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Violent fascist radicals from the Right Sector are arriving in Ukranian areas with Russian affiliated populations likely to enforce their point of view. The sympathetic to them NYT account:

    With the city in play, street fighters from Independence Square in Kiev have arrived by bus in Odessa. Their eyes deep from the violence they had just seen, attired in body armor, they draw apprehensive stares, but their presence has also allowed supporters of the interim government to feel safe enough to stage several large rallies.

...A few days ago the coup government in Kiev had called for a mobilization of the military reserve. That failed. Obviously no one showed up. The coup government has now called to form a "National Guard" of volunteers. With all security and defense related top-jobs now in the hand of the fascists one can easily imagine who will be allowed to join. All Right Sector members have already gone through some (para-)military training as it is a condition for membership. They will revive memories about the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galician" which often used in anti-partisan action, i.e. to suppress local dissent:
...The U.S. puppets in Kiev called for military intervention by the "west":

    Parliament passed a resolution calling on the United States and Britain, co-signatories with Russia of that treaty to "fulfill their obligations ... and take all possible diplomatic, political, economic and military measures urgently to end the aggression and preserve the independence, sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine".

I do not yet believe that anyone is the "west" is willing to follow up on such an invitation.



Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein
by vbo on Wed Mar 12th, 2014 at 06:57:17 AM EST
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/03/march-11-update-on-ukraine-.html#comments

"Just an idea.... Is there no way for Russia to train and arm paramilitary and local self-defense units in at least eastern Ukraine?"

Not without being "exposed" by the international media. They will be "Shocked!!! Shocked!!!" at the mere idea of such a thing.

The rules of this game are the US can do what it wants, and the media will cover it up, ignore it, call those who call it "conspiracy theorists" (we just saw this over the Ashton-Estonian guy conversation) and deny the most obvious evidence. But anything done against the interests of the 1% which owns the media will be denounced..

And half of the "left", with Pussy Riot ringing in their ears, will demonstrate against Russian "aggression" and bathe in the crocodile tears the media (which detests them) pump out.

Posted by: bevin | Mar 11, 2014 3:29:16 PM | 7



Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein
by vbo on Wed Mar 12th, 2014 at 07:05:05 AM EST
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_ Their eyes deep from the violence they had just seen,_ it was a dark and stormy night....

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Mar 12th, 2014 at 09:31:54 AM EST
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