18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
*Yes...I understand very well about "complicated"...Im from the original old Yugoslavia....
....when you have time...check this out...
`Clinton bombed the wrong people`
http://pamelageller.com/2006/05/kosovo_clinton_.html/
`WHY CLINTON BOMBED THE SERBS: An Analysis`
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514131/posts
No worries, answer when you have time to delve into it... it's interesting to hear from a legitimate Russian instead of news stories that may or may not be factual.
Interesting that you think there was an American involvement in the Ukrainian crisis - can you elaborate when you have time?
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I am not sure that he thinks its too soft or not a problem. Isuspect great pressure from outside Russia(Global banking system) has applied great pressure to soften his response the to muslim problem..
I had expected and even hoped for him to take a much, much harder approach just as I did for China but neither one went that path.
Surely must be due to outside pressure as neither is averse to killing by volume to solve such problems..
Too bad that the one time that type of response would be best they refuse to engage in it IMHO.
For me, only reason for the soft approach has to be outside influence--only entity powerful enough to exert that is the Globalists and World Banking(Same entities)... Globalists and Islamists are allies--as of now) because they both share important common goals... --Tyr
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
If you also agree that an animals suffering should be avoided rather than encouraged, consider what steps you can take.
Ok. About american influence. Lets start with winter 2013. Maidan. Do you think, that was there just to support people? I dont think so. All that global shit started on the Maidan. I dont think, that American politics (Nuland, for example) was there "just" to show support to "Ukraine" people. Your soldiers train Ukrain army. Your politics often come to Kiev for "consulting". And on some videos "Ukraine" soldiers speak English.
And about situation. Ukraine is not a "natural" country. Its 20 years old. It always was in Russa (Russian Empire, than USSR). And than they get independence. But Ukraine was always "sepatated" to parts. Western and Eastern. Western was a former Poland catholic territory, and eastern - always was Russian, orthdox. So in western Ukrain people talk on Ukrain language, in eastern - on Russian. But this is not only about language. Its about culture, ideals. So western Ukrainians was allways "against" Russia, while eastern supported. Eastern Ukrainians (most of them) call themself russians. That conflict is not only geopolitical.
About our part. Well. A already told you about Crimea. About our military - I dont think, that our regular troops are there. But our volunteers - yes. A lot of them. I have a fellow, that left there. And he is not a military. He even did not served in army. But he saw, whats going on. Artillery, that destroy childrengardens, schools. Tragedy in Odessa. And stories of refugees, that have been there. Damn, even I want to go there, and fight for people of Donbass. If you want to, i can post here some links. I'm sure, that your mass media dont show you whats going on in Donezk and Lugansk.
Government of Ukraine... bunch of thiefs. They say, that they "fighting against Russian agression", but they ask russia about discounts on gas! If we are in war... And their prime minister.. just begging EU and USA for money, and than dont want to pay their debts.
And of cource their "nazi" batalions. Do you know, who is Stepan Bandera? Well, western Ukrainians believe he is a hero. Open the Wikipedia and read about that "Hero".
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You know, I dont wach TV and trying to look at situation from both sides. There are a lot of propaganda in Russia (well, i think that in USA too ), but I know people, who are there right now, and who was there, who have seen the truth. And I belive, that we need to support Donezk and Lugansk republics.
And about russian involvement.. Well. Russian history starts in Kiev. Generally we are the same people, the same folk. A LOT OF Russian people have relatives in Ukraine.
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Oh, I hope that there are not many mistakes in the text..
Sorry if I speak "strange", or with mistakes. Its unusual to me to speak on english so much. :3
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BTW, if you want to communicate, you can add me in skype.
You're doing fine with your English.
What kind of news do you get, and how much of it is controlled by the government? Do you get British or American news channels?
And is your internet completely uncensored?
The reason I ask is because we hear things about Russian censorship occasionally, but there's really no way of knowing unless you talk to someone in the region.
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As it was, though, we achieved our usual pitiful voting tally, Noir. Not so for Russia.
It was a closely-run finish, though. And your Russian entry (at least by Eurovision standards !) was of a high quality (and the lead singer was stunning !)
But I have a question for our new Russian member, and I'd be interested in your answer.
Voting in these song contests tends to follow political associations or allegiances (turning the whole thing into a bit of a farce). For example, Greece and Cyprus habitually give high votes to each others' countries. Ditto the Nordic countries ... Norway would heavily vote for Sweden, Sweden would reciprocate, Finland would vote for Iceland, etc etc.
But notably, that same pattern amongst the former Soviet States towards favouring Russia (Latvia, Estonia, etc) wasn't as pronounced as usual, and our British commentator, Graham Norton, made a point of noting it. I ask ... in your opinion, what might account for that ?
I'm sorry to say that I have a theory you might not like.
