British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned that Europe could face a “shooting conflict” that could last “months and months and months” if Russian forces move beyond the Crimean Peninsula and into eastern Ukraine.
There is so far no indication of Russia considering such a deployment, but pro-Russian protesters have massed in eastern border cities like Donetsk and Kharkiv, insisting they “belong with Russia.”
Hague conceded that none of the measures considered against Russia could actually force the nation to withdraw from Crimea, where a vote on secession is planned next weekend, but insisted that it didn’t mean “tacit acceptance” of Crimean independence.
Ukraine’s interim government has been playing up the idea of Russia’s involvement in Crimea being the start of a major war, and this has fueled some concern in other nations in the region.
As a practical matter, Ukraine’s own military is divided on Crimea, many have defected to the autonomous region, and there is no serious risk they will try to attack Russia. Russia likewise seems content to simply wait out the referendum in Crimea.
England FM Hague should be firmly strapped to the first missile that starts this his "Shooting War'.
Obama, Nuland et al by inviting Yatsenyuk to the WH shows he has Buckley's chance of winning the March 16 election and is but a vain attempt to give legitimacy to the interim Government.who are nothing more than a bunch of Molotov cocktail throwing murderers.
Most Ukrainians will stand with Putin, who so far hasn't fired a shot, rather than watch their Country disintegrate into the murder, mayhem and madness the Maidan rioters brought with them to Kiev.
I seen some youtube videos that said there were Blackwater mercs there causing trouble
also that there were dual zios in the country trying to get more for themselves
Both of those groups seem to thrive amongst others' misery.
It would appear that NATO, having failed to get Ukraine into NATO, is simply going to pretend that it's part of NATO anyway.
Interesting are the parallels to Munich. Nuland is carving up Ukraine just as Hitler carved up czechoslovakia in Munich. Firat, he wanted only the Sudetenland and everybody said "ok, they're Germans, naturally they want to be part of Germany. Once Hitler occupied the whole of Czechoslovakia, the world realised that if he wasn't stopped by force, he would just keep demanding more and more. I think that's William Hague's point. If Russia tries to grab any more of Ukraine or attacks the Baltic Republics, that could indeed set off a shooting war. The US is hoist with its own petard. It's love of Hitler analogies is coming home to roost. Crimea is NATO's Munich. The bright side is that 7 years after Hitler seized Czechoslovakia, he was dead, his life's work totally destroyed and his country a heap of rubble. The European reaction to that was to come together in what we now call the EU.
Don't forget the Danzig corridor !
Perhaps it is the other way around this time. Europe and us support the genuine nazi. Russia calling the nazi bluff. NATO buracracy in Brussels is in a pissing contest with a guy who plays for keeps. Yes indeed we need to back off or the next thing you know it will be shooting war. Seems like allota bad juju. All to protect a bunch of kkk nazi dudes. What do we have to prove we have already shown our great skill as empiral administrators iraq and Afghanistan. A few more profitable wars like that wow and who needs enemies when you have neoconservatives. What could posibly go wrong when you buddy up with nazi and jihadist.
The UK is a poodle barking between its US master’s legs, and Hague is the pompous knave given the task of setting the poodle off. There will be no shooting war, precisely because Europe’s big Alsatian, Germany, wants nothing to do with US instigated and foolishly reckless provocation of Russia, an eight foot bear.
you are so right You should have heard what Putin told the Germans after they recognized Kosovo .in about 2006 The Germans kinda teased him and said so what , you can't do anything about it . Of course the Germans are hiding behind the USA Putin told them what is likely to happened to them . I think they believed him and have ever since kept a lower profile
this is Nato accepting the new situation .they thought they had a chance to prize the Russians out of Sevastopol and roll back 300 years of Russian dominance in the region and Putin saw that bluff, now Nato is backing out , not wanting to pick up the costs or any responsibility for the place and over the next couple of months to years Kiev will cease to be relevant as a capital.
Does the British FM really believe UK citizens are willing to die so neo-nazi/fascist billionaire oligarchs and oil companies can loot Ukraine with a free hand? If so, he may have a surprise coming.
This fool needs to shut up. Scotland votes to secede this year. He should worry about his own country and mind his business.
A previous Brit named Haig kept saying another war who's centennial is fast approaching would be a short war and over in a few months as well.
I see no law or U N charter rule that now should pertain to Ukraine that did not also pertain to Yugoslavia . If the successful bombing was good for Yugoslavia It might be equally as helpful to bring more freedom to the Ukraine . Russia sure looks a lot more gentle than NATO did over Yugoslavia or Libya and Iraq
Sanctions against Russia , What a joke we already are trying to destabilize Russia at every turn . Already we criticize and our ngo propagandize against Russia almost constantly . Most of it is not true too That stupid Englishman . The only way to take Russia on in the Black sea is with a lot more than a shooting war . After a nuclear war Saudi Arabia and China would likely be the biggest powers left . If England along with NATO and the United States were honestly in favor of Nations living in peace . They never would have started this war again in the Balkans .NATO started this war when Russia was weak . Russia can have all they want of Ukraine and send the Ukrainians packing . They can be killed or become refugees like you made of the Serbs
I feel for the people of Western Ukraine. Debt peonage and a sell off of public assets are on the horizon. Austerity will reign for everyone except the oligarchs. Russia will keep Crimea and Eastern Ukraine will remain within the Russian orbit.
That prescription is likely to fuel the rise of ultra-right nationalists. I would get the hell out of there if I were in a minority. Some vicious stuff is likely to go down in the new few years.
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