Posted on 02/18/2014 9:29:59 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
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Don’t be surprised if you see Russian, Belarussian, and Kazakh forces in Ukraine helping out the government.
Russians probably going in day after the Olympics closing ceremony...
Well, which one is it? Can't be both.
In theory, those "protests" (which do look like a low level civil war) should tell the EU to stay away from Ukraine for at least a decade, until the population accepts the democracy. Why would EU want people who prefer to solve their political disagreements by throwing Molotov cocktails at the police? They have those already, like in Greece.
We don`t need to “supply arms or assistance”, we have enough problems with our own dic-tater O`Bozo. Anyone who really wants a hands on approach can just fly their Rambo wanna-be butts over on their own, join the “resistance” and get their pathetic heads shot off on their own dime.
My guess is to Cyprus their bank accounts.
Anti Russian government, pro joining the EU.
One may as well say that members of the Aztlán movement can’t be anti-government and pro-México.
In Russia, Pelham 123 take YOU!
Ukraine is heavily in debt, and Ukrainians do not have bank accounts worth mentioning. If Putin does not proceed with the 15 billion bailout that he promised to Yanukovich (by reason of Yanukovich losing the power, for example) then it will be EU's duty to finance Ukraine - and, most likely, to admit 45 million Ukrainians into Europe. As Europe is currently on a suicidal binge of importing foreigners, this certainly looks like a possibility.
Rich oligarchs maybe?
Better to import the Ukrainians, and expel the Muslims.
I’ve got to question that photo.
Tanks in the subway station ?
And the people are just standing around like they are waiting on the train ?
Ukraine does have a few rich oligarchs. However their money is not sitting in Ukrainian banks; that'd be foolish. Anyone who has >$50K to invest would be better off investing it. The oligarchs probably trading at NYSE and owning property in Europe and the USA. The richest among them lives in London. Domestically, oligarchs own all Ukrainian industry, media, sports teams. Whatever happens, they stand to gain from the bailout from Russia or from bailout from the EU. The people - the poor pawns at the barricades - will get nothing, as usual.
LOL!
I’m looking at the tanks and they look like they’re in a subway station? Hunh?
The boxer won like %15 of the vote in the last election. A lot of the protests are sour grapes by people who can’t accept democratic elections.
The EU isn’t giving them anything. That’s why they had to take the Russian offer. It was that or bankruptcy.
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