Dear Luciferase,

Sometime ago I read a very interesting article
written by Dr A. Kabaila in the Lithuanian
newspaper, "Musu-Pastoge." (Nr. 12, 2014).
He asked the question - "Should we care about
Ukraine?"

Dr Kabaila stated:

"The Second Word War was an extraordinary event. It
cost not just hundreds of thousands of lives - it
cost millions of lives. After that followed a time
of "cold war," as two super-powers confronted each
other with the prospect of mutual destruction. It
was an uneasy peace, but nevertheless it was peace,
a new kind of peace."

"There were "small wars" which cost many lives,
particularly civilian lives. But it was not an ultimate
madness of "big wars" and European nations that had
been at each others' throats for thousands of years,
enjoyed the unheard of prosperity as a result of peace,
the absence of "big wars."

"What happened after the World War II that enabled the
countries of Europe to develop in relative peace?
It was an agreement, often a tacit agreement, to
regard the territories of all independent states as
"exempt" from being taken over by their neighbours in
"small wars," small wars that often ended up by dragging
other neighbours in even bigger and bigger wars."

"What has happened recently in Ukraine, breaks that
tacit agreement not to invade neighbours. The tacit
agreement that kep at least Europe in relative peace for
nearly three quarters of a century was broken."

"The "Greater Russia" as the current leaders seem to like to
call the remnants of the Soviet Empire, has invaded a part
of another independent country. Ukraine, and absorbed that
part - the Crimea, in to the "Greater Russia."

TBC...

cont'd ...

"The "referendum" to join up with the invading state
was taken after the invasion. I matters not that the
soldiers of the invading country removed insignias from
their uniforms. It does not matter how farcically
unbalanced the referendum questions were, it does not
matter how jubilantly the crowds in the capital of the
"Greater Russia" greeted the "new era" of expansion."

"What does matter is that this breach of the territorial
integrity of another country has started the new era.
We are returning to the pre-World War II behaviour of
some nations. It is a start of expansionism, ignoring
all norms of international treaties and agreements."

"It is too easy to brush aside the events that have
been unfolding, events which in the past involved most
countries of the world into endless conflicts and horrific
wars."

"Yes, it is wise not to ignore the fire that has already
started as nobody can predict where it will end. Perhaps
it is a time to reflect on the events that took place before
the outbreak of all-out war to end all wars, World War II."

"Are we not at the same state of mind of some leaders that
were spreading the hegemony of their countries, at first
by relatively peaceful means, then by promises of peace in
the near future, "the peace in our time," Are these not
the lessons that we need to learn?"

"Yes, we need to care what is happening in Ukraine."

..."Substantial aresenal of nuclear weapons, including
the "delivery systems," were stationed in the Ukrainian
territory when the Soviet Union collapsed, and were under
the control of the newly emerged Ukraine. The "western powers"
were anxious to avoid proliferation of nuclear weapons and
wanted to destroy them. As Russia was regarded as a
reliable, big power, it was put to the Ukrainians that they
should surrender their nuclear weapons to Russia to deal
with the destruction."

TBC ...

cont'd ...

"This was regarded as a reduction of nuclear
danger to all "western powers." As it did nothing to
reduce the danger to Ukraine, Ukraine was guaranteed
its security in return for their willingness to
surrender peacefully their arsenal. Yes, Ukraine did
hand over their nuclear arsenal to Russia."

Have you seen the graphic TV re-broadcast of a TV program
in Moscow that reminded in threatening tones that
Russia "was the only power able to destroy New York and
other American cities, leaving behind only radio active
ashes?"

It is worth noting that is was shown at the same time as
the invasion of Crimea by the Russian troops.

Our PM is behaving correctly.

Arjay,
The Russian Missile that was fired at MH17 explodes in front of the plane causing the plane to fly into the exploding shrapnel. It is not like a single bullet that causes one impact. The missiles fired were supplied by the Russia military and fired by a person supported by Russia. The radio transcript of ground conversations indicates a person known as "Geek" being involved.

We do not need Russian markets for our food, Asia will buy up any spare produce. Putin is loosing image in the region and can only reclaim it by military intervention in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. A severe winter in Russia and we will have them crying for food.

Dear Right is Right, and Josephus,

Thank You.

You can fool most of the people all of the time, especially if it's done by the MSM.