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hfojvt

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7. the Ukraine
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 03:36 PM
Mar 2014

is about the size of California-Oregon-Washington in both size and people.

Is it a bad thing that Calorewash does not exist as a "sovereign nation"?

There are scenarios where life would be awful for the 45 million in a sovereign Ukraine and there are scenarios where life would be decent for the 45 million living in a non-sovereign Ukraine.

For me, the ultimate good, or an absolute key to the ultimate good, does NOT reside in this notion of "national sovereignty".

This was interesting mythology Mar 2014 #1
Not a problem mythology! MysticHuman Mar 2014 #2
Ukraine's history is one of those with a long struggle for self-determination. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #3
Agreed.... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #4
I am not sure why it should. hfojvt Mar 2014 #5
What do you mean? nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #6
the Ukraine hfojvt Mar 2014 #7
And when you talk about a non-soveriegn Ukraine.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #8
I am with Tommy...not sure where you are coming from... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #13
sometimes when people "govern themselves" hfojvt Mar 2014 #15
Understood.... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #16
An interesting read...thanks so much for posting it... KoKo Mar 2014 #9
Thanks MysticHuman Mar 2014 #11
By the way, an interesting blog overall. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #10
Agreed Tommy_Caretti MysticHuman Mar 2014 #12
Hey Tommy...it's quite a "Nuanced" article...though. Wouldn't you agree? KoKo Mar 2014 #14
Nuanced? I suppose.....nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #27
Kicking for reading later.. thanks Mystic~ Cha Mar 2014 #17
Not a problem Cha.... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #18
I will.. how interesting that you have a Cha Mar 2014 #19
Yes... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #20
Wow..so many fascinating stories in Cha Mar 2014 #21
Very riveting.. mahalo, MH.. it's interesting that he puts this in perspective with Cha Mar 2014 #22
:-) MysticHuman Mar 2014 #24
.. Cha Mar 2014 #29
I think many of the eastern provinces will want to leave as well, just like the Crimea. reformist2 Mar 2014 #23
Yes ... MysticHuman Mar 2014 #25
Russia is probably only waiting for civil war to break out to grab those parts. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #28
Kick davidpdx Mar 2014 #26
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