Comments on: Economic Sanctions versus Sacred Values https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/economic-sanctions-versus-sacred-values/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Toddy Cat https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/economic-sanctions-versus-sacred-values/comment-page-1/#comment-1151714 Toddy Cat Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:44:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34431#comment-1151714 All my life, I’ve hated, and still hate, Communism, so I can’t root for the Norks, but other than that I can sympathize, Mr. Sykes. Putin is certainly not someone to be admired, and after the 1930′s Terror-Famine, I can understand how many Ukranians feel about Russia. But the US and the EU precipitated this crisis, egged on the opposition, and are feeding paranoia in Russia, which will have grave future repercussions, for us and for the World. The leadership class in the US and EU seems literally mad, and they have not gotten a single thing right since 1989. Time for a reboot.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/economic-sanctions-versus-sacred-values/comment-page-1/#comment-1151623 Bob Sykes Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:22:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34431#comment-1151623 In this case, Putin is the (relative) good guy. We have just engineered a violent coup that overthrew the legitimate and democratically elected government of the Ukraine. Yes, Yanukovych is a thief and authoritarian, but so is Obama, Clinton, etc etc.

The reality is that the US is the evil empire, violent, corrupt and extremely aggressive. We are on the wrong side of history. We are the main source of violence and instability in the world.

Russia is being encircled. Its allies are being conquered or destroyed one after another: Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine. Ukraine, like Serbia, will be partitioned, only the border is yet to be decided. Possibly the Dnieper River. Belarus is next.

I am 70 years old. All my life I have been a patriot. Now I hate the regime in Washington. Not just Obama, but every single one of them, Democrats, Republicans, elected, appointed, civil servants, military, executive, legislative and judiciary. Every single one of them is a violent criminal, not one exception. And this has been the case for decades.

Nowadays, I root for Iran and North Korea.

]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/economic-sanctions-versus-sacred-values/comment-page-1/#comment-1150889 Bruce Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:49:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34431#comment-1150889 If the Russophile Ukrainians move to Crimea, Putin’s heirs will be dealing with an unfriendly neighbour holding one shore of their major river.

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