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In reply to the discussion: What the Mainstream Media isn't telling you about the situation in Kiev. [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)75. Same deflection, second time.
Repeat ad infinitum, I presume?
I didn't say anything about Yanukovych or the Customs Union.
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What the Mainstream Media isn't telling you about the situation in Kiev. [View all]
MattSh
Feb 2014
OP
Agreed. For one, there's an analysis of what joining the EU does to the country, but not a
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#43
Don't polls show that a plurality of Ukrainians prefer a closer association with the EU rather than
pampango
Feb 2014
#9
"A poll conducted October 2-15, 2013 by GfK Ukraine showed three times as many Ukrainians favoring
pampango
Feb 2014
#24
The "3-to-1 slam-dunk" I presented clearly compared those favoring an EU agreement (44%) to those
pampango
Feb 2014
#66
That's your interpretation. I posted the actual poll results which shows that less than 50% support
pampango
Feb 2014
#72
Deflection is apparently a two-way street. You're not contradicting anything I posted.
pampango
Feb 2014
#80
But, clocks! And I rec'd it for the part prior to the Father of Reaganomics there... n/t
freshwest
Feb 2014
#38
Quite frankly, if you want to argue against someone who is arguing that a protest is fascist
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#12
You have to understand I have family members who have been involved in the protests.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2014
#22
Thailand, Venezuela and Ukraine protestors ALL cite "corruption" to overthrow recently elected
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#27
Exactly my point. It is also well documented in Thailand and Venezuela and in Egypt, but the
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#29
It's documented in the US government too. Tell me a government that doesn't have well documented
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#47
You are quite possibly the most insufferable (jerk) I have met in all my years at DU.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2014
#84
Shoot. I can't get it to load. Don't know what's wrong. Is it for subscribers only? n/t
freshwest
Feb 2014
#40
Thank you for some much needed information and for the other posts on this thread..
mountain grammy
Feb 2014
#19
+1. The only protesters who aren't 1) ignored or 2) framed as lawless malcontents are the ones the
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#48
informative thread. I have another viewpoint to share because I know nothing about this situation.
libdem4life
Feb 2014
#35
No -- sometimes things get worse. Witness Iraq; witness the mafia state of Kosovo; etc.
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#50
Thank you, another one of our and our Western Imperial Allies' 'proxy wars'. Hillary explained it
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#58
You're ignoring the elephant in the room of ethnic Ukranian nationalism.
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2014
#64