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533 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-7593 01:22

>>531
During the "collectivization of the kulaks" during the 1930s, the USSR killed between ten and thirty million Ukrainians--about 25% of of the nation's population. I am not sure how one can reasonably expect the descendants of the survivors to just forget about it--even if the Azarov regime attempts to ban public discussion of the topic and teach denial of the Holodomor in Ukrainian public schools--and welcome a return to Russian rule. This would be a bit like expecting the Chinese to silently accept a foreign dictator whom all knew to be a Japanese puppet.

The Russians are displeased because Putin meddled in the affairs of a neighboring nation and did so in a crude, ham-handed manner, and got caught, and it blew up in his face embarrassingly. Everyone knew the Azarov regime was a Russian puppet, a creation of the FSB, or whatever the old KGB calls itself this week. One need not be a "fascist," whatever that word even means in 2014 (and if it means "ruthless militaristic dictator who wishes to invade and conquer his neighbors," Mr. Putin and his fan club should look in the mirror and think carefully before flinging such a term around, or accusing others of "whitewashing WWII criminals"), to sympathize with the popular uprising that drove Azarov from power and drove him to seek exile in Russia. Perhaps this will result in a chastened Russia, whose power abroad and influence are yet further diminished.

Please ponder the meaning of the term "blowback." It doesn't just happen to the USA.

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