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To: Dr. Thorne
There seems to be a concerted effort on FR to label any Ukrainian seeking freedom as a Nazi, and siding with Putin.

The Banderstaat are the ones with the weapons. They are the muscle for the revolutionaries. And they are Nazis.
24 posted on 03/01/2014 11:43:27 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

“The Banderstaat are the ones with the weapons.”

Banderstaat would mean “Bander State” - that makes no sense. It would be better to refer to them as Banderists or as adherents of the UPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army

“They are the muscle for the revolutionaries.”

Some of it, yes. And?

“And they are Nazis.”

Nope. The original UPA fought the Nazis - and then allied with them when necessary. Eastern Europe’s bizarre history forces such strange relationships to come into being.


61 posted on 03/01/2014 2:48:59 PM PST by vladimir998
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