[grania]

I DID NOT defer to other issues. You said votes of Russian speaking residents aren't reflective of Ukraine, because Russia for centuries replaced Ukranians with Russians. I said that in the US we don't have the same population we did a few centuries ago, but here it's the people who are now US citizens who get to vote. And that's how it should be.

The Kiev government can't turn back the clock. But why did they do everything imaginable to alienate so much of the population?

None of this would've happened if (1) the Kiev thugs didn't abolish Russian as an official language or then (2) held a popular vote as soon as possible after Crimea was gone, before they messed up again.

[rbmillerjr]

Take the time to wipe the slurp off your face and think.

I’m sure you are smart enough to see your weak deflections.

This is pretty simple. Russia illegally annexed the land of a sovereign nation. Now, Russia is instigating the BS in Eastern Ukraine and has sent in Russian paramilitary to take Ukrainian government buildings.

That is the issue. These illegal actions.

[Kozak]

Your Putin slurping is obvious in your referring to the people who threw out a corrupt murdering puppet as thugs.