Posted on 02/25/2023 3:56:18 PM PST by frithguild
That election was arguably dodgy, but no question that there was indeed a coup
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Now call Biden “victory” and “administration” a coup.
Still cost spacex 100 million in free internet,as I recall the Ukraine whined that they had no internet anymore, please sent use the dishes, so he did, now musk is tired of carrying them..
Don’t forget - the election of Yanukovitch was not legitimate in 2014 because of “Russian meddling”. Hillary then imported that winning strategy after 2016.
You miss my point. All of these were righteous revolts. Allende and Marcos and Yanukevych were disasters. All of them were elected, and at one time were quite popular.
Democracy often throws up disasters, and there may not be constitutional means available to correct these mistakes.
This appears to be more recent info:
Sorry I missed your point. “Democracy often throws up disasters, and there may not be constitutional means available to correct these mistakes” - yes, including as in the US right now.
Hard to trust much of anything with so many lying reprobates running things.
The Starlink bill was picked up by the US DOD.
SpaceX/Starlink are of great interest to the DOD. That’s a good political protection for Musk. He has Pentagon friends, for understandable reasons.
Kinda what drives me nuts when people talk about saving Ukrainian democracy, they actually had an insurrection in 2014. Arranged by the west. Issue was Ukraine picking a Russian trade deal over an EU one. I think the west was also looking for revenge because Russia saved Assad in Syria. Give the western warmongers credit though, it worked. Then Minsk 1 and 2, Donbas, etc. Lots of folks can’t get past Putin bad though.
Pretty good Twitter thread here, covers Nuland and company.
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1629150757235613701
I’ve been saying that while it was in process...and we instigated it...well before 2014.
No...he said what he meant...for defense only.
“It is dirty pool to dismiss free elections on the grounds of being “brainwashed”. It permits anyone to reject any election for any reason.”
Don’t worry, Russia will clean up Ukraine.
I think that the “west” stupidly wanted an immediate crackdown in the Donbass, but the election of Trump rained on that parade. Their hubris in assessing Russian power is basically omnipresent. Using the Minsk accords as a canard was just Plan B.
Laying claim to the Original Putin Puffer are we?
Toria Nuland is a war mongering troll.
She needs to become fixated on the demise of the CCP.
Corrupt Yanukovych was removed from office for betraying Ukraine for Putin. Parliament moved to impeach him, but he was prepared in advance and hightailed it to his masters in Russia.
2020 was a color revolution in America.
No, the 2010 election was not dodgy at all. It was crawling with international observers who declared it free and fair.
Yanukovych won fair and square.
I think Musk is thinking about the 2004 runoff election, which was dodgy. After the Orange Revolution, results of that election were tossed out and a new election held. Yanukovych lost the do-over.
Yes, the “regime change” in 2014 was a coup. Actually, it was an armed putsch.
Compliments of Obama and the CIA!
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