Posted on 01/19/2016 7:03:21 AM PST by Trumpinator
US lifts ban on funding ‘neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian militia
By SAM SOKOL \ 01/18/2016 06:14
Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being used to provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion.
Congress is reported to have recently repealed its ban on a Ukrainian militia accused of being neo-Nazi, opening the way for American military assistance.
Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being used to provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion, an independent unit that had been integrated into the former Soviet Republic’s national guard and was taking part in operations against Russian- backed rebels.
Called a “neo-Nazi paramilitary militia†by Congressmen John Conyers Jr. and Ted Yoho, who cosponsored the bipartisan amendment, the battalion has been a source of controversy since its inception.
With the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol on its unit flash – which resembles a black swastika on a yellow background – and founders drawn from the ranks of the paramilitary national socialist group called “Patriot of Ukraine,†the group would have been a fringe phenomenon in any Western nation, but with its army unequipped to face the separatist threat in the east, Kiev actually integrated Azov into its military forces.
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I never understood this “sanction” in the first place since there are Jews in the Azov Bn.
If they’re Nazis ( ?), it’s no wonder the islsnoNazi-in-Chief wants to give them our tax $$. Birds of a feather
Photos of Russian “Nazis” can likewise be found. St. Petersburg “rally” comes to mind.
Do American dollars go to the Russian Nazis?
America gives $ to everyone. So probably, yes, Nazis.
It seems using Nazis or jihadists shock troops in these regime overthrows is in some sort of playbook.
OP is going to have some problems when POTUS Trump smacks down Putin. Which team to suport is the question? Team USA or Team KGB? No way Putin goes for a US managed safe zone in Syria as Trump repeatedly speaks of supporting. But as a long deluded Putinista I’m sure he’ll side with the mass murdering KGB thug.
What US managed safe zone in Syria?
The safe zone Trump talks about every day in his speeches. Who do you think is going to control it? The tooth fairy?
And that has to do what with Ukraine and her Neo-Nazi brigades?
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