..and I'm sorry, but "it's too complicated" is not a satisfying answer. Let the Russian-speaking majority vote a chunk of themselves into mother Russia..anyone that doesn't like it can leave and Ukraine can continue on as a better integrated country. Why not?
I'm so stupid. Can someone please explain to me why we care if Ukraine splits up? Why not just let them do it? What am I missing? No one seems to be talking about this at all that I can find...Thanks.
Juan, Is it true that ultra-religious Salafi's are behind this?
No specific group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was well orchestrated and