Posted on 02/26/2023 1:02:20 PM PST by familyop
Twitter CEO Elon Musk claimed that Ukraine “indeed” witnessed a coup d’etat in 2014 after the country saw a major change in the government in 2014. On Saturday, a Twitter user shared an article by Prof.John J. Mearsheimer, titled “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault”. In the tweet, the Twitter user quoted one of the excerpts from the article in which Mearsheimer asserted that the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, was right to call the illegal overthrow of a democratically elected, pro-Russian President a “coup”. The American political scientist made these assertions back in 2014 when Russia decided to annex the Crimean Peninsula. Musk has been vocal about the Russia-Ukraine conflict since the war began. From providing Starlink to Ukraine to proposing a peace plan in the war, Musk has done it all.
On Saturday, the Twitter user quoted Mearsheimer and wrote, “For Putin, the illegal overthrow of Ukraine's democratically elected and pro-Russian president— which he rightly labelled a "coup"— was the final straw." Musk agreed with the sentiments of Mearsheimer and responded saying, “That election was arguably dodgy, but no question that there was indeed a coup".
In 2013 protests broke out in Ukraine after the authorities halted legislation aimed at the integration of the country with the European Union. The public unrest eventually led to the removal of then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The former President and the former governor of Donetsk Oblast, Yanukovych, was known for his pro-Russian stance.
"For Putin, the illegal overthrow of Ukraine's democratically elected and pro-Russian president— which he rightly labeled a "coup"— was the final straw."-Prof. John Mearsheimer (2014)
pic.twitter.com/mLpnLzpWla— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 24, 2023
Elon Musk
@elonmuskReplying to @KanekoaTheGreat
That election was arguably dodgy, but no question that there was indeed a coup.
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Yanukovych's removal and the annexation of Crimea After the major public unrest in the eastern European nations and the constant lobbying by the EU diplomats, Yanukovych was removed from the office of the President on February 22, 2014. The Ukrainian government body Verkhovna Rada voted him out on the grounds that he was unable to fulfil his decision to hold early presidential elections in the country. During his time, the former Ukrainian President had a cordial relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Under his reign, Moscow provided financial assistance to Ukraine and invested in several infrastructure projects. The political instability in Ukraine enabled Russia to annex the Crimean Peninsula, which remains one of the major sites of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Musk speaking truth, to the chagrin of Biden Republicans
Elon doesn’t want to be the target of a Polonium dart.
Many have said it before, but I hope Musk has top-notch personal protection services. Lord knows, citizens in this country don’t have his back (tagline remains true since its January 2021 inception).
We’re going to have incoming Ukraine Virtue Signaling on this thread...
Screaming 😱 Faces at twelve o’clock high 🕛
Like the 2020 election in the USSA.
I think most people would have said it before the Russian invasion but you’re not allowed to have the opinion anymore.
Nuland: [Breaks in] I think Yats is the guy who's got the economic experience, the governing experience. He's the... what he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok on the outside. He needs to be talking to them four times a week, you know. I just think Klitsch going in... he's going to be at that level working for Yatseniuk, it's just not going to work.
Transcript at link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957.amp
My cat and I agree about personal protection.
He also earlier called out Nuland by name. The media is trying to IGNORE him, hoping it all goes away. The problem for the media, though, is that Elon has 129 MILLION followers on Twitter, and the majority, perhaps vast majority of them had NO IDEA as to what the US (Neocons) did to get this war started. Now they’ll start asking questions.
In America today, voicing an opinion contrary to the establishment narrative is frequently described as "anti-American", "hate speech", "promoting terrorism", "seditious", "traitorous", etc. - and not just by the Democrats...
Compliments of Obama and the CIA!
I do not believe the Ukrainian coup myth is correct. In 2014 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled his country in the middle of the night. No one forced him to leave. When it was time in February 2022 for Volodymyr Zelensky to flee he instead said “I don’t need a ride, I need ammunition”. Two different men, two different results.
Not going to happen spacex is sending a russan to the iss tonight
Musk was red-pilled.
>>Musk is doing far more to advance human technology and the human condition than any other individual alive today.
That is a fact. I wish we had a dozen more. I think that SpaceX will be the most important of his contributions.
You’ll now have FR global neocons screaming to bring back @Jack! I would suppose many of these FReepers will go Biden in ‘24 if the choice is Biden/Zelensky or Trump/MAGA, no Zelensky.
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