You are an idiot. The reason there are ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine today is because of the Holodomor you asshole. The Holodomor was the Russian controlled famine that killed 7.5 million Ukrainians in the Russian ethnic cleansing of the 1930's and allowed the settlement and colonization of eastern Ukraine by Russia. So, basicly, today's crisis is about the Soviet's benifiting from their murder of millions of Ukrainians 80 years ago.
Exactly, Einstein.
Stalin was responsible for the mass murder of millions of Ukrainians.
How did the survivors respond in 1941?
Uri Avnery:
"In my lifetime, Stalin murdered millions of Ukrainians by deliberate starvation.
"As a result, most Ukrainians welcomed the German Wehrmacht in 1941 as liberators.
"It could have been the beginning of a beautiful friendship, but unfortunately Hitler was determined to eradicate the Ukrainian 'Untermenschen', in order to integrate the Ukraine into the German Lebensraum."
You know, I'm not going to debate you about the "wonders" of communism. It's pointless. You've made up your mind and no one will change it.
I lived (and worked) in Moscow at the American Embassy from 1978 through 1982. Everyday I saw the Russian people - up close and personal. The people are wonderful. They stood patiently in bread lines each day waiting for their loaf of stale bread without complaint. Those that "might" have complained were beaten by the Police and hauled off.
I have personally talked with scores of Soviet politicians who only DREAMED of coming to the West. Privately, they told me of the horrors of "speaking out" in "Mother Russia" - at that time. The one thing that I have always regretted is that I wasn't in Berlin when the wall came down. I watched it on television and (literally) cried along with those tens of thousands of East Germans who were reunited with family that they hadn't seen in years.
You are an America hater. That's your choice. You conveniently forget the good that the United States has accomplished in the world. The only thing you want to dwell on are the mistakes. Again, your choice. I fought in Vietnam - I know full well how many young men were lost there- several were my friends. I also know how pointless the war in both Iraq and Afghanistan has been. However, rather than blame a country, I blame worthless politicians. The only thing that always makes me scratch my head about clowns, like yourself, is why you don't leave. You spew your hate at every chance, but you (apparently) don't have the balls to get off your ass and leave.
You hate this country, I get it. Now, rather than belabor the point, pack your little suitcase, buy an airline ticket and go to whatever paradise you THINK awaits you out there. You will NOT be missed, I assure you.