NP - How Putin backed himself into a Ukraine invasion he never wanted

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Am 29.08.2014 22:24, schrieb David Morris:

> http://www.vox.com/2014/8/29/6082769/one-chart-why-putin-invading-ukraine
>
> He used state media, which he had
> put under his thumb, to create a parallel universe in which
> American-backed fascists were toppling Ukraine's rightful pro-Russian
> leader. He worked his citizens up into a nationalist fury at the West's
> meddling and stoked a very real fear that literal Nazis had returned in
> Ukraine and were threatening their Russian-speaking, Slavic brethren.
> Russians rallied around the flag, and Putin's approval rose.

It seems futile to argue against this kind of wilful denial any longer. 
Ignorance has finally become strength. I'll just try to learn to stop 
worrying and love the Azov Battalion:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28329329

Thomas



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