Quote Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
Oh, it's same old proxy war BS this nation has been carrying on in South America, the Middle East and parts of Asia for decades. The old Soviet Union and even China did the same thing.
SOS, different day. No one gave a damn when neo-nazi factions were carrying on within the Ukraine....but now its a global dire emergency. SOS been going on across the continent of Africa for years...it gets nearly 1/4 the media day to day saga we're getting with the Ukraine.
Yes, Russia is wrong to do this crap, and I think it's high time the UN gave them the
boot and sent in troops to defend the people leaving a war zone. But make no mistake, all the NATO talk/sabre rattling is reminiscent of the old "domino theory".
how did I miss this one?
"if we dont stop them in Vietnam we'll have to stop them elsewhere? mantra.
Turns out after we finally DID "leave them alone" Vietnam became a western style economy /
valuable trade partner and security partner against Chinese expansion
we do the same now "If we dont stop them in Ukraine we'll have to stop them from going after NATO"
and yes/
Manafort represented the "Party of Regions" it's a nationalist party, but John McCain backed Svoboda
Svoboda are the neo-nazis