Forgive me .. but I must be honest. I agree with the school of thought that Putin is an egotist, possibly power-drunk. His land-grab ('annexation') of Crimea following a widely-understood ILLEGAL vote, has been followed by military interference in eastern Ukraine (for which Putin refuses to admit culpability). Could it be that your former satellite-countries were expressing displeasure at Russian-fueled insurrectionist activities in Ukraine, by withholding their votes this time around ?
We fundamentally disagree on Putin, I'm afraid. I fear we're heading towards another Cold War because of his antics. The man's a world class menace.
By the way ... welcome to the forum ! I look forward to your future posts.
No worries - your posts convey their intended messages clearly. You're doing well with them.
Sorry, I only belatedly caught up with this post.
You say that Ukraine is not a 'natural' country. Well ... isn't that subject to perception, rather than the right of a country to call itself one, and to behave as one ?
There are a number of countries that by old Russian standards might not be thought of as having a right to independent identity. But then, those old Russian standards had a great deal to do with the maintenance of a Soviet Empire. Today's independent nations (Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia etc) want independent identity and I see no reason to begrudge any of them that identity. I say that the same is, and should be, true of Ukraine.
Our own media (that's British media, anyway) considers that, however loosely associated with Russia they may be, those rebel forces in the east of Ukraine ARE there, being led on, by Russia. We have reports of both Russian troops and Russian armaments in that region. And it is for this reason that Putin is being increasingly seen as a threat to world peace.
I'm posting a link to a British newspaper ... and I've deliberately chosen a Left wing one for the purpose. See this ...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ignore-5288098
In case censorship software prevents you from accessing it, this is a direct quote:-
This gives you a taste of how these things are seen in my part of the world. Putin is seen as a serious and increasing threat to world peace.The “menace” of Vladimir Putin will be impossible to confront if defence spending is cut, two former ministers have warned.
Labour’s Bob Ainsworth and Tory MP Sir Peter Luff have told the Mirror that Europe’s borders face a “real military threat” from war-mongering Russia.
Mr Ainsworth, a former Defence Secretary, and Sir Peter, a defence minister under David Cameron, insist defence spending should stay at 2% of GDP and say the danger is not confined to Russia, with the Argentines looking for buy fighter aircraft that could pose a risk to the Falkands.
In a joint warning to be published exclusively in Saturday's Daily Mirror, they say:
"Vladimir Putin’s aggression has put defence on the election agenda. Or it should have. Worryingly, all the major parties seem reluctant to take the hint.
"For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Europe faces a real military threat on its borders.
"Until Putin rattled his sabre, the direct threat to the UK was mainly from terrorists. His invasions of Crimea and eastern Ukraine have changed all that.
"Now we face a Russian leader who sees no real limit to his ambition. Look at his provocative flights of nuclear bombers off the coast of England.
"Putin leads the first major power since the Second World War to invade another state to gain territory. He claims to be the protector of all the Russian minorities in Central Europe.
"That means we must expect direct or, more likely, indirect attacks on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This, after all, is a man whose greatest regret is the end of the Soviet Union.
By the way, this might also be news to Americans ... but we've had a spate of Russian aircraft flying very close to British territory recently, this reminiscent of what the USSR used to do during the Cold War years. These are seen as belligerent acts.
I'd welcome your views. And tell us, is this perception of how we see things at all understood by the ordinary Russian citizen ?
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No, we've been seeing the stories.
And we've been intercepting quite a few Russian bombers here in Alaska lately, too. I don't see it as particularly aggressive, both American and Russian airforces have played this game of intrusion and interception for decades now.
However, I did read a story a couple days ago about the Danish dropping a bunch of depth charges to try and sink an unauthorized sub that was detected sneaking around in their waters... didn't get them but that was a very aggressive response. Had to be either the Chinese or Russians, and I think the odds were heavily Russian.
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Thanks for this, NightTrain.
We've not been 'worried' about those Russian aircraft ... the attitude is that our RAF is well up to the task of meeting any patrolling challenges (or direct incursions) that come our way. All the same, their increase in incidence is seen as clear evidence of greater outright belligerence from the Russians.
The bigger picture you describe simply adds confirmation of what we think we perceive .. a ratcheting up of acts of provocation. The obvious question has to be what this tells us of the Russian mindset, and specifically what it says for Putin's capacity for future belligerent acts. Can he be trusted not to take it to levels we in the West cannot possibly tolerate ?
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It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
I dont get Brit and USA channels, but I get youtube
I already said, that I know some people, who is fighting there right now. They are all voluteers, and some of them dont like our government, so I believe them and their infotmation. They did not saw russian military. They saw a lot of locals, some former Ukrain soldiers. If our military there - even rebels dont know about them.
Cencore in our internet is only in some radical islam, nazi and that tipe of extremism websites.
We have our freedom of speech, if you are about that