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maybe a Russian-speaker can explain what Putin,Churkin,Medvedev,... mean,
when they say they have the right to do something, e.g. to protect
the Russian speaking citizens in Ukraine etc.
do they mean, there is actually an international law which allows it ?
is it correctly translated ?
Putin is a Frankenstein created by the West; there is a long and rather peculiar story behind this creation, but whatever it is - now go try to control him.
Well I think it's certianly evdient that there is a BIG divide between Putin's Russian-ness and the West. The more i read the more I believe the problem we see will be intractable. And throw in verbiage about fascists, radicals, 'destabilizers', pro-democrats etc etc etc sets the stage up for perhaps more provocative behavior on boths sides.
I saw a report last night on the soldiers in the Crimea, Russian and Ukrainain. Amazing on the different viewpoints that has snared Ukrainians and Russians. And that is happening around the whole country. More potential fires.
Maybe some givens?
Putin will never countenance a Ukrainian foreign policy leaning to the West. And if in the chance Kiev gets the govt they want he will never let them rest. And if elections will be held you can bet he will try with all his might to influence events where in the equation is must work out well for Russia. What Ukraine has done is considered 'treasonous'. He won't let it stand.
And I saw an interview with Saakashvili, the former Pres of Georgia. What he said stunned. He noted that in his estimation he thought Putin would have no reservations invading certain NATO countries on its borders if events go in the direction like they did in Ukraine. Point to ponder perhaps one day as we take this crisis day by day by day. Now if we see Putin's interview recently. He's a very p****d off man. He's eating nails now and spitting them out.
it's not all negative ...
he doesn't want to annect Krim, no invading of Ukraine
he wants free elections
not much violence by the soldiers
he at least tries to keep international law
Iraq 2003 was probably illegal but not so clear, debated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_the_Iraq_War
at least they tried to clarify it before invading.
However the main issue was the making up of the WMD-claim.
In a nut shell- The Ukraine is for sale to the highest bidder. The elite in Moscow live like kings...and are corrupt...The Ukrainian problem can only be settled though the shipment of MONEY....The old Ukrainian nationalists have all passed away and the new generation either wants a better life though money from Moscow or if Moscow is to cheap they will and have turned to the European Union. Typical Russian and Ukrainian youth want a western life style and dream that the EU can provide that...this is not about sovereignty or nationalism concerning this old Russian tribe...called Ukraine...this is about MONEY and Putin knows this...they want Russia to share their ill gotten gains or they are leaving.... Much like a wife who lives in poverty while her husband lives high on the hog.
I hope your cynical view is not true, Alec Bachlow, because it paints a sinister image of the Russian/Ukrainian youths.
I believe there are still out there some young people who are disinterested and idealistic, because a society only funded on the cult of MONEY , is doomed, as the History of Civilizations teach us since Babylon.
You seem by the way to have an unhealthy fascination for those corrupt oligarchs "who live like kings". I can't fathom the admiration some people have for the "powers that be", either in the East or in the West.
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