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I say the Sudan and the Congo. Tom Send a noteboard - 02/03/2014 02:17:33 PM

Check out this lovely video by the BBC. These are the people who are really in charge of Kiev (because they have guns). While we can debate the extent to which they pose an existential threat to the Russians in Crimea and the Eastern part of the Ukraine, the fact is that Russia lost 20 million people in World War II and many survivors are still alive, and stories like this have been played in Russia and struck a nerve. I don't think Russians have been this angry since World War II with another country.

And yes, I posted this on Facebook, too.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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BBC on Fascists in Kiev
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Don't Make me Laugh, Mr. Obama Tom - 01/03/2014 03:14:50 AM 1658 Views
i like obama and even i think that was dumb of him. *NM* temeraire - 01/03/2014 05:24:39 AM 633 Views
yep yep. why do you hate on Kerry, though ? *NM* AgentApple - 01/03/2014 08:11:52 AM 526 Views
He's a useless asshat. *NM* Tom - 01/03/2014 04:14:54 PM 555 Views
He's not the only lame duck in this, though. DomA - 01/03/2014 05:41:01 PM 1216 Views
It's a little more complicated than that, I think. Legolas - 01/03/2014 07:42:20 PM 1107 Views
It's always more complicated... DomA - 01/03/2014 08:57:54 PM 1071 Views
Yes yes yes. This. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:11:19 PM 982 Views
Well, we split on that then - I most certainly do not support such an annexation. Legolas - 01/03/2014 10:25:48 PM 993 Views
Any reason you keep misspelling Sevastopol? Tom - 02/03/2014 12:52:01 AM 1206 Views
You write "the Ukraine", while calling me old-fashioned? Legolas - 02/03/2014 01:57:58 AM 1063 Views
Yes. Dropping "the" is an anti-Russian move. It will always be the Ukraine. Tom - 02/03/2014 02:58:32 AM 1071 Views
Just because there's an article in Russian doesn't mean there has to be one in English. Legolas - 02/03/2014 11:21:25 AM 1035 Views
I say the Sudan and the Congo. Tom - 02/03/2014 02:17:33 PM 1049 Views
You do? Why? Legolas - 02/03/2014 03:21:56 PM 1150 Views
As with most analysis at the Guardian, I think it's wrong. Tom - 02/03/2014 05:00:20 PM 1050 Views
This one from a former advisor of Reagan-Bush might be closer to your views DomA - 05/03/2014 09:01:13 PM 1268 Views
" la Crimée vaut bien un tiramisu" - I liked that. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:06:55 PM 1099 Views
Yeah, I laughed reading that too. The original piece in English was probably better... DomA - 06/03/2014 02:08:03 AM 1072 Views
I don't think it's limited to Crimea. They will likely occupy Eastern Ukraine as well. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:08:56 PM 1001 Views
its going to be hard to find support from the West MrFarstrider - 01/03/2014 06:37:15 PM 1024 Views
Well, no one in Europe or the US has any direct interest here. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:13:36 PM 942 Views
Obama is weak and is viewed as a joke by most of the world. Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2014 04:12:25 PM 923 Views
Don't worry, not as much as the ape before him *NM* ironclad - 04/03/2014 03:23:14 PM 552 Views
So what's your plan of action? Jay Sherman - 03/03/2014 11:25:59 PM 997 Views
My plan of action is to let Putin have Ukraine. We have no interests there. *NM* Tom - 04/03/2014 01:29:45 AM 570 Views
Ehem. Why are you being anti-Russian? ;-) The Shrike - 04/03/2014 01:25:37 PM 1058 Views
Lack of space in a subject line that was the entire message. Tom - 04/03/2014 02:21:49 PM 995 Views
I watch дождь via etvnet.com. Lovely site for all Russian TV. The Shrike - 04/03/2014 08:23:58 PM 997 Views
I like their criticism of Putin generally, but I don't buy the "enemy of my enemy" position. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:39:15 PM 964 Views
Of course we do random thoughts - 04/03/2014 04:57:09 PM 1018 Views
Wrong. Tom - 04/03/2014 06:04:31 PM 941 Views
that ignores the point random thoughts - 06/03/2014 02:01:09 PM 1212 Views
No, it doesn't. Tom - 06/03/2014 02:57:16 PM 1008 Views
Re: No, it doesn't. random thoughts - 06/03/2014 06:22:32 PM 1043 Views
Yes, the US violated the agreement. Tom - 06/03/2014 07:27:23 PM 1114 Views
I have answered your question but you have still refused to answer my point random thoughts - 07/03/2014 01:48:53 PM 1022 Views
You assume that the Ukraine's borders should be inviolate. Tom - 09/03/2014 05:56:45 PM 1053 Views
Russia signed an agreement to not violate those borders random thoughts - 10/03/2014 12:18:37 PM 1002 Views
Yes, and we signed the UN Charter, but invaded Kosovo anyway. Your point? Tom - 10/03/2014 01:10:33 PM 968 Views
Oh, and now the West is talking about $15 billion in loans for Ukraine. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:41:12 PM 962 Views
And you see that as the same thing as sending in troops? random thoughts - 06/03/2014 01:37:28 PM 958 Views
I think you've listened to too much propaganda from the 1990s. Tom - 06/03/2014 03:06:18 PM 950 Views
More like the 80s random thoughts - 07/03/2014 01:50:43 PM 1003 Views
So I guess traveling to Russia extensively is of no value. Tom - 09/03/2014 05:58:00 PM 948 Views
in this case no it doesn't. random thoughts - 10/03/2014 12:20:13 PM 940 Views
Right...do you understand how stupid that made you sound? Tom - 10/03/2014 01:11:34 PM 967 Views
Or alternatively, it made him sound as someone who was just referring to something else than you. Legolas - 10/03/2014 08:14:00 PM 1022 Views
The junk they used in Chechnya was laughable... everynametaken - 16/03/2014 01:51:28 AM 1146 Views
Its a great time to throw some missiles in Poland MrFarstrider - 04/03/2014 03:43:24 AM 1064 Views
Call me crazy, but I like this idea! MonCul - 04/03/2014 12:31:07 PM 1145 Views
There are no longer two super powers *NM* random thoughts - 04/03/2014 04:40:16 PM 546 Views
Under Obama, it would seem there are none. *NM* Tom - 04/03/2014 06:15:27 PM 511 Views
at Poland *NM* ßelals Girl - 04/03/2014 08:09:14 PM 531 Views
In case you're not familiar with BMD MrFarstrider - 04/03/2014 11:13:06 PM 1026 Views
I know what you're talking about, I was just kidding around *NM* ßelals Girl - 04/03/2014 11:41:20 PM 539 Views
*NM* MrFarstrider - 05/03/2014 12:38:54 AM 543 Views
*NM* ßelals Girl - 05/03/2014 01:00:57 AM 529 Views
Ron Paul, interestingly enough, agrees with me. Tom - 04/03/2014 02:38:44 PM 963 Views
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