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Tommy_Carcetti

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31. But if it was just a few rabble rousers up to no good....

Reply to GRACIEBIRD (Reply #28)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:14 PM

Mar 2014

....as you said, they would have been squashed without any further outrage from either the domestic or international communities.

There were some in the crowd throwing Molatov cocktails and blunt objects. And Yanukovych's response was to shoot live ammunition at the entire crowd, and whatever moral high ground he had up to that point was lost. And the rest can be attributed to the will and strength of the Ukrainian people.

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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