Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Protesters march against Nato summit [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)This is regime change / shock doctrine. Ukraine has incredible agricultural resources and apparently also fracking potential. Russia is a huge prize waiting to be captured for the elites. It has probably the largest untapped reserves of many natural resources that have never been unlocked, including some of the largest oil reserves in the world.
This is a 10 year plan. The propaganda war to increase our fear and tie new Russia to the USSR was subtly accomplished. The first attempt at regime change failed when the goverment was soundly rejected after 15 months. Something about driving the country into recession and, interestingly, unpopular extremism (Yushenko tried to legitimize Noe-Nazi aims including a law to make teh controversial Stephen Bandera into an official national hero.
Here you can read all about it:
To understand the events in Ukraine you must understand the "first" Maidan - the Orange Revolution
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025459029