Posted on 02/26/2014 1:00:53 PM PST by No One Special
A true revolution doesn't come every day. The word "revolution" appears all around us, in commercial advertisements and political propaganda, until it seems to have lost all meaning.
The most minor tumult, the smallest change, and immediately we pronounce the word. And so when the real thing arrives, with tyranny and blood, with masses striving for freedom, with an ancient regime destroyed and a new one born, we might just fail to see its significance.
The spark that began the revolution was something called Europe: a trade agreement with the European Union that many Ukrainians saw as a chance to enter a world of free trade rather than government syndicates, and the rule of law rather than overwhelming corruption. When President Viktor Yanukovych, after months of promised, rejected the deal in November, Ukrainians protested.
The students were the first to reach the "Maidan," the main square of Kiev. They are the ones who already considered themselves Europeans, and took a European future for granted. After the riot police were sent to beat them, they were joined by the "Afghans," the veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Then came the businessmen, the professionals, the people who had hoped to make an honest living, but found themselves thwarted by unpredictable taxes and corruption. In December, hundreds of thousands of people, from all parts of the country and all walks of life, were on the streets.
Then Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared with a proposal. Why not take 15 billion euros from Russia instead of playing around with Europe? Although the Russian side promised that the loan was without conditions, Russian leaders then explained that disbursements could only follow when political stability had been established.
In January, President Yanukovych formally did away with basic freedoms. A package of legislation introduced by a...
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Ukraine is a corrupt bankrupt nation on the verge of collapse. This isn't America's problem to fix nor is it an obligation of the American taxpayer to subsidize.
Take your EU begger's bowl elsewhere.
LOL !
Great close-ups of the ‘pro-democracy’ crowd in Kiev.
I’m not angry at all. You, however, are busted lying.
Yep. Fellas look real peaceful. I’m sure all their bro- nazi symbols are misunderstood.
“I’m not angry at all. You, however, are busted lying.”
hahahahahahahahahahaha ...
You are truly delusional. But, I suppose, better that you can vent your imaginative flights of fancy on people you don’t know while sitting in front of your computer than inflicting them on the people you do know nearby. Get a life.
Yeah you’re right. The guys in the Nazi getup are really just misunderstood.
This is not the website for you. Go to Stormfront.
The pictures pretty much sum it up.
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