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Tommy_Carcetti

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10. Your analogy makes no sense.

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 11:13 AM

Feb 2015

If Texas went through with their threats to secede from the union, would we be thrilled to have Russia send an envoy to choose the new president? Of course not but isn't this what America did in Ukraine

Ukraine didn't vote to secede from anybody, unless you mean the Soviet Union, and that was back in 1991.

After massive street protests failed to dissolve, Victor Yanukovych packed up his most precious valuable possessions and helicoptered away to Russia. To fill the power void after Yanukovych's de facto abdication, the Ukrainian parliament chose an interim government (composed entirely from existing members of parliament) to hold power until new elections could be held several months later. In May 2014, the Ukrainian people elected Petro Poroshenko as their new president in elections that international observers determined to be free and fair.

No, the US didn't "send an envoy to choose the next president." Sorry. Try again next time.

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US role in Ukraine crisis is not an innocent one [View all] nikto Feb 2015 OP

We knew that from day one of the so called 'velvet revolutions' malaise Feb 2015 #1

Thank you for posting this newfie11 Feb 2015 #2

No, that's not what America did in Ukraine. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #7

Please enlighten me then. Nt newfie11 Feb 2015 #9

Your analogy makes no sense. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #10

Sorry newfie11 Feb 2015 #11

Studying what? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #12

well let's hear how it was done Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #28

Yes, a lot of people need to stop falling for the propaganda we are bombarded with sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #30

I totally agree with you, but maybe your example isn't ideal nikto Feb 2015 #15

Apprarently not subscribing to an alternate reality on world events makes one a neo-con in your head Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #16

I know a Cuban-American whose family was forced to leave Cuba after Castro (she was a child) nikto Feb 2015 #22

All that I'm asking for is that people remain honest about the events in Ukraine. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #24

Glad to see you have doubts about fighting a proxy war with Russia, via Ukraine nikto Feb 2015 #29

Putin stonecutter357 Feb 2015 #3

Back at ya! MattSh Feb 2015 #6

Probably not but that doesn't make the former KGB colonel the good guy either. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #4

Duh nikto Feb 2015 #13

If one searches for innocent foreign involvement in Ukraine, good luck with that. pampango Feb 2015 #5

"Putin retaliated by adroitly seizing Crimea....." Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #8

"Putin, who is 347-times worse-than-Hitler, retaliated by seizing Crimea in his hairy claws....." nikto Feb 2015 #20

I feel the presence of neocons, hovering around this thread nikto Feb 2015 #14

Oh, I'm sorry -- Did U.S. armed forces invade while I wasn't watching? Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #17

You haven't been paying attention. We invaded with 'cookie' forces not armed forces. pampango Feb 2015 #18

Hush neocon! Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2015 #19

Can't you just accept that Barack Obama and Joe Biden are determined to seize Ukraine? Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #21

Innocence? You Want Innocence? Teutonic Samuel Feb 2015 #23

Shame on NATO for speaking to other countries! SHAME! randome Feb 2015 #25

They focus on personality just like they did with Saddam/Gadaffi/Assad. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #26

K&R nitko. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #27

LGBT phobia apologia. joshcryer Feb 2015 #31