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Ukraine pleads for U.S., U.K. help after Russian 'invasion'
The Globe and Mail ^ | Last updated Friday, Feb. 28 2014, 7:53 AM EST | Mark MacKinnon

Posted on 02/28/2014 5:13:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil

The new Ukrainian government says it has been invaded by Russia, and has appealed for the United States and United Kingdom to protect it, as they guaranteed under a 1994 agreement.

The move came after pro-Russian gunmen seized both main airports on the Crimean Peninsula early Friday, a day after other militiamen took control of the regional parliament building. With gunmen in the building and the Russian flag flying from the roof, deputies appointed a new government and passed a motion Thursday calling for a referendum on the future as part of Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; invasion; noquotemarksneeded; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianinvasion; russianoccupation; ukraine; ukrainecrisis
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To: Gay State Conservative

Germany 1953


41 posted on 02/28/2014 6:31:42 AM PST by cunning_fish
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To: Texas Fossil
From the article:

The parliament also called for guarantees of the memorandum signed by Ukraine, Britain, Russia and the United States in Budapest in 1994. That agreement guaranteed Ukraine’s sovereignty and current borders in exchange for surrendering the nuclear weapons that were left after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

It appears Russia is saying the Ukraine governmnet is not legitimate so the treaty is void.

42 posted on 02/28/2014 6:35:14 AM PST by No One Special
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To: No One Special

Really doesn’t matter what other countries say/do if the Ukrainian military isn’t willing to fight a big war with Putin right now.


43 posted on 02/28/2014 6:39:38 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Texas Fossil

Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize while in office for only three weeks. This whole will be a piece of cake for him, this whole misunderstanding will all be settled in the next few days if not hours (end sarcasm here).


44 posted on 02/28/2014 6:41:09 AM PST by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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To: Texas Fossil

0bama response: “Fore!”


45 posted on 02/28/2014 6:41:23 AM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Broi)
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To: Texas Fossil

There is not much we can do short of going to war with Russia. It may be that the Ukraine and The Crimea will just be divided.

Obama has not got the guts or the wits to play with Putin. He has not got an SOS with the brains or gravitas to carry out a plan if he had one.

The only chess piece to play is for the US and the EU to do what they did in the Georgia episode and make Putin believe he will be shunned by the West if he proceeds. Thats what Sarkozy flew to Moscow to tell him when he was getting ready to take all of Georgia. He got Ossetia and now he will get Crimea but not all of Ukraine. He’s been planning this for 5-6 years.


46 posted on 02/28/2014 6:42:26 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Sorry. We don’t have the troops. Obama is downsizing the Army to WWII levels. That is 4 companies and maybe two extra platoons of infantry.


47 posted on 02/28/2014 6:44:05 AM PST by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

And pooty tooty will wait until he can slice off another ppiece of the salami. Hillary can also be flexible.


48 posted on 02/28/2014 6:51:42 AM PST by No One Special
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To: No One Special

I think Vlad knows he can’t have all of the Ukraine. He will be happy with Crimea and keeping his port on the Black Sea. He has been wanting to do this for a long time.


49 posted on 02/28/2014 6:53:51 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Texas Fossil

A NOTE FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE

Regarding your recent request for assistance: sorry, but you’ve caught us at a bad time and we won’t be able to help in your struggle for freedom. Try to hold out until January 2017. Hopefully, we’ll be in a better position to help you out then. Good luck and hang in there.


50 posted on 02/28/2014 7:00:50 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: Texas Fossil
pro-Russian gunmen seized both main airports on the Crimean Peninsula

Let's be realistic. Before the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, there were husky, light-skinned young civilian males mysteriously hanging about in Kabul.

Spetsnaz.

51 posted on 02/28/2014 7:03:52 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: cunning_fish

Hungary 1956.


53 posted on 02/28/2014 7:19:49 AM PST by jamaksin
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To: Georgia Girl 2

After Yalta, Vlad does have a point - history is on his side.


54 posted on 02/28/2014 7:21:56 AM PST by jamaksin
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To: Georgia Girl 2

He’ll take as much as he can get and save the rest for later. That’s what I mean by salami slicing.


55 posted on 02/28/2014 7:26:13 AM PST by No One Special
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Khrushchev had no business giving it away in the first place.

He was just trying to throw a bone to the Ukrainians, since he acted as Stalin’s representative to the Ukraine, and he wanted to win them over to give him leverage in his power struggle.


56 posted on 02/28/2014 7:28:42 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: lakecumberlandvet
I guess they can "Crimea river".
57 posted on 02/28/2014 7:32:10 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: lakecumberlandvet

Perfect.

*footnote: We’re too busy decreasing the size of our military and increasing the number of those on food stamps.


58 posted on 02/28/2014 7:35:16 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Texas Fossil

Somebody thought that Vladimir Putin was gonna just sit there and watch George Soros, Monsanto, and the US state department walk off with the Ukraine??


59 posted on 02/28/2014 7:36:02 AM PST by varmintman
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To: grania

From what I’ve read, the parts of Ukraine that are pro Russian have more businesses and less unemployment.


60 posted on 02/28/2014 7:38:48 AM PST by Rusty0604
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