Ukraine: US condemns Odessa violence as dozens die

[King_Rat]

80. Putin is a nationalist, no doubt.

But there is also no doubt that the people characterized as 'nationalists' by the West are Nazis. Surely not the whole or even a majority of the people in Maiden, who were deluded liberals and other discontented, but they were the shock force responsible for the violence. They parlayed this into cabinet seats, some of the most powerful ministries. Not the whole coup government yet but the 800 lb gorilla in that room. Their Right Sektor and Svoboda fighters have been incorporated en masse into the new National Guard because the Ukranian Army has little interest in being involved in a fight with the people or Russia. Some of these thugs have recieved training in Poland on somebody's dime. Rumor has it that elements within the Ukranian Army are in touch with Russia...

Yes, there're fascists in Russia, like everywhere the vile crud on the boots of capitalist society. But they are not the government, as opposed to Kiev. Do you know no history? Twenty-Five million dead, how do you think all but the most deranged Russian feels about that? How they think about a Nazi regime on their border? In this case nationalism is self defense.

So yes, Putin is an anti-fascist. Are you?