[AdmSmith]

Speech by Andrei Illarionov at NATO PA Session in Vilnius

First point. You may hear statements that this is ‘the Ukrainian crisis’ or that this is ‘the crisis in Ukraine’. It is incorrect. It is neither ‘the crisis in Ukraine’, nor ‘the Ukrainian crisis’. This is not an internal affair of Ukraine. This is a war. This is the Russian-Ukrainian war. To be correct, this is the Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine.

And this war is only an introductory chapter of a much larger event which can be called and actually has already been called ‘War’, ‘World War’, ‘the Fourth World War’. I’ll try to elaborate this later. It is not my choice of picking this particular term. It is the term that is being used by the Kremlin propaganda machine – the Fourth World War being waged now by Russia against the rest of the world.

read the full speech here:
http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/69155/speech-by-andrei-illarionov-at-nato-pa-session-in-vilnius-201469155/

[Cap Huff]

Thanks for the ping. I went and skimmed the speech. I’ll have to go back later to read it full.

[free_life]

Nailed it!

Should be a thread on it’s own AdmSmith, it is that important WW4.

[McGruff]

To be correct, this is the Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine.

Incorrect. Ukraine started this "war" or whatever you want to call it when a bunch of protesters were able to overthrow their own government. Putin just took advantage of the chaos to grab Crimea. They sure didn't put up a fight did they?

Then the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk Declared themselves fee of the illegal government in Kiev much like the 13 colonies declared their independence from England. They are the ones pleading for Russia to come to their rescue.

Fourth World War? Did I miss one?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith.