Ukraine

[rolltides]

It looks like Ukraine is in a full scale civil war now.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

It looks like Ukraine is in a full scale civil war now.

They took over that Police station and set it ablaze in seconds, i think 13 cops got killed smh

[Amphibious Rodent]

It looks like Ukraine is in a full scale civil war now.

They took over that Police station and set it ablaze in seconds, i think 13 cops got killed smh

Just curious. What does this mean to you?

[jv_coach]

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukraine-is-on-fire-people-are-dying-in-the-streets-why-at-the-core-its-a-battle-against-vladimir-putin/
 

Worth noting is a recent analysis by John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations: “Putin might not actually be seeking to re-create the former Soviet Union’s boundaries but he is clearly bent on bringing the ‘near abroad’ back under Russian hegemony. Putin is playing old-fashioned power politics, declaring Moscow’s sphere  of influence, while the West has essentially stood idle. Ukraine is the biggest prize. Putin openly endorsed incumbent Viktor Yanukovych for president in the 2010 Ukraine presidential election. And one can only guess at how much of Moscow’s resources went into propaganda, voter suppression and bribery — or even darker arts.

“Given Ukraine’s size, strategic location  and potential for Westernization, there is no doubt America should  strongly and visibly oppose Putin’s policy,” Bolton notes. “Instead of developing a strategy, however, both the Obama administration and Congress are merely discussing potential sanctions against Kiev’s current government….What independent-minded Ukrainians really need is NATO membership — the sole realistic way to induce Moscow to scale back or cease its predatory conduct — and the only effective shield for countries unfortunate enough  to border Russia. In 2008, however, the alliance failed  dismally when timorous Western Europeans blocked the path to NATO  membership for both Ukraine and Georgia. Leaving space between NATO’s  eastern edge and Russia’s border all but invited Moscow to take  advantage of the vacuum we ourselves created. Indeed, shortly after his  inauguration, Yanukovych did Russia’s bidding by taking NATO membership  off the table. NATO’s 2008 mistake also convinced  Russia, a few months later, that it could safely invade Georgia,  dismember it and ultimately orchestrate a pro-Moscow government. By contrast, NATO’s admission of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, all sharing borders with Russia, has brought them at least a measure of respite from aggressive cyber-warfare and other Moscow interference.”