Yes and no doubt the aforesaid General will not turn down a nice earning "Consultancy" with BAE or whoever when he retires as reward for his part in persuading the countries in question to spend Billions re-arming to counter this non-existent "Threat".
The only force that's "Invaded" Eastern Europe is NATO itself!
That statement is 100% inaccurate.
My wife is Ukrainian, from the east and very close to where the trouble now is. The family at this very moment are debating if to flee to the west of Ukraine for safety. Her son (aged 25) is in the Ukraine army facing at this very moment in time an infintely better equipped russian army.
Her son in law over there, also in the Ukraine army is based in the port of their town (Berdyansk). Only a few days ago he inspected an innocent looking ship, with food stuffs from russia. It was loaded to the gunnels with weapons for the rebels and fortunately this was one cargo that never made it to its intended recipients. (Quote Putin - we are not supplying weapons !)
The Ukrainians are DESPERATE for NATO to help them so do NOT ever say on here that NATO is meddling or has invaded Ukraine. That may be your opinion but it is NOT anywhere remotely near the truth. If you want to know anything by all means ask me. Any one on this site, if you are interested please ask
There are all kinds of stories, and propaganda as to what this is all about . The simple truth is this -
Ukraine has been governed by crooks and thieves ever since independence and even before. These people have had their fingers in the till to an eye watering degree. Yanukovitch is now known to have stolen in his 3 short years as president $70,000,000,000 from the state. That is 70 billion. Why does any one person need that much money ? His official salary as president was $100,000 per annum yet his bill for chandeliers alone was $34,000,000 ! Obscene ? Would we stand for this ? So why be surprised when they kick him out.
The childrens hospital, being built in Kyiv had to be abandoned because of lack of funds yet the president of the country had all the funds in his pocket. Now that`s real corruption on an epic scale !
That`s why the people revolted, It was nothing to do with the west or with NATO. These people just want a better life, they simply want to get on and build their country without corruption and given half a chance will do so but putin will not allow this. Why ?
Because he is terrified that if the EU comes in, companies will have to conform to western standards which will expose the corruption which as you see is endemic. If this happens in Ukraine it will surely happen in russia because as we have seen the borders are very porous. Thats why the EU is not welcome in Ukraine.
You may wonder why the Ukraine army was so ineffective in Crimea and did not fight. That was because it was totally infiltrated by russians at all levels. There was no command structure that could be relied on. They have done a brilliant job to even get where they have now and without putin would have defeated the rebels weeks ago. They are fighting for our values. if they loose we all will loose and putin will not stop. Do not make the mistake of thinking this is the other side of the world and it isn`t our fight. It is very close to us and could easily come a whole lot closer. Putin is testing NATO all the time and without a strong response NOW he will just keep going.
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Another point.
The so called "humanitarian convoy" was nothing of the sort. Many of the lorries went into Ukraine almost empty, many with just a few bottles of water, a few packets of flour. No, this was to take back to russia the dead bodies of their soldiers.
Folks, do not ever believe what comes out of the mouths of russian politicians. They speak in riddles and half truths and have totally redefined the meaning of the term "to lie". If they say up they mean down, if they say right, they mean left, if they say good they mean bad. Russia is now a rogue state and will remain so until putin is got rid of.
Putin has planned this project for years. First he gradually takes over all media so now the kremlin controls ALL TV, ALL radio and ALL newspapers. That is fact.
When you read that putin has an 85% approval rating that is because the russians are brain washed by propaganda. That propaganda even extends to the west. Did anyone you know that the kremlin is funding anti fracking groups over here ? You may not agree with fracking, that is not the point, the russian propaganda is everywhere. If you don`t believe me just spend 5 minutes watching "Russia Today" . Why have so many journalists resigned from well paid TV jobs on this channel? Because they refuse to pedal putins lies anymore.
