Sorry here it is again:

http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/584646-whats-at-risk-in-ukraine-and-why-it-matters-to-america-and-its-allies

Dear Foxy,

Of course you are right. No nation should casually invade another nation regardless of the way in which the nation’s borders were established. However, it can lend an insight if we read history written by someone with different allegiances and background from ours.

I am reading “Revolutions”. It is a book containing short pieces about 24 revolutions. The bit about the Haitian Revolution was written by Bayyinah Bello, a Haitian history professor. She dismisses the American Revolution.

“By contrast, [with the slave revolutions] what is called the American Revolution is not a true revolution. This battle between Eurochristian cousins in Britain and on the eastern seaboard of North America to determine who would get a greater percentage of the wealth generated by the abuse and humiliation imposed upon enslaved non-whites was no revolution, but a family feud that paid little attention to questions of justice, human rights or freedom. Before, during and after this family feud, Eurochristians in the Americas and Europe stuck to the same mentality: I must have it all; any inhumane behaviour is justifiable; non-white peoples are sub-human.”

Of course she has lumped all whites together as many whites lump all blacks together. In the early history of European colonization there were those who thought the way non-whites were treated was wrong. Bartolomé de Las Casas (c. 1484–July 18, 1566) protested the treatment of indigenous people as did Roger Williams (c.21 December 1603—between 27 January and 15 March 1683) who also opposed slavery.

However, it reminded me of my feelings toward Davy Crockett when I was a teenager. Disney glorified Crockett and the struggle at the Alamo. However, when I read a history written by a Mexican I found that the Mexicans abolished slavery in 1829. Many Americans who came to Texas wanted to keep slaves, and their war of independence from Mexico had as its cause, the same cause as Texas seceding from the US to join the Confederacy, the preservation of slavery.

http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/584646-whats-at-risk-in-ukraine-and-why-it-matters-to-america-and-its

Foxy do you type out the links yourself?
If so you really should learn to cut and paste.

The reason your first link was wrong was because you mistakenly used a hyphen instead of a forward slash in the url in-between 'security' and '584646'

I hate those 'Here's what you need to know / Here's what you need to think' articles.
I find those opinion pieces contemptuous, treating people like 5 years olds.
I don't care about opinions pieces, I'm only interested in facts.
News are supposed to be journalists and investigate.
The forum is about peoples opinions, news should stick to the facts and stop trying to manipulate opinions on things.

"Time magazine suggests how the West can stop Putin.
The West should hit Putin where
it would hurt Putin the most. Go after his money.
An interesting idea.

There's more at the following link:

http://time.com/6143645/how-to-stop-putin-invastion-ukraine/

It's worth a read."

I read it....its rubbish. Utterly unresearched and devoid of any concrete evidence. Basically what it says is that if you turn Putin into a pauper, he'll be more compliant. Even if it were possible to get at Putin's wealth (spoiler alert - its not) the second western leaders did it, all their nefarious doings would also be exposed. At least then we'd find out about all of the Biden family's corruption. That's why it'll never happen.

"Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook."
Harry S. Truman

Biden has done nothing with his life outside politics. He started off poor and is now a multi-millionaire. QED

Armchair, I have been trying to get Foxy to use Tinyurl.com for years
all to no avail.

Anyway the the Ming admiral Zhèng Hé 郑和
sailed an enormous fleet into South Asia in the 15th century.
I read a lot about the expedition many years ago and there is evidence
that they reached Brazil. Chinese style works for repair and cleaning
ships hulls were found larger than for any European ships of the time.
There have been no reports of any of the fleet reaching Australia.
However I would not put it past Xi Jing to make up a story that the
fleet did reach Australia and claimed the country.
After all if it works for Putin ----

Hi Bazz,
I think you tried on several occasions to get me to use it as well.
Occasionally I will, but only if the address is extra long.

Funny you mentioned cleaning ships hulls -
I watched this documentary a few weeks back about Trinidad.
How wooden sailing ships would need corking from woodworm in warmer waters, and they would use this huge source of tar/asphalt which they found there to make the ships watertight.

As for China making up a story to claim Australia, well all politicians seem adept at fibs so nothings new.
Even the news is about 50% truth / 50% lies these days.

Anyway, here's that documentary if you ever need something to watch.

The Real Story Of The Caribbean Oil Empire | Oil And Gas Pioneers | Timeline
http://youtu.be/CbAW5LOgLw0