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Warren Stupidity

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6. If the subject of this is "Ukraine" you need to review the history.

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 02:09 PM

Sep 2014

A Ukrainian nation has existed sporadically over the last three centuries, but there is no period of stability of any significant length that one can point to and say "this is (or was) Ukraine". The east/west divisions are very real, not some figment of Russian imperialist ambitions. The state that emerged from the collapse of the USSR was unable to resolve those divisions, and unable to form a functional government of the entire region, a fact that has lead to the current crisis.

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Agree or disagree: Denying the historical existence of an entire nation is a very dangerous thing... [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 OP

Define historical please. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #1

Dating back multiple centuries. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #2

Seems pretty arbitrary HERVEPA Sep 2014 #3

Well, the terms themselves are somewhat open to interpretation. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #4

OK. Thanks for the response. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #5

If the subject of this is "Ukraine" you need to review the history. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #6

The Ukrainian nation has existed for centuries. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #7

As a political entity? No it hasn't. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #9

For Israel? Jeneral2885 Sep 2014 #8

Usually someone denying the historical existence of something boston bean Sep 2014 #10

You shouldn't be so hard on Atheists1 whistler162 Sep 2014 #11

didn't mean to be. boston bean Sep 2014 #13

Are you referring to Palestine? sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #12