Mfezi wrote:
Thanks for the video - I think it is a pretty good summary and I like that he gives both perspectives. Of course you can nit pick a lot the details,.....
I agree, it can be very difficult to figure what is going on in the muddy waters.
One side says it was a coup, then I hear that when the laws changed, the president was impeached in a vote, some of his party members voted him out.
In Crimea you have unmarked soldiers running around, you don't know who is who. Soldiers or locals dressed in uniform? Some soldiers are asked and they reply they are Russians, Putin says non of his troops are involved. (Some say he says that for local Russian content so Russians don't get upset, many want to live in peace.)
Some vehicle have no number plates, some have Russian number plates. Then the type of vehicles, Italian made vehicles that only the Russian army has in that part of the world, that Ukraine does not posses.
Don't try to fly the Ukrainian flag in Crimea, you will be mobbed, Russian and Soviet flags are fine.
They talk about Fascists in Kiev. Are they being fed propaganda so they revolt?
By international law Crimea is part of Ukraine. They need to cool down and see what kind of government is formed in Kiev.
If they are not happy years down the line, just like Quebec in Canada, just like Scotland in the UK, have a referendum during a period of calm, and not when the politics is in a mess.
Putin will stir the pot to get what he thinks belongs to Russia, never mind what Russia has claimed from other nations since WWII. The rest of the world should stand up to this and let Kiev pull itself together after those riots caused by a dictator that filled his pockets, or so it seems.
As for Henry Kissinger, is he not the one behind they USA getting us to go into Angola, then tells us to get out?