[WhiskeyX]

Apologists for Putin and his Russian regime have asked what is so wrong about the alleged Russian Government proposal to ration the food supply in occupied Crimea. Will's editorial addresses the very problem with subjecting the Ukrainians to the tender mercies of the Russians and Russian control of Ukrainian food supplies in the not so distant past.

[DIRTYSECRET]

No reporting in the MSM on this historical fact.

[lodi90]

There is a coordinated PR campaign by Putin to bully Ukraine politically. Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine has failed. So he is now terrorizing them and trying to blame the violence on Ukraine govt.

[Regulator]

But...but...they voted to be Russian!

Guess starvation and depopulation wasn’t mentioned on the ballot.

[Mariner]

Everyone I've discussed Ukraine with, maybe a dozen folks, know about the Stalin's starvation of Ukraine in the 30's.

That's not to say we shouldn't keep talking about it...but I'm not sure it applies to the events of today.

There's rationing in Crimea because Russia has some real logistical problems without a land bridge.

That is the sole cause.

Putin's obvious strategy is to win the hearts and minds...to the extent possible...of new and prospective territory. A deliberate program of starvation would be counter to those goals.

And to compare Putin to Stalin is ludicrous. Putin is much smarter and far more sophisticated than Stalin.

And, depending on his end objectives, potentially more dangerous.

Because it's not like anyone in the West is going to oppose him.

[Portcall24]

This was a continuation of what had been happening under the Czar when the Jewish people of Ukraine was subject to pogroms. I just finished a terrific historical novel entitled, “The Little Russian” which is set in Ukraine at the beginning of 20th Century. The writer, Susan Sherman, did an unbelievable level of research and presents the book in wonderful prose.