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DRoseDARs

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5. Oh he's being careful alright. He's making sure ethnic Russians get in the first shots.

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 02:15 AM

Mar 2014

Notice how no one was threatening ethnic Russians at any point during the unrest. Now all of a sudden they're "maybe in the future under threat" and need to be pre-emptively rescued by Russia. With pro-Russian forces instigating violence against their Ukrainian countrymen.

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Violent Clashes in Kharkiv [Ukraine] Leave Dozens Injured [View all] Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 OP

Vibes to the people of Ukraine. I pray applegrove Mar 2014 #1

"Violence reportedly broke out when pro-Russia activists stormed the regional government�s amandabeech Mar 2014 #2

Find the notion that he's there to protect the pro russian people to be idiotic. They aren't in har PatrynXX Mar 2014 #4

That's tarring them with far, far too broad a brush. Igel Mar 2014 #8

Putin has to be very careful with use of force. joshcryer Mar 2014 #3

Oh he's being careful alright. He's making sure ethnic Russians get in the first shots. DRoseDARs Mar 2014 #5

They make up some 17% of the population. joshcryer Mar 2014 #6

The new Sudetenland DFW Mar 2014 #7

Nobody's ever stopped Russia. Igel Mar 2014 #9