how far can putin go in former USSR before he goes too far for the west ?
On Mar 2, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then it means world war 3
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> On Sunday, 2 March 2014, Michael Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Because if this goes unchecked, it is very easy to see Putin interfering with other former Soviet republics."
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/03/01/canadians-ukraine-crimea_n_4880544.html?utm_hp_ref=canada
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> On Mar 2, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Michael Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> if the west does not do anything, they are next
>> the memory of the russian bear is a long one
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>> On Mar 2, 2014, at 4:18 AM, Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> I suspect, the baltics and Poland will be ok, it's just poor Ukraine
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>>> The precedent being set here will have repercussions from now on
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>>> Ukraine was asked to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for territorial integrity
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>>> And now Russia has invaded
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>>> This will mean other states will from now be reluctant to give up nuclear weapons, reduce their numbers,etc.,because agreements it seems if we go by Russia don't mean a fig. This will change the whole discourse around nuclear weapons. This will really shift things. But Putin doesn't care.
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>>> The writer in the new republic is right on, the west just doesn't get it.
>>> And as always, whenever in the diaspora we Ukrainians talk about Putin and his retinue in Ukraine, we get labelled as nationalists,or fascists or fanatics. As a former professor of mine used to say, ..." Naive.....naive.."
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>>> On Sunday, 2 March 2014, Michael Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> if ukraine falls
>>> the baltics and poland are next
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>>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 10:17 PM, Anubis <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> > http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116810/putin-declares-war-ukraine-and-us-or-nato-wont-do-much
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