[QUOTE=powerabout;138288]the corruption in the Ukraine was affecting its GDP hence I see why the ethnic Russians said we may as well go with Russia and Putin said thanks for that
Look where the guy that caused it ran to???
Small win to Putin but a long term loss for all[/QUOTE]
I don’t know why Russia has seen Ukraine as some threat but look at how Stalin staved the Ukraine in the 30’s and then cleansed it after WWII to tell you that this has always been the case. Is it because Ukraine is both very fertile and an industrial nation or because of its having a long coastline on the Black Sea.
Yanokovich was a huge scumbag and Ukraine is better for his being ousted. Now Putin sees a chance to grab a large portion of the nation to bring back to a new defacto Soviet Union and Ukraine is fighting back. I hope Putin loses but it will be hard for Ukraine forces to stop him unless they get help from the West. Why is it so terrible for the Ukraine to want to be closer to the West anyway? We should support them in their efforts to remain an independent autonomous nation free of the thuggery of Czar Vladimir.
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