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Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea
An anonymous reader writes "Firing shots in the air and using stun grenades, Russian troops captured the last Ukrainian military base in Crimea today. From the LA Times: 'Meanwhile, Ukrainian and Russian officials were carrying on talks on evacuating Ukraine's loyal servicemen and families from the peninsula, a top Ukrainian military official said during a briefing Monday in Kiev. "About 50% [of Ukraine servicemen stationed in Crimea] joined the Russian side," said Olexandr Razmazin, army deputy chief of staff, the UNIAN news agency reported. The decision has been made to carry out the evacuation, he said, "but we need to work out a legal way to do it."'"
Well, unfortunately Ukraine forgets what happened to them when Moscow was happy with them. Like giving the whole Donbass to the Ukrainian SSR in 1919, Novorossiya in 1922, parts of western Ukraine in 1939 and Crimea in 1954. Without all this generosity, Ukraine would be much smaller today.
Oddly enough, both Khrushchov and Brezhnev were Ukrainians.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Maybe all the history books are wrong, either that or you are trying to rewrite a hell of a lot of history in a small little post. No "real" similarities exist between Hitler's Germany and Putin's Russia, nor do they exist between Sudeten and Crimea, nor do they exist between the actions of Hitler and Sudeten and Russia and Crimea.
Sudeten never voted to become part of Germany as Crimea did Russia. Crimea as a region has been pro Russia since long before the coup in the Ukraine, so the vote was not Russia "taking territory" like you are trying to frame it. Hitler was building the most modern military at the time, Russia has been playing catch up since the disbanding of the old USSR.
Be very careful with how you are trying to frame things. According to a very large number of Middle Eastern people, the US has been mass murdering Arabic speaking people for over a decade. "Yellow Cake" is pretty damning proof that the US is not above lying to pursue their own political goals, and numerous wars in the Middle East show that the US is not above killing innocents in furthering their goals. It also shows you that the media in the US is not really looking out for _your_ best interests, but the interest of politicians who are not necessarily telling _you_ why they are doing things.
Who's side is right in most conflicts are a matter of opinion backed by the winner. Are you going to suit up and go fight the Russians in the Ukraine? Send your kids over? Is it worth you or yours dying for, especially if you don't have all the facts?
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.