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Some people say Russia out of nowhere invaded Ukraine for no reason. Other people know there was a color revolution in Kiev that ousted a democratically electe
by stelonix 5y ago
Some people say Russia out of nowhere invaded Ukraine for no reason.
Other people know there was a color revolution in Kiev that ousted a democratically elected president who was, just as Ukraine historically has been, aligned to Russia and put in place someone else who was completely against an alignment with Russia and went straight to alignment to the west. Then Russia invaded. To forget all this you need some serious cognitive dissonance since it's essentially the Cuba crisis of the 60s except with inverted roles.
So no, the US has nothing to justify what it has been doing since the crisis began in 2013. That is why it needs to keep making up excuses, they're meant for US people and its allies' people to believe and support action against Russia, by driving the narrative that poor ukrainians are being oppressed. No, the ones oppressed are the ones who voted Yanukovych and had their democratically elected representative forcefully removed from power.
- clarge1120 5y agoSmart take. Thanks for sharing it. I wish more readers here understood and believed it.
- ethbr0 5y agoOkay, so following the logic here... 1) US, presumably through the CIA, supports a color revolution in Ukraine to oust a democratically elected leader. 2) The newly installed leader, presumably with CIA influence, is markedly more favorable to the west. 3) Russia invades and occupies Crimea. Russia sends troops into eastern Ukraine. 4) (Potential future) Russia sends troops into other areas of Ukraine. Did I get that right? If so, what are the justifications for (3) & (4)? That Russia is upholding the rightful choice of Ukrainian democracy?