grenada, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iraq, Panama, and elsewhere. We ignored the Hungarians in 56, and stood by while Poland did their “own thing”, with our “moral” support.(Hmm, that last one was a union leader, so a lot of corporate America didn’t like it.)
Maybe if the folks in Crimea spoke Pashto, Arabic, or Farsi, instead of mostly Russian, their vote would make more sense to OUR way of thinking??
P.S. I generally agree with Danziger, but, considering there have been thousands of Russian troops (Navy) in Crimea for a long, long, time, exactly how is the current addition an actual “invasion”?
I DO wish Obama, and the U.S. would stop offering threats of sanctions or military action, every time someone on the other side of the planet, in THEIR back yards, does something our corporations don’t like, or our right-wing rednecks?
This issue is between Crimea, Ukraine, EU, and Russia, we have no dog in the fight, just a pack of squirrels.
It’s decided. The majority of commentators on this site agree that Putin Knows Best. So Ukraine is kaputin. Any other neighbors of Russia with Russian ethnic populations should be prepared to revert . Weltschmerz and ennui have worn us down, so of course they need not bother to resist..So many people in the U.S. are of English or German ancestry. Things aren’t going so well here, lately, so why don’t we ask those countries to take us back? It’s agreed, then. The referendum is next Tuesday..As they say at Staples, “That Was Easy.”
Actually you don’t have to force Crimeans to vote to join Russia. 20 years ago they were promised prosperity and autonomy in the independent Ukriane, but what they got was totally the opposite. Even before the Russian soldiers arrived Crimeans were hevily leaning towards Russia and away from Kiev.
stamps about 10 years ago
Brooklyn’s next. Lotta Russkies there.
Enoki about 10 years ago
Nah… Everybody that voted “Yes” got a free bottle of vodka!
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
I do NOT like Putin, but I remember OUR using guns to enforce voting in Viet Nam, we also did it in Grenada, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iraq, Panama, and elsewhere. We ignored the Hungarians in 56, and stood by while Poland did their “own thing”, with our “moral” support.(Hmm, that last one was a union leader, so a lot of corporate America didn’t like it.)
Maybe if the folks in Crimea spoke Pashto, Arabic, or Farsi, instead of mostly Russian, their vote would make more sense to OUR way of thinking??
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
P.S. I generally agree with Danziger, but, considering there have been thousands of Russian troops (Navy) in Crimea for a long, long, time, exactly how is the current addition an actual “invasion”?
I DO wish Obama, and the U.S. would stop offering threats of sanctions or military action, every time someone on the other side of the planet, in THEIR back yards, does something our corporations don’t like, or our right-wing rednecks?
This issue is between Crimea, Ukraine, EU, and Russia, we have no dog in the fight, just a pack of squirrels.
emptc12 about 10 years ago
It’s decided. The majority of commentators on this site agree that Putin Knows Best. So Ukraine is kaputin. Any other neighbors of Russia with Russian ethnic populations should be prepared to revert . Weltschmerz and ennui have worn us down, so of course they need not bother to resist..So many people in the U.S. are of English or German ancestry. Things aren’t going so well here, lately, so why don’t we ask those countries to take us back? It’s agreed, then. The referendum is next Tuesday..As they say at Staples, “That Was Easy.”
Kot_begemot about 10 years ago
Actually you don’t have to force Crimeans to vote to join Russia. 20 years ago they were promised prosperity and autonomy in the independent Ukriane, but what they got was totally the opposite. Even before the Russian soldiers arrived Crimeans were hevily leaning towards Russia and away from Kiev.