Why Is Putin Invited to Normandy’s 70th Anniversary ?

[dipsydoodle]

“We may have differences with Vladimir Putin but I have not forgotten and will never forget that the Russian people gave millions of lives [during World War II]. I told Vladimir Putin that as the representative of the Russian people, he is welcome to the ceremonies.”

- French President François Hollande, May 8, 2014.

It was never a good idea to invite Vladimir Putin to join the 70th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings on June 6. But the justification now offered by the French government makes the original mistake a great deal worse.

As Putin prepares for the Normandy ceremonies, his hirelings are attempting to provoke violence and disrupt elections in Ukraine. Putin justifies his government’s actions against Ukraine as necessary to resist Ukrainian “fascists.”

http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2014/05/why-putin-invited-normandys-70th-anniversary/85195/

Only an idiot with the IQ of a dandelion would ask such a stupid fucking question. Current events in Ukraine have got sfa to do with WW2.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Oh I don't know, perhaps because the Russians were our allies in the war?

Perhaps because it was the Russians who did the vast majority of the dying in order to secure the victory over Germany?

[Hekate]

2. Yes and yes. nt

[dipsydoodle]

3. Exactly.

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[Brickbat]

4. Because RED ARMY, MOTHERFUCKERS.