Posted on 03/03/2014 12:28:18 PM PST by xzins
“Communist Party of Ukraine - In February 2014, the party came out in firm opposition of the Euromaidan violence and identified the movement as a “coup” to overthrow the elected government and replace it with a pro-NATO regime, and in an open plea from the First Secretary, called for all communists and left-wing movements around the world to condemn the events as such.”
So, opposition to the Maidan revolution puts you in league with the Communists?
I don’t think so. Let’s not paint with wide brushes, folks.
Western Ukraine is more agricultural than the East, which is (and was then) much more industrialized.
Here's a graphic purporting to show population loss by region of Ukraine. It doesn't exactly support your claim.
http://cybercossack.com/?p=3304
Sometimes our government, which is run by large corporate interests, does lousy things. No one accusing the people of the US, but how many times do we need to hear this crap before we change OUR politicians?
I love America. I HAtE my government.
I suppose you also believe the Garden of Eden was a myth.
Parts of western Poland used to be part of Germany. The former eastern territories of Germany (German: Ehemalige deutsche Ostgebiete) are those provinces or regions east of the current eastern border of Germany (the Oder–Neisse line) which were lost by Germany after World War I and then after World War II.
The territories lost following World War I include most of the Province of Posen and West Prussia, and further territories lost after World War II include East Prussia, Farther Pomerania, East Brandenburg, and Lower Silesia and other, smaller regions. In present-day Germany, the term usually refers only to the territories lost in World War II, while in Poland the territories acquired from Germany after World War II were dubbed the "Recovered Territories".
The city of Poznan was Posen and Gdansk was Danzig, which has its own unique history. Poland has been invaded and occupied for hundreds of years.
More Than One Quarter of Jews in France Want To Leave, Poll Finds
http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=41975
Anti-Semitic attacks soar by 82% in France
http://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/anti-semitic-attacks-soar-by-58-in-france
This is from Russia’s Online-Comment Propaganda Army http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3078342/posts
You claimed there were no anti-Semitic attacks during the Ukrainian protests.
I showed this was not only wrong, but that the Chief Rabbi has told the Jewish people in Ukraine to flee.
And your response is about France?
I suppose it also rained in France, and that is about as relevant to this thread.
My reference was not to occupants of “Poland” or “Germany,” but rather to ethnic Germans or Poles, who at the time generally knew which they were regardless of where they lived.
Anywho, just about all the ethnic Germans were ethnically cleansed out of Poland’s new boundaries after WWII. With a great deal of killing by the Poles and Russians doing the cleansing.
It should be noted that after the war Russian (and Ukrainian) borders were also moved west to incorporate a good bit of what had been Poland before the war.
Of course if you go back far enough just about all of Ukraine had been ruled by the Poles. Except for the part controlled by the Tatars.
Historically, boundaries never lasted for long on this huge plain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Europe
All in all, I'd be much more worried about being Jewish in Paris' banlieues than in Kiev.
I didn’t claim, the WSJ reporter said what he saw. I’m pointing out that anti-Semitism is problematic in France. Many Europeans Jews are fleeing the MUSLIMS who are a serious daily problem. In the U.K., 38% of Muslims believe it’s okay to kill a Jew when you encounter one.
So, I’m not going to indict the whole of Ukraine’s populace yet.
Are you?
Oh, those dreamers.
But do they have sixth of the world’s surface and second largest military at their disposals?
True. And many of those areas were Polish before they were German. Sometimes a LONG time ago.
From the Piast era - 996.
Good, so you’re condemning Russian military invasion of Crimea.
It’s interesting that Germany’s eastern border is roughly where it was 1000 years ago.
Not that there was anything resembling a “Germany” or “Poland” back then.
Poland doesn’t seem too worried about these “nazi” bogeymen. I heard a report today that Poland is leading the charge for economic sanctions against Russia. Rightly, they are more worried about a murdering thug with an army of 700,000 on their border.
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