As well as inertia and an unwillingness to act to stop this barbarism.
Already in Kherson??? Why not go further and where and when does it stop?
PI
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> How about (4) Putin continues. He already has a foothold in the Kherson.
> Why stop? The more he grabs the more he "negotiates" later...
>
>
> It's basically up to Ukraine with a bit from the West, but mostly Ukraine.
> And Ukraine starts with a devastated position. Problematic leadership and
> misfunctioning state apparatus....
>
> Quoting William Zuzak <[email protected]>:
>
> Dear Infoukes:
>>
>>
>>
>> CRIMEA: Ukraine, Russian Federation or Autonomous Republic?
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>>
>>
>> Despite Vladimir Putin's false claims that the Russian language is
>> threatened in Crimea, Myron Petriw has demonstrated that it is
>> Ukrainian-language speakers that are discriminated against in Crimea:
>>
>> http://yaroslawsrevenge.authorsxpress.com/2013/02/09/
>> back-to-the-ussr-%E2%80
>> %93-the-tools-of-genocide-remain-unchanged/
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>> Law in a Linguistic Battlefield: Ukrainian vs. Russian
>> <http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/ukrainophobia/bowring20120902LanguageLaw.html
>> >
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>> Language and Law, 02Sep2012; Bill Bowring
>>
>> Obviously, the Kremlin is continuing its age-old policy of genocide
>> against
>> the Ukrainian language and the Ukrainian nation.
>>
>>
>>
>> There appear to be three possible outcomes to Putin's occupation of
>> Crimea.
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>>
>>
>> (1) Crimea, Ukraine: The pre-invasion status quo would be generally
>> maintained with the Ukrainian Navy co-existing with the Russian Black Sea
>> Fleet on the peninsula.
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>>
>>
>> (2) Crimea, Russian Federation: The Ukrainian military basis would have
>> to
>> be relocated onto Ukrainian territory. New port facilities for the
>> Ukrainian
>> Navy would have to be built in the Odesa area. In the interim, American
>> and
>> Turkish NATO warships would be asked to patrol and control the remaining
>> Ukrainian coastline. Should Putin invade and try to annex parts of Eastern
>> Ukraine (Luhansk, Donetsk), Ukraine would have little choice but to join
>> NATO as soon as possible. At any rate, once incorporated into the Russian
>> Federation, Crimea would become a full-fledged enemy such that American,
>> NATO and Ukrainian missiles would be trained on Sevastopol and Simferopil
>> (Simferopol?).
>>
>>
>>
>> (3) Crimean Autonomous Republic: The scheduled 16Mar2014 referendum is,
>> of
>> course, a farce. Nevertheless, if the citizens (inhabitants?) of Crimea
>> should choose this option in an internationally-supervised referendum in
>> 2015 or 2016, things become more flexible. They could host both the
>> Russian
>> and Ukrainian fleets. Friendly relations could be established with both
>> the
>> Russian Federation and Ukraine. There would be less urgency for Ukraine to
>> join NATO.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tourism and commercial enterprises would not suffer. It is not clear if
>> the
>> oil and gas mineral rights along the Crimean coastline would accrue
>> Crimea.
>> Of course, tolerance to all languages would have to be established. Crimea
>> could become a modern European nation rather quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> I do not profess to have any military expertise, but does my analysis
>> sound
>> reasonable?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Will Zuzak; 2014.03.09
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