"It's as valid as everything else in Ukraine nowadays. Why is all of the sudden current Ukrainian government cute little snowflake, and west just curious observers ? They acted. Now comes reaction. Whoever expected no reaction is naive or dishonest."
What's dishonest is first arguing Putin wasn't hot for E-Ukraine from the get-go & Crimea was a historical wrong set right, and now arguing Ukraine & West provoked Russian aggression so now must bleed for their sins. Russia has a history of treating its neighbours like shit, ranging from treating them like satellite states to all-out mass murder for some kooky cause their leaders were hot for at the time. Ukraine, Baltics, Poland, etc. don't fear their hegemonic neighbour for nothing. That's why NATO's expanding: these countries WANT to be in NATO, because it sucks so much to be in Russia's sphere of influence.
I commend the Russians for straightening themselves out after communism and feel bad the way their country got plundered in the 90s, but what's happening now is not justifiable. The Russians should take some lessons in humility from the Germans, they've shown sincere regret in word and deed, real change towards their neighbours after '45. The Russians never showed any humility for those they wronged or aggressed against. They impoverished half of the European continent for their moronic mix of imperialism, Stalinism and similar shit that never did anyone any good. There's a reason why a country like Poland is way behind Belgium.
Yeah, our media is a laughable puppet show who focus on Putin's harsh line re gays, Greenpeace et al, but that's missing the other show that's playing: real Russian aggression. And it must be stopped harshly.
What's dishonest is first arguing Putin wasn't hot for E-Ukraine from the get-go & Crimea was a historical wrong set right, and now arguing Ukraine & West provoked Russian aggression so now must bleed for their sins. Russia has a history of treating its neighbours like shit, ranging from treating them like satellite states to all-out mass murder for some kooky cause their leaders were hot for at the time. Ukraine, Baltics, Poland, etc. don't fear their hegemonic neighbour for nothing. That's why NATO's expanding: these countries WANT to be in NATO, because it sucks so much to be in Russia's sphere of influence.
I commend the Russians for straightening themselves out after communism and feel bad the way their country got plundered in the 90s, but what's happening now is not justifiable. The Russians should take some lessons in humility from the Germans, they've shown sincere regret in word and deed, real change towards their neighbours after '45. The Russians never showed any humility for those they wronged or aggressed against. They impoverished half of the European continent for their moronic mix of imperialism, Stalinism and similar shit that never did anyone any good. There's a reason why a country like Poland is way behind Belgium.
Yeah, our media is a laughable puppet show who focus on Putin's harsh line re gays, Greenpeace et al, but that's missing the other show that's playing: real Russian aggression. And it must be stopped harshly.