Will the Government Listen? Ukraine: Lies and Realities - CounterPunch
by ANDRE VLTCHEK
Kiev.
One single moment, one wrong move, one word, and two countries, two allies, two almost identical cultures, can easily dash at each other’s throats… Different words, different gestures, and they can also fall into each other’s arms, instantly. Is there going to be a war, a battle or an embrace? Is there going to be an insult or reconciliatory words?
Ironically, there is no ‘self-grown dispute’ between two nations. The seeds of mistrust, and possible tragedy, are sown by the outsiders, and nurtured by their malignant propaganda.
Now Maidan, the main square of Kiev where the ‘revolution’ took place, is scarred, burned down, eerie.
Right-wingers, ultra-nationalists, young and not so young men with shaved heads, are watching pedestrians with confused, often provocative eyes.
Many of them are now controlling the traffic and, like in Thailand where the right-wingers also recently ‘protested, are deciding who can pass and who cannot. The law is clearly and patently in their hands, or more precisely, in Maidan area, they are the law.
Religious symbols are suddenly everywhere, while monuments to heroes of the revolution and the WWII are desecrated.
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Either way their question speaks volumes. Next up..... "Mother Jones ?"
Is one more leftwing, or establishment than the other. Do tell.
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I guess the debate is...is left wing = liberal.
"certain snickering cynicism" - cynicism in this world? A world undergoing class warfare, the disemboweling of the middle class, unending war and a national security state?
What we need are for a few self appointed commissars to review all OP's before they are posted to see if they are consistent with the talking points du jour. That way all of DU can be a "safe haven".
The problem with a short list of approved sites is they would need to be updated on a daily basis.
Any one of them might fall out of favor article by article.
I jest.
The jury system works very well, creates many engaging threads, keeps this place lively and provides skinner the page views he needs to pay the bills. Like any jury system it has winners and losers.
in front of our eyes and be open-minded enough to read and judge 'everything' before coming to our own conclusions. Thank goodness.
It's a great article, you should read all of it.
Errr ........ well, sorry you don't see anything there, but I can assure you that millions around the world, most importantly the Ukrainian people, do (obviously). Perhaps if you read it again? 
Good Job!
To bad it's falling on deaf ears.
Have a great night & will see you tomorrow.
please do tell exactly what is not correct in what you quoted.
because I'm sure as hell not sending my son.
"Two beautiful Slavic sisters, Ukraine and Russia, pitched against each other: long hair flying in the wind, gray-blue eyes staring forward accusatively, but in the same time with anticipation and love.'
Anyone who thinks that analogy is a proper characterization of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship knows absolutely jack shit about history.
