gatorfan wrote:Not that the unqualified author of the article really knows what he's talking about. Or has an agenda. A few units have defected to the Pro-Russian separatists. What's so unusual about that?
So are you suggesting we support Mother Russia in this Russian sponsored conflict?
Maybe. Our side claims it's all Putin's fault and that the Russian army has now invaded Ukraine. Putin says (and there's considerable evidence to support him) that Russian troops and tanks have not invaded the Ukraine. Ukraine spokespeople say that pro-Russian separatists can be treated fairly under the current Ukrainian regime. The ethnic Russians who want to be part of Russia and not the Ukraine were oppressed before and don't believe the Ukrainians can be trusted. Rightfully, Putin agrees with them.
In addition, consider: Putin is quoted as having said: "If we wanted to invade Ukraine, it would be ours in less than two weeks."
And he's absolutely right. The Russian army could overrun the Ukraine in three days -- consider their numbers and the state of their weaponry.
Now ask yourself, why would Putin invade Ukraine with less than 1200 troops? If he chooses to invade, he wouldn't do it piecemeal.
It's nuts. And our side's frustration in trying to get the Ukraine to join NATO as a jab at Putin, provides all the fuel necessary for our government to lie to us ... the same way we were lied to before our invasion of Iraq, and the same way we were lied to about the "Tonkin Gulf" incident which dramatically exacerbated our disastrous war with Vietnam.
Frankly, I don't trust Obama any more than I trust Putin.
Why the hell are we so heavily involved in a dispute between Ukraine and Russia, it's not our sphere of influence. Isn't ISIS enough, right now?