It's very telling how the US mainstream media (owned by Rupert Murdoch and other Fascists) has remained almost completely silent on the war going on in Kiev.
And yes, it is a war, between the people of the Ukraine who want to join the EU and the rest of the Western world, and the dictatorial government who just want to hold on to their power as long as possible, no matter who it hurts. I had to go to UK news sites to find out what is really going on. Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin must have been taking notes from the Ukrainian President, because the Ukrainian gov't cut off all discussion about any changes involving joining the EU very abruptly, and when people started to peacefully protest, he outlawed ALL protesting and police began arresting/beating/silencing all of the peaceful protestors.
I found one Fox "News" article online about it, and it dances the line between painting the protestors as crazy rioters against their rightful and benevolent gov't, and then sympathizing with them because they're fighting those mean and nasty dictator wannabes. The whole article is pointless and does nothing to educate anyone about what is ACTUALLY going on.
So let me ask you this, Citizens: what happens when you have a right to peacefully protest government decisions, to make sure your voice is heard, and then that right is summarily abolished and you get tossed into prison (if you're lucky), or you get the shit beaten out of you by riot police for holding a sign (if you're unlucky)?
Well, you'd probably do what the angry populace of Kiev have done, and started fighting back against the jackbooted thugs who are trying to shut you up. It's very obvious to any rational person that President Yanukovych's promises to reform his cabinet fell flat. Yanukovych is very pro-Moscow, and will obviously do anything to stay in that bully Putin's good graces. The protests in Ukraine were peaceful right up until he stupidly outlawed protesting. When you take away the people's right to be heard... well, you know the outcome of THAT.
I doubt there would have been any full-scale battles if police hadn't started shooting people. Five dead by police snipers (so not just a random buster taking out his piece and randomly shooting someone), and you'll have not just panic, but rage. When your government orders police to start shooting people peacefully making themselves heard... yeah, you're going to have a fucking war.
This all should sound familiar to those of us who haven't had any of the Republican Kool-Aid. No wonder the Right doesn't want anyone here to know about it, they might get ideas, or realize that they've been duped this whole time, and that they do, in fact, have the power to change it. They've managed to discredit liberals in the blind eyes of their sheep with their control of the US media, but I can almost guarantee that if the GOP can end all federal assistance like Medicare and SNAP, it'll be their own voters who will protest, and when the shooting starts and those same teabillies start dying to their own dear Fascists' commands... you'll see things change right fucking quick.
I can only hope they'll realize that the people they've vilified and hated for trying to enlighten them to this shit were right all along, and smarten the fuck up. I don't WANT to see a violent uprising, but I can almost guarantee one if Republicans keep going the way they are. I don't want to see this place turn into another Ukraine.
That will be all.
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