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Why Germans Love Russia
NYT ^ | May 5, 2014 | Clemens Wergin

Posted on 05/05/2014 10:49:54 PM PDT by wetphoenix

BERLIN — Like most foreign-policy experts, I was shocked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its continuing “soft invasion” of eastern Ukraine. Can such a naked land grab really be happening now, in 21st-century Europe?

But Russia’s actions were not the only surprise. If you have followed the German debate about the Ukraine crisis, you have witnessed another strange phenomenon: a parade of former politicians and public figures going on TV to make the case for Russia.

According to these august figures — including former Chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Schmidt — NATO and the European Union were the real aggressors, because they dared to expand into territory that belonged to Moscow’s legitimate sphere of interest. And it seems part of the German public agrees.

You thought that Germans were the champions of international law and a rules-based world order? Think again.

(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: communism; democrats; eussr; germany; germanyrussia; merkel; obama
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To: rbmillerjr
Irrelevant and I doubt there were a thousand Nazis.

Nazis in Kiev

See my tagline

This was a legal action, there was no forced military coup or junta.

The overthrow was done under the color of law but was not legal in any historical sense and the thousands of firebomb throwing Neo-Nazis outside the capitol building used violence to force the situation. It may not have been a uniformed military but it was an army.

61 posted on 05/08/2014 8:44:24 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Count of Monte Fisto

From Heritage foundation... http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3150796/posts?page=1

“On February 28, Russian troops, aided by pro-Russian local militia, occupied important sites across the Crimean Peninsula under the pretext of “protecting Russian people.” Now Crimea is under Moscow’s de facto control and the Russian parliament has voted to annex the region into the Russian Federation. The failure of the Obama Administration’s Russian “reset,” the unilateral disarming of Europe, and the U.S. reduction of forces and disengagement from Europe have led Russia to calculate that the West will not respond in any significant way. The Administration can demonstrate America’s commitment to its NATO allies and support for the Ukrainian people by bolstering the defenses of NATO countries in the region, lifting restrictions on energy exports to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas, and enacting meaningful sanctions.

After three months of mass street demonstrations, the Ukrainian people succeeded in ousting their corrupt and incompetent president, the Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovych. On February 22, the Ukrainian parliament acted in favor of the people it represents by granting amnesty to all political prisoners, bringing back the constitution of 2004 (which reduces the powers of the president), and announcing an early presidential election in May.[1]

This was more than Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to tolerate. On February 28, Russian troops, aided by pro-Russian local militia, violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity by occupying important sites across the Crimean Peninsula under the pretext of “protecting Russian people.” Soon after Russia’s invasion, an illegitimate referendum took place on March 16 to allow the people of Crimea a vote to determine whether they wanted to join the Russian Federation. This illegal referendum was denounced by the countries of the G-7 as well as the member states of NATO and the European Union (EU). Furthermore, it took place without international monitors and under armed occupation.


62 posted on 05/08/2014 11:37:21 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (Russians to the Left of me, Useful Idiots to the Right...)
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To: rbmillerjr
After three months of mass street demonstrations riots, the Ukrainian people Obama/Soros/sodomite EU backed Neo-Nazi's succeeded in ousting illegally overthrowing the corrupt and incompetent duly elected president,
63 posted on 05/09/2014 7:12:24 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Count of Monte Fisto

ok lol

I think I’ll stick with the Heritage analysis.


64 posted on 05/09/2014 7:40:06 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Russians to the Left of me, Useful Idiots to the Right...)
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To: rbmillerjr
I think I’ll stick with the Heritage analysis

Whatever. Heritage is a Globalist propaganda outlet. Has been for years.

65 posted on 05/09/2014 8:17:47 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Count of Monte Fisto

And you are Liberaltarian shill.

Historically, Heritage has been a premiere conservative think tank. You are just not a conservative and to the Left of the limp-wristed Obama.


66 posted on 05/09/2014 10:58:01 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Russians to the Left of me, Useful Idiots to the Right...)
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