MrKane -> RE: OT: Ukrainian crisis (3/3/2014 4:14:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lecivius "otherwise his people may refuse to pay price for his dream" This is not his dream. While I doubt the Russian people are thinking 'empire', they are just now coming out of a completely wrecked economy. The Russian people are a fiercely proud people. And with very good reason. The fall & breakup of the Soviet Union, with the resultant economic & military loss, was a stupendous blow to their pride. Not their ego, their pride. They are recovering, and flexing their power with what they see as is their right. We cannot think objectively on their actions until we put ourselves in their shoes, and go back a generation or 2 in doing so. Lecivitus, a lot of true, but WHY why and one more why, dream of this "fiercely proud people" must be paid off by body count of neighbors ?? BTW: This "fiercely proud people" were occupay my country for over 200 years total. I am afraid they one day they may try it again.
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