Why? Why are we freaking involved? This is a bi partisan rant from me. I'm spitting bullets that my team up here the conservatives are involved in this global game of chicken.
What the hell are we doing? Cheering on WWIII over the Ukraine joining the EU?
Standing up for what's right god damnit. All those people feel like they have no choice but to be taken over vs living under a tyrannical government.
Why is it we stand for liberty under a republican but not a Democrat?
The opposition got their coup and are safely residing in Kiev. No one is going after them.
Crimea is demographically 60% ethnic Russian and were in fear of what the anti Russian bastards in Kiev were going to do.
First up they passed a law banning the Russian language. Now that was overturned by the new interim President under pressure from the EU but how long would it be before this bill would be passed again.
You have to understand who took over here. I've been on this for some time (Uk third generation).
One of the opposition parties who now hold some really plumb cabinet positions are virulent anti Russian. They want to ban the Russian language. They want to strip Russians of citizenship.
This is all in their Svoboda Party platform. They want to criminalize "Ukrainaphobia" aka open your mouth against the new government and you are in jail.
They want to ban adoptions of Ukrainian children by non Ukrainians. Shall I go on? They are uber nationalists who believe in an "ethnically pure Ukraine".
That should freaking put chills up anyones spine.
Oh and one last thing regarding the Crimea. In their party platform they demand that Crimea's autonomy should be revoked.
If I was a Crimean I'd be running from Kiev into the arms of Moscow too.