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Former Top Russian General: Russia Will Defend Eastern Ukraine, Even If It Means Taking Kiev
Vox.com ^ | 7 May 2015 | Max Fisher

Posted on 05/07/2015 1:22:16 PM PDT by edpc

Evgeny Buzhinsky has spent much of his professional life with the threat of global nuclear destruction hanging over his head. A lifelong Russian military officer, he earned his PhD in military sciences in 1982, just as the Cold War was entering its most dangerous period, and served in the Soviet general staff during an arms race that several times came perilously close to triggering a nuclear war that neither side wanted.

What follows is a partial transcript of our conversation, edited and condensed for clarity.

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; donetsk; military; nato; russia; ukraine

1 posted on 05/07/2015 1:22:16 PM PDT by edpc
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Russia deserves to have it’s ass kicked all the way back to the border, with as many of it’s men dying and being mutilated in the process as is possible until Russia gets it.

The Ukraine is sovereign territory.

We have a lot of people in the Southwest United States who speak Spanish. That doesn’t make them Mexican citizens or the property Mexican territory.

Russian General, put a cork in it you arrogant ass——.

What you nation has done, is commit and act of war. There’s no excuse for it, and threats don’t make you any more right.


2 posted on 05/07/2015 1:29:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: edpc

Russian agitprop.


3 posted on 05/07/2015 1:33:58 PM PDT by bagman
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To: edpc

So much for not being involved


4 posted on 05/07/2015 1:35:13 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: edpc

This is fascinating as well: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3266126/posts


5 posted on 05/07/2015 1:49:09 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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” ... if Russia starts a war, it never stops until it takes the capital. That's all the Russian wars.”

He conveniently forgot about the Russo-Japanese War, in which Russia got its @$$ whipped.

6 posted on 05/07/2015 1:54:03 PM PDT by riverdawg
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TELL ME WHY WE CARE ABOUT THE UKRAINE....... oh excuse me i forgot JOE BODEN’S SON IS INVESTED IN A BRIBE KICKBACK SCHEME.... how foolish


7 posted on 05/07/2015 2:00:44 PM PDT by zzwhale
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Or the Battle of Warsaw 1920. Look it up.


8 posted on 05/07/2015 2:05:28 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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A very interesting analysis from a former KGB spy and Putin’s classmate, Yuri Shvets. A long one but definitely worth the time.
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/29/former-kgb-colleague-putin-isnt-going-to-start-a-nuclear-war-but-may-destroy-russia/


9 posted on 05/07/2015 2:12:47 PM PDT by 05 Mustang GT Rocks
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To: riverdawg
Russia was also on the losing side of the Crimean War, and was beaten by Germany in WWI (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918).

If Obama had not been re-elected, Putin might have been more cautious in grabbing other countries' territories. Will he go after the Baltic nations before Obama's term runs out?

10 posted on 05/07/2015 2:20:25 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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“TELL ME WHY WE CARE ABOUT THE UKRAINE....... oh excuse me i forgot JOE BODEN’S SON IS INVESTED IN A BRIBE KICKBACK SCHEME.... how foolish”

You are spouting Russian-Communist Agitprop. The United States and Canada have had a relationship with the Ukrainian immigrants and the Ukrainian people for a hundred years, which is far longer than the Biden family has been around to foul up things.


11 posted on 05/07/2015 2:46:48 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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And they will defend Kiev even if it means taking Warsaw...


12 posted on 05/07/2015 2:58:15 PM PDT by glorgau
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"And they will defend Kiev even if it means taking Warsaw..."

Yep. And even it that means taking Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris and London.

13 posted on 05/07/2015 3:06:43 PM PDT by StormEye
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Besides the Biden outrage, Oligarchs from Ukraine who gave generously to hillary’s “charity” benefitted greatly from the US-enabled Kiev protests and government overthrow.


14 posted on 05/07/2015 3:13:34 PM PDT by grania
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