Putin's Counter Revolution

[Johnny Marr]

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, David Morris
<fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
wrote:

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> On Monday, March 17, 2014, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The West have almost no moral authority to intervene, as our activities
>> have been far worse than Russia's for the past couple of decades. I'm not
>> defending Putin, but bear in mind this is only Russia's second overseas
>> invasion since the Soviet days - compare that to America's record.
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> This is not a game of ping pong
>


War mongering is very much like a game of ping pong. An economic slump,
followed by a declaration if war in an attempt to launch a recovery, then
back and forth and back and forth. Try learning a bit about European or
American history if you don't believe me.


. Scoring points aren't that simple. We could try to devise a scoring
> system of points for this present game, maybe using chaos equations. But
> rules are not rules.  And everyone has their own set.  And all those sets
> of different rules asserting themselves is the heart of war.
>
> Moral outrage is a drug, a stimulant. Some folks are main-liners.  Anger
> at another is such a righteous feeling!  The next high after that is
> violence.  Both emotions are useful, but not as a steady diet.
>
>   an illegal coup against Ukraine's democratically elected leader.
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> The man was a brutal thug profiteer, like Putin.
>

Still democratically elected though. Your statement sounds worryingly
similar to claims the US were doing the right thing by getting rid of
Salvador Allende.


> He chose to be ejected.
>

Not much choice in the matter when your family and house are under threat.
He certainly isn't a spotless lamb, but the Fatherland/Svoboda mob are no
better.

> I don't even care who you think led this coup.  That word makes you look
> silly.  As silly as ping pong.
>

And your refusal to see a puppet government of Neo-Nazis for what they are
makes you look a lot worse than silly.
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