I have been saying this since 1992 and it seems that it fell on deaf ears,
including many in the diaspora who naively believed traitor Kravchuk's
pledge in his inauguration speech. But don't just blame Russia as then
president Clinton also pressured Ukraine to give up the nukes.
PI
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Mike Reshitnyk <[email protected]
> wrote:
> . . . ever since Ukraine foolishly trusted or coersed by the Russians
> and gave up their nuclear arms.
>
>
>
> *From:* Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 01, 2014 11:48 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [politics] Tensions Rise Between Ukraine And Russia Over
> Crimea
>
>
> But the politicos and experts are saying that Ukraine is just not
> militarily ready
>
>
> On Saturday, 1 March 2014, Mike Reshitnyk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The longer before Ukraine reacts to this invastion - and this *IS* an
>> invasion - the more Russia's actions are seemed to be legitimized (remember
>> the old schoolyard saying: possession is two thrids of the law).
>>
>> Don't count on the United States - after all, ONE week ago they kept
>> thier athletes in Sochi - as did Canada, Germany and everyone else - didn't
>> they?! As I've said before, there was money to be made, gold to be won,
>> empires to maintain. This is not cynicism, just realism.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Michael Kulyk
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 01, 2014 11:01 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [politics] Tensions Rise Between Ukraine And Russia Over
>> Crimea
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/01/ukraine-russia-crimea_n_4879935.html
>>
>> Tensions Rise Between Ukraine And Russia Over Crimea
>> Reuters | by Pavel Polityuk and Alissa de Carbonnel
>> Posted: 03/01/2014 10:15 am EST Updated: 03/01/2014 10:31 am EST
>> Print Article<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/01/ukraine-russia-crimea_n_4879935.html?view=print&comm_ref=false>
>>
>> <http://www.reuters.com/>
>>
>> MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament on
>> Saturday approved a proposal by President Vladimir Putin to deploy Russian
>> armed forces in Ukraine's Crimea region.
>>
>> The Federation Council voted overwhelmingly to back a proposal to use
>> "the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine
>> until the normalisation of the socio-political situation in that country."
>>
>> It said the decision took effect immediately.
>>
>
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