Category Archives: Crimean Referendum

Our foreign policy is basically non-existent and Secretary of State Kerry wants the world to think climate change is the most important issue.  Ask Ukraine or other formerly-Soviet countries.
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What people should understand about the referendum is that with the threat of violence and actual violence, and intimidation of Russia’s military occupying the Crimea, Ukrainians who support a free Ukraine did not go out to vote as they considered the referendum illegitimate.  The United States and the European Union have told Putin they will…
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Rejecting the vote of the people is a rather useless position. I think that it is even laughable as they will do nothing to change this outcome and they will do nothing definitive to help the Ukraine.  Putin is holding all of the winning cards.  It  may mean a domino effect and the falling of other former Russian states. …
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I think there is more to come.  If I lived in a country next to Russia, I would be very concerned.  Sadly, there is no more "peace through strength."
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If the election was legitimate, then it should stand and let the people decide their destinies.  However, I fear they are being misled into thinking that reuniting with Russia will create some sort of utopia----echoes of Adolf Hitler and his empty promises.  Russia is not our friend, and as one Russian said, "We are the…
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