Ukraine crisis: Gunfire and explosions outside rebel-held town of Slavyansk

[Jack Rabbit]

43. The first thing you have to know to understand the Ukrainian crisis is that there are no good guys

The Ukrainians are victims of global forces that want to swallow their nation. The international players here -- the US, the EU and Russia (i.e, Putin) -- do not have the least concern for Ukrainians. Putin is no different than the Romanovs; he's an imperialist who, like all imperialists, doesn't know how to read a map. While the map says "Ukraine" set off from by borders from Russia and other nations, Putin sees no borders and one big entity called "the Russian Empire." The industrialists and bankers who control the US and Europe are no different than Stalin; it is of no concern to them how many Ukrainians must starve or be enslaved to construct a new order based on all political power resting in their hands while a cult of personality permits no critique of tyranny.