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In reply to the discussion: Time for Realism and Common Sense on Ukraine [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Then I said that all world powers find excuses for what they do - you know, the "fig leaf" that world powers come up with when they want to fuck with some other country. Like WMD in Iraq, for example.
Did I say anywhere that I support ANY of this? When I say that I recognize that this is how the world works, I am not in any way endorsing it, I am merely stating my observations.
What the hell is wrong with dispassionate observation? Am I suspect because I haven't participated in your idea of a proper two-minutes hate? Okay, here ya go: Bad Putin! Bad, bad Putin! Happy now?
Tell you what, I pretty much hate everything about how the world works. The big world powers and their weapons deals and their Big Oil and their corporate overlords have fucked it up big time for pretty much every common citizen on the planet. We are the captive audience while the Big Guns do their thing, and it's all about who controls wealth and resources.
WE ARE ALL BEING FUCKED. Ukraine and Crimea are just the latest on the list. Putin grabbed Crimea because he needed that Black Sea port access, period.
Granted, he's a bit of a throwback to the 19th century glory days of warring over control of the Suez Canal, or the Panama Canal, or shipping lanes in the Pacific - but still, it's nothing that hasn't been done before. If it shocks the sensibilities of polite company, it's only because the Western powers have found subtler and more insidious ways of jockeying for position when it comes to exploitation of resources and controlling the flow of wealth.