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Annexing Uktaine. Objections? |
type568
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March 2007
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@Aikei, Thomas I guess I'm wrong about the #2 in the referendum then. Ironically the western press mostly misses this point, as well as English wikipedia. *** I'm not thinking Putin has done what he has done because of his care for the Crimeans, but he has certainly strengthened his already strong enough rule in Russia with this move. And the fact the people of Crimea benefit from the annexion cannot be denied. I disagree about your claim regarding force. Force, is what took place in Iraq, Afganistan, Libya etc' etc' In addition to the question of the annexion done, or not done for the Crimeans, what's the alternative of for action? As of blocking Ukrainian channels.. Ukrain has block or has attempted to block Russian channels as well. Now again, why would you not react? Who wouldn't? Should the west attempt to make the referendum in a fair matter, and not shout about constitution which has no moral basis in this specific case, it would perhaps be done in a compromisive way. Annexion still would've won. But since it was solely done by Russia, top priority was peace and ease. Which was achieved. Thomas Fjellstrom said: I highly doubt they know what they are doing. It's all reactionary. None of this would have been an issue if the US didn't "take action" in ukraine to begin with. Well, Russian reaction to sanctions seems no reaction(unless U.S. politicians really care about their assets in Russia being frozen ), but that signing of things against Russian industry, if turned in to force seem to be able to trigger some vicous spiral of sanctions against each other, collapsing the world in to another 2009 style, and Russia to the 1990s style(much worse in the short term). Although, there maybe anothing point in the story.. It may stop somewhere in the middle, if rough sanctions are turned on but not supported by EU. And another thing, which I hope not something this Putin guy has in mind, is to isolate Russia to spurr local production or something. By nationalizing the things the west has here it have a chance. At great cost though, but it looks like Puti has the political power to dome something as reckless as this.
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Yodhe23
Member #8,726
June 2007
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type568 please stop exaggerating, and get a grip on what you are saying as you keep making fallacious arguments such as ".. And the fact the people of Crimea benefit from the annexion cannot be denied." May I suggest you study the trivium and general semantics as a way of stop exaggerating in an effort to make your point, as all it does (in my mind) is do you a disservice by making you sound ignorant. Though I find it funny that by your own reasoning and logic, the Palestinians and their neighbours have the right to invade Israel to protect "their people" from the well cataloged abuses by sombunal Israelis which exceed any documented or historical trouble of the ethnic Russians in Crimea. www.justanotherturn.com |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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I guess I should really try to be writing more neutral. But as of benefit.. Well it really can'y be denied. It's like if Kaliningrad was annexed by Germany. There is a question the people live there may be unwilling(not the case of Crimea), but as of their standard of living(assuming no double standard of social securities introduced) the people of Kaliningrad would benefit from the annexion. Well at least if not the language barier. And about the topic you find funny. I lived in Israel for 15 years, not sure if it's right to say that now I don't live there.
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Slartibartfast
Member #8,789
June 2007
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Yodhe23 said: Though I find it funny that by your own reasoning and logic, the Palestinians and their neighbours have the right to invade Israel to protect "their people" from the well cataloged abuses by sombunal Israelis which exceed any documented or historical trouble of the ethnic Russians in Crimea.
Following his logic that's not true, since their quality of life will decrease if they are annexed by any of Israel's neighbours, and he claims the quality of life will increase for the annexed Crimeans Also, according to Google/dictionary "sombunal" is not a word, so I wonder what you meant. Firefox spellcheck suggests "somnambulism" (sleep walking), is that what you meant? ---- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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"Israel should annex." How long you think will the politicians signing the annexion will stay in power? Surely not long enough to benefit from the newly annexe votes
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Yodhe23
Member #8,726
June 2007
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Sombunal - Some-but-not-all (see Maybe Logic and Robert Anton Wilson) And yes it can be denied, with great ease. For some will benefit and other won't, those who think they will may not, and those who think they won't may; see Zen stories about Luck for a philosophical interpretation of this www.justanotherturn.com |
Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Why'd we spend all this time perfecting nukes if we're not going to use them to solve problems? -----sig: |
Yodhe23
Member #8,726
June 2007
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That's what Project Orion was for! www.justanotherturn.com |
Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Check out Project Thor. -----sig: |
Yodhe23
Member #8,726
June 2007
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Sounds like a plot from a Heinlein novel... Oh wait, it is/was. Though I prefer Philip K Dick's, "Time out of Joint" that uses a similar tactic. www.justanotherturn.com |
Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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I have a two word solution for this problem: BUTT OUT Works wonders. --- |
Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Yodhe23 said: Though lets face it, whichever faction gets established in space first is going to an unprecedented leverage over anyone left on Earth. Perhaps. But it's not difficult to make a missile that can hit a satellite. -----sig: |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Chris Katko said: Perhaps. But it's not difficult to make a missile that can hit a satellite.
The majors posses this stuff, Chinese have tested one not long ago.
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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An electromagnetic pulse from a high altitude nuclear device can be quite devastating as well. The USA would be particularly susceptible to this type of attack. For example (from the article) Quote: E1 can destroy computers and communications equipment and it changes too quickly for ordinary surge protectors to provide effective protection against it, although there are special fast-acting surge protectors that will block the E1 pulse. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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I remember reading USSR had been developing stuff of the kind, but I don't think it ever had anything of the kind in service. Probably just small stuff as penetration aides for MIRV.
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OICW
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November 2003
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Party's over. Russian forces ain't going in to mainland Ukraine, west ain't gonna do anything about Crimea. Waiting for the next wave of unrest, which isn't comeing hopefully. In any case not earlier than 25th May(presedential elections). I may make a new topic then.
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Russia has never had ANY intention to invade Ukraine. They have always only been there to protect Crimea and the Russian people while they voted. This whole "crisis" had been created by the west. And it will be made worse by unwarranted sanctions. --- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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NiteHackr said: Russia has never had ANY intention to invade Ukraine. They have always only been there to protect Crimea and the Russian people while they voted. This whole "crisis" had been created by the west. And it will be made worse by unwarranted sanctions. I'm Russian/Israeli, currently in Russia, and I own Russian stocks. I consider my actions astonishingly correct during this crisis, my Russian investments are green for the year, I'm out of the knockdown with more cash than with what I dived in to it(exceptional timing, I'm honestly proud of myself. My best crises management during my almost four year experience). However, I'd be in much better shape if was more aggressive in my purchases. I did realize pretty fast west ain't gonna do shit about Crimea, as I mentioned here long before. But regarding Russia not invading Ukraine, I made it clear for myself only during this weekend, it was a real threat in my eyes which had effect on my investment positioning. Eastern Ukraine, much of it- not just Crimea, is largely Russian speaking, with people in Donetsk demanding a referendum similar to this of Crimea and being denied the right to have it. There was violence. An action of force DID seem legitimate and possible to me.
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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type568 said: Eastern Ukraine, much of it- not just Crimea, is largely Russian speaking, with people in Donetsk demanding a referendum similar to this of Crimea and being denied the right to have it. There was violence. An action of force DID seem legitimate and possible to me. I see what you mean, yeah, I suppose so. But lets reverse the roles here. If it was the USA, and Americans living in a neighbouring country were threatened, does anyone out there believe the USA would NOT respond with force to protect it's own people? I think Russia has a legitimate interest in the region and in protecting it's own people and the west needs to butt out. --- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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I totally agree of course.
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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NiteHackr said: the west needs to butt out. The politicians need to be perceived as Doing Something(TM) to protect us from every conceivable harm while trying to entrench themselves into total control. Jerry Pournelle said: And so we initiate a new Cold War, but one of words. We insult the President of Russia and do him small injuries when it is not clear what we demand to make our wasp stings stop. He will not relinquish the Crimea. The last time the West tried to pry the Crimea out of the fingers of the masters of the Kremlin, it took an army.
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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I am maybe wrong, and probably the show goes on. I'm 1.8 leveraged on Russian stocks, 1.1 Leveraged on American. Worrisome. So, Crimea is back home, clear & clean. Now the scary part.. Here even though authenticity is a bit doubtful, but photos look legit. Zerohedge is an "always counter trend" news source. Reuters doesn't report any positive news either though. I'm a bit scared of Russian intervention. I don't want any shots fired. I'd love to see it back to Russia though. *-Translation is ugly by me, and yes I can read it from the photo pretty clearly. Sevastopol is one of the cities in Crimea, biggest one I guess. Append:
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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I've heard that the Ukraine gov't elections are go, and there's a "Internet Party of Ukraine". Apparently the leader of that party dresses up as Darth Vader. It seems it is at least cheering people up. -- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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He wanted to compete for presidency. But he didn't qualify
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