[WhiskeyX]

This is an example of Putin using Pravda to publish the dictator's plaintive protest that other people made him do what he does to his self chosen opponents.

[DirtyPigpen]

Well, regardless of his intention, he is probably right that the Ukes are just someone else’s puppets.

[Usagi_yo]

In order to see what the stakes are, a little history is in order .... from a previous post of mine:

Ukraine was a founding state, along with Russia of the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R had a thing called the Warsaw Pact — a competitor of NATO.

The West broke both the Warsaw Pact and the U.S.S.R by bankrupting it with a long cold war of arms buildup.

Look how many Ex Warsaw Pact countries are now NATO members.

It’s obvious Russia isn’t going to let Ukraine enter NATO without a war over it. It’s the last kick of a the dying socialist republic.

[McGruff]

In fact, this is not an army, but a foreign legion, in this case, a NATO foreign legion

I assume he some proof of this claim?

[GeronL]

Putin does nothing but lie.

[KC_Lion]

Soviet Tigers do not change their stripes.

At Least Putin is being honest about who he is too.

http://youtu.be/D4x_OmqGs40?t=12m5s

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31449981

[Stayfrosty]

The best thing for Ukraine is to force NATO, the US, and regional players out of the country, former US congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul said. Without foreign meddling in the civil war, Kiev will focus on the nation’s economic collapse.

“Get the foreigners out of there [Ukraine], get the Europeans out, the US out, get NATO out, and get the Russians out,” Paul said at the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington on Friday. “There will be less of a civil war going on there because they will have to worry about their debt. This is an economic matter too. You have to realize that the country is totally bankrupt.”

We must ask ourselves, why did Ukraine have the highest GDP of the USSR and since the collapse of the USSR has gone completely bankrupt? I’m not a big fan of Dr. Paul, but, he is on to something here. THis does seem to be a CIA fueled war to contain Russia—a global war for natural gas and oil rights. I’m not so sure we are getting the full story on this conflict.