Russia approves use of military in Ukraine

Re:Russia approves use of military in Ukraine by lmg643 on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:10PM (#7325337)

If today, you just came back from a year long vacation in a country without papers, internet access or TV, had no idea what happened in Syria, and was unaware of the back-and-forth struggle to get Ukraine to align with the EU ...

Woke up today for the first day back in civilization, opened the papers, and see that Putin was mobilizing forces ...

then I guess yes, my whole argument is a "pile of bullshit" and the guy who is mobilizing forces must be the "aggressor." And I'm obviously a sucker for propaganda. Tin foil hats and all.

I guess we have short memories - it wasn't too long ago that the US fooled itself by going into war in part based on the crack reportage out of the New York times, courtesy of Judy Miller. Here's an apology from Bill Keller on her work:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/06/03/bill-keller-speaks-o...

So, yes, by all means call me crazy for trying to piece together what might actually be going on here.

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Re:Russia approves use of military in Ukraine by lmg643 on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:44PM (#7325523)

USA Today reports that protestors were being paid to show up and protest:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/16/ukraine-...

"Protesters said those who stay at the government rally 24 hours a day earn as much as $94 per diem, the highest amount possible."

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Re:Russia approves use of military in Ukraine by smsm42 on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:02PM (#7325603)

There was a little thing there in Iraq about a Kuwait-invading, mustard gas-using, terrorist sponsoring dictator, but sure, the main thing was Miller's reporting.

And of course whatever happened in Iraq means it's OK for Putin to invade Ukraine. Because US wouldn't like it and since US is evil obviously Putin is a good guy here. See your logic now, you've pieced it all together perfectly.

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