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Cleita

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24. With the exception of our Revolution and the one in Chile from Spain, I can't

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:59 PM

Mar 2014

think of a single revolution that brought stability and democracy to a country and I watched a lot of revolutions happening in South America back in the days of the banana republics. Well, maybe Cuba in an odd sort of way.

We had a coup in 2000 when we had an illegitimate regime forced on us by GWB's cabal. We still are going through it with the ways our Congress is held by a minority due to crooked elections. Yet, because we resisted revolution we may get back to the democracy envisioned in our Constitution. We are riding it out. I don't know how this situation in the Ukraine can be fixed without a lot of upheaval considering the main players in it.

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So let me get this right, Right Wing Rabble topple a Democratically elected Gov't [View all] GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 OP

When you say DU dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #1

Ok I see a large and vocal group GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #2

It's the Putinistas here who sound like the Bushies defending the Iraq invasion nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #10

True RobertEarl Mar 2014 #3

Nope. Propaganda. Some elements may be undesirable, but it wasn't a coup, and TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #4

Propaganda, eh? sibelian Mar 2014 #6

That's a load of horse hockey. Daemonaquila Mar 2014 #5

Then why did they give svoboda seats in the parliment. Why is "Right Sector" allowed to patrol the newthinking Mar 2014 #7

? Nobody "gave" Svoboda seats... there was an election... Adrahil Mar 2014 #12

They added 11 PM seats for Svoboda newthinking Mar 2014 #13

kick for a truthful statement after a flawed previous poster. nt GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #14

Are you advocating US military intervention? JaneyVee Mar 2014 #8

No, you got it wrong, but thanks for regurgitating Putin's talking points nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #9

Another apologia for revanchism, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #11

Yes. My own family members and thousands upon thousands of other Ukrainians.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #15

No one can deny... GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #16

Yuo're posting shit you're making up...yeah, I can deny it... joeybee12 Mar 2014 #19

Here's the op, show me what's incorrect. GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #21

You're calling the insurgents right wing...you have no proof of that...that's Putin's joeybee12 Mar 2014 #23

You wanna go there? GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #27

The muscle in the demonstration was the sheer number of protestors. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #25

WRONG!!! GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #28

But if it was just a few rabble rousers up to no good.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #31

it was more than a few GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #32

Do a google search on DU and Ukraine. Your talking points Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #33

that's not true... I've been following this closely. GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #34

take a look at this GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #36

Newsflash...your post is shit... joeybee12 Mar 2014 #17

Yeah? GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #18

You got proof, too? joeybee12 Mar 2014 #20

so you got nuthin. GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #22

With the exception of our Revolution and the one in Chile from Spain, I can't Cleita Mar 2014 #24

Agree 100% nt GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #30

The Parliment there was elected just like the President was. Bandit Mar 2014 #26

A credible argument can be made GRACIEBIRD Mar 2014 #29

Newsflash: simplistic depictions of what happened in the Ukraine cali Mar 2014 #35

Always Nice To see a New Supporter Of Imperialism Coming Down The Chute, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2014 #37

A grossly oversimplified "analysis" of a complex subject. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #38