100 Years Ago Our Concern For 'plucky Little Belgium' Led To War. Should We Be Preparing To Go To The Aid Of...

[sandyRoe]

...plucky little Ukraine as they face Russian aggression?

[anotheoldgit]

/// ...plucky little Ukraine as they face Russian aggression? ///

Hardly sound like plucky little Ukraine, or even the bullied ones here, and they are not facing Russian aggression even, but what they are facing is a minority who want to be allied with Russia.

*** "They [separatists] must be warned that if they do not lay down their arms, they will be destroyed," Ukrainian Security Service General Vasyl Krutov told reporters. ***

[keyplus90]

It's not upto us. We will do what Americans would want us to do.

[bert_h]

In 1914, we went to war neither from 'concern for plucky little Belgium' nor to 'teach the Kaiser a lesson'. We went because there was a treaty by which we were committed to defending Belgium's neutrality, dating back to when Queen Victoria's Uncle Leopold became the first King of Belgium. We have no treaty with the Ukraine, so the analogy breaks down.

[ichkeria]

They are facing Russian aggression. 40,000 troops on the border and one part of the country already annexed. And the operations within the country directed from across the border, easily influencing a largely ignorant, brainwashed population, the vast majority of whom nonetheless do not support being part of Russia.

You are not quite right, sandy, about Putin only understanding one language. He also understands the language of "Money" The Kremlin is a money-thieving operation much like the regime that the people in Ukraine overthrew.
I wonder if we were transported back to Answerbank 1938 how many of those now shouting so loudly about Remembrance Day would be saying "not our business" "keep out of it"

I can understand a reluctance to get involved, but because Putin is a money man he can be hurt economically. And yet when we explained to British Gas why we were leaving them the woman on the line had no idea about the Centrica-Gazprom deal. So this one, simple way to protest is not even registering. I bet Hitler, down there in hell, wishes he was alive today. He might have better luck

[sandyRoe]

Poor Russia. The early Utopian dreams soon withered and died under Stalin and now Putin, as close to Napoleon from Animal Farm as we're ever likely to see, has his snout, and those of his cronies, deep in the trough.