Posted on 11/24/2004 8:39:57 AM PST by b2stealth
Maidan receives more and more confirmation about presence of Russian troops in Ukraine.
Yesterday at night between 1:00 and 4:00 four airplanes with Russian military troops (approx. 400-450 persons) landed in Ivano-Frankivsk. They were dressed into uniform of Ukrainian troops and were sent to Kyyiv by buses. At the moment of planes arrival, the airport was surrounded by military forces.
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Ukrainian Marine Forces with Yushchenko First Commander-in-Chief of Marine Forces of Ukraine Kozhyn called troops to acknowledge Yushchenko as Supreme Commander-in-Chief. >> [24-11-2004 17:28]
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[24-11-2004 17:26] Hot news from Yanukovych headquarters. Once the Central Elections Commetee announces Yanukovych as a President - gangs, masked as Yushchenko supporters will start provocations on Maidan(Independance Square). >>
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No the truth is that you are a Russian bootlicker who will always side with Putin no matter what, even if it means going against your own nation's and our NATO allies' interests.
Oh, so you have proof that Soros made the Ukraine election a fraud, but the US government is wrong. Please tell me you aren't a teacher, or in a position to influence young minds.
He almost the sole source of funding for Yushchenko. I wonder what the price tag of that support will be--and what price America will pay to fix the mess Soros will inevitably make.
Look at what's happening to the Ukrainian people and their self determination. The military and civil authorities are taking sides. Russian troops reportedly deployed, dressed as Ukrainian troops. Bunker mentality corruption. This isn't going to be pretty, and they may need our help.
If the intervention is to support Yushchenko, and succeeds in installing him in office, then the Ukrainians will need our help again after their economy craters.
I didn't say that. I said that I question just how "free" these elections were in the first place.
Please tell me you aren't a teacher, or in a position to influence young minds.
If I were your teacher, I'd make you run around the school yelling "I'M A DUMBS**T!" over and over because of your inability to understand written English.
"When "free elections" boil down to Soros manipulating the process for financial benefit, I question just how "free" they are."
So, a manipulation of process isn't meant to be fraud? If it isn't, what the hell are you complaining about? Fair manipulation? Remove head. Start breathing again.
Things, that make you go hummmm.....
I'm just questioning the basic legitimacy of the process, since it seems that Soros created this guy from nothing.
"him and his colleagues will immediately leave for Kyiv to defend the people."
They better leave now. If they wait, they will be too late.
You should have posted my entire post. I said we had a vital strategic interest in Iraq. What vital strategic interest do we have in Ukraine? And what can we possibly do anyway? These are not benighted, ignorant and crazed fanatics living there. They will do what they have to do to get this straightened out.
Take a page from the Red book and keep them in your sites...Red Alert... Red Alert...
Boy I'd hate to be a Vietnamese immigrant walking by them at the time.
God bless the Freedom Hungry people of Ukraine!
No,
it is unfortunate but hardly embarrassing.
Given the deep levels of ignorance that our european 'friends' have shown of the USA and the relative importance of Ukraine versus Iraq, mexico, canada, Afghanistan, UK, Colombia, Australia, or Poland; failure to be up to date on Ukrainian factions is hardly surprising.
I do know that Ukraine suffers for its proximity to Russia and has done so for a long, long, time. I hardly find it a surprise that they would refute a government supported by Russia and I would expect them to oppose Russian troops sent in order to force them to accept a questionable election.
So far we are talking about companies of troops, not an armored division. I am not at all sure that the Russians could place enough force on the ground to force their outcome in any event. From what I can read here the Ukrainian people themselves feel they are capable of a resolution and my guess is that the best thing 'the west' can do is to limit its involvement to diplomacy and arm twisting.
Are you really ready for another "former Republic of Yugoslavia"?
at 4:15 a.m. on November 4, 1956, Soviet forces launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing, once and for all, the spontaneous national uprising that had begun 12 days earlier.
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