antihenry
CAF GRU Rep
Do you think perhaps having moved there and benefiting directly from their foreign policy, coming on the internet to attack someone for defending it might also be seen as a little hypocritical? If you had moved to live in Russia and lived the dream of the down with the west brigade it would appear more consistent.
I find it hard to understand how anyone can think Putin's Russia will be better for even the Russians in Crimea never mind the minorities who are now trapped there. Decrying western/US policy is one thing moving on to equate Russian and the US systems and ideology as the same, is quite something else.
What do you know about Crimea and Russians and minorities there? I was born in Russia, have lived in the US for years, currently living back in Russia and have been to Ukraine on several occasions.
Did it ever occur to you that, perhaps judging about the world by reading Western media is a bit one sided and narrow-minded? There are many things you simply cannot comprehend unless you've been to the places (or better yet, lived there) you read about in the Economist or watched on a CNN report. The history of countries and mentality of people varies from one place to another greatly and you always have to take that into consideration. The problem with American approach is, they think everybody has the same values and priorities they do and see the world the way they see it, and what's worse, that they know what's better for other people.
I don't know for sure what's in store for Crimea under Putin, but I have a feeling that over the next decade the country of Ukraine will suffer far more than the Russians and other nationalities in Crimea.
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