The pro-Yanukovich parliamentary members were not allowed to enter the Ukrainian parlament, and hence there was no majority for an impeachment.
This was a coup d' etat without any legal backing!
Also, in the meanwhile all pro-Russian parties and east Ukrainian backers in Kiev have been forbiden and arrested.
Look at it this way:
With the help of US and EU "counselors", a group of demonstrators, backed by Ukrainian neonazis ousted the democratically elected (pro-Russian) president Yanukovich.instead there is a government in place that forbade the use of Russian language (which is the predominant language in the east), and quite a few of the new cabinet members called for driving out all ethnic Russians out of the Ukraine, long before the Crimea incident
A large part of east Ukraine did not accept this. Now, Russia is baking these people, who want their elected president back...
As for the Crimean peninsula, that was give to the Ukraine by Russia, as a gift of friendship in 1957. Since the new Ukrainian government was trying to get NATO support, Russia annexed Crimea to prevent NATYO getting its paws on the Black Sea fleet, which is based there.
Considering that the Ukrainian constitution has been breached by the current governement,many in the east feel that there is no reason for them to keep living with the usurpers from the west.
Now, where exactly does your description of Russia "steamrolling"
This is not just about support, but also about availability and continuity. The fact that YOU did not have to pay a cent means nothing when compared to companies that licenced millions of copies of XP (>2.000.000 ATMs). and that soon will have to switch to another product for replacing old and/or broken machines.
By industry standards, Microsoft is an unreliable player!
It still costs a shitload of money to change platforms for an established product - especially since Win7/8/... are quite different with regards to file structure, user management, security, etc. And by nowmost security holes have been closed in their version of XP.
Well, now that they switch to something open, M$ won't be able to pull another XP on them:-)
I think you underestimate the size of Russia. Even if you take out Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd and other major cities, you would still have a functioning economy and militatry, try this with NY, DC Dallas and LA!
The Russians learned teir lesson the hard way, starting with Napoleon and up to the Nazis!
Your military might be impressive when facing a bunch of goatf*ckers hiding in caves. Facing modern armies (EU, Russia, China), it starts looking quite shabby.
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Still enough to fire a short range AA rocket. And equipped with those, the service ceiling is 7000m (MH17 was at 10000)
The pro-Yanukovich parliamentary members were not allowed to enter the Ukrainian parlament, and hence there was no majority for an impeachment.
This was a coup d' etat without any legal backing!
Also, in the meanwhile all pro-Russian parties and east Ukrainian backers in Kiev have been forbiden and arrested.
Look at it this way:
With the help of US and EU "counselors", a group of demonstrators, backed by Ukrainian neonazis ousted the democratically elected (pro-Russian) president Yanukovich.instead there is a government in place that forbade the use of Russian language (which is the predominant language in the east), and quite a few of the new cabinet members called for driving out all ethnic Russians out of the Ukraine, long before the Crimea incident
A large part of east Ukraine did not accept this. Now, Russia is baking these people, who want their elected president back...
As for the Crimean peninsula, that was give to the Ukraine by Russia, as a gift of friendship in 1957. Since the new Ukrainian government was trying to get NATO support, Russia annexed Crimea to prevent NATYO getting its paws on the Black Sea fleet, which is based there.
Considering that the Ukrainian constitution has been breached by the current governement,many in the east feel that there is no reason for them to keep living with the usurpers from the west.
Now, where exactly does your description of Russia "steamrolling"
And thats the definition of terrorism for you? Just stay the fuck out of Europe, fucktards!
You fucktard forgot what terrorism means? If this DNI info is true, then we have two armies at war, not terrorists fighting civilians!
Apples got a patent on that, and you infringed on it by posting it onto /. !
Please report to them immediately for settlement negotiations :)
Yes, but your future 4k Pr0n will need more than just 100mbps (filtered by Comcast) :)
Yes, and the vendor would have made sure that their platform is backwards compatible. With Industry, I don't limit myself just to IT!
Please Sir, would you be so kind and eat your own shi^H shorts?
This is not just about support, but also about availability and continuity. The fact that YOU did not have to pay a cent means nothing when compared to companies that licenced millions of copies of XP (>2.000.000 ATMs). and that soon will have to switch to another product for replacing old and/or broken machines. By industry standards, Microsoft is an unreliable player!
Because Blackberry might pull another XP on them in a couple of years..
Is that you again, RMS????
It still costs a shitload of money to change platforms for an established product - especially since Win7/8/... are quite different with regards to file structure, user management, security, etc. And by nowmost security holes have been closed in their version of XP. Well, now that they switch to something open, M$ won't be able to pull another XP on them :-)
I think you underestimate the size of Russia. Even if you take out Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd and other major cities, you would still have a functioning economy and militatry, try this with NY, DC Dallas and LA! The Russians learned teir lesson the hard way, starting with Napoleon and up to the Nazis!
You sir, are obviously not an American!!
40 years here! Switched companies last month!
yeah? Well, try cutting "their" bonuses, Mr. Manager!!!
Granpa probably meant the tens of people in Kansas municipalities who actually use a computer....
What, you actually read TFA? You silly one, you....
The United States have obviously no concept of how religious freedom works!
I guess Bender will like to get pissed...oh...uh...you know what I mean...
Never saw that comming :)
Your military might be impressive when facing a bunch of goatf*ckers hiding in caves. Facing modern armies (EU, Russia, China), it starts looking quite shabby.
Not even there, unless you like to sit in the first few rows
Why does this comment get modded as a troll?