The full-quoting door knob trader4 @ optonline.net wrote:
Just like the Russians are coming to Ukraine's aid - eh?
The Ukranian national govt didn't ask the Russians to come help.
They specifically are telling them to get the hell out. See
the difference, idiot?
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Russian Foreign Ministry cites threats, call for help from Aksenov
Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Ministry justified incursions by saying that
Sergei Aksenov, the newly installed Crimean prime minister, asked for
the Kremlin’s help in bringing public order to the region.
Moreover, Aksenov issued a statement calling on Crimean voters to vote
in a March 30 referendum to decide among three choices: "to retain its
current status as an autonomous republic within Ukraine, to become an
independent state, or to become part of Russia." Aksenov moved up the
referendum date from the previously scheduled May 25 date.
Aksenov also claimed March 1 to have command of all military forces,
police and other security services in the region. He declared that the
armed forces, the police, the national security service and border
guards will answer only to his orders. He says that any commanders who
don't agree should leave their posts.
Aksenov, the head of the main pro-Russia party in the region, was
appointed by the Crimean parliament on Feb. 27 as tensions soared over
Crimea's resistance to the new authorities in Kyiv who replaced ousted
President Viktor Yanukovych and his former top officials. Aksenov
replaced Yanukovych's appointee, Anatoly Mogilev, the former interior
minister.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukra...es-337942.html
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Sergei Aksenov is the prime minister of the Crimea - the area of Ukraine
that Russian soldiers are now present in.
Something else you are apparently ignorant of is that Russia has
military and naval installations on Ukrainian soil - something that
makes their "interest" in the area somewhat compelling.
There is no doubt that the US would reinforce and distribute troops in
any similar border area of Canada that was undergoing civil or political
breakdown, especially if the US military had assets in the area.
We share a continent and a lot of common heritage. We are family
even if they talk funny.
Exactly the same reason that Putin is giving.
The US hasn't sent troops into Canada with the Canadian
govt telling them to stay out. Idiot
It happened in 1812 - 1814. It could happen again if a power vacuum and
resulting loss of civil control or confusion happened in any area of
Canada close to the US border.
and still we're treated like North Koreans at the US/Canada border.
Liar. You wouldn't even know what goes on at the border.
I've crossed the US/Canada border hundreds if not thousands of times
over the past 30-odd years. The average Canadian is FAR MORE
knowledgable about what happens at that border than the average
american. Any Canadian you talk to will tell you that US customs and
Immigration agents are pricks to Canadians who enter the US for
shopping, vacations, etc, in spite of the fact that your economy
(especially that of northern border cities) desperately needs the
commerce that comes from cross-border Canadian shoppers.
You hate the US
Again, like a typical american - you confuse criticism with hatred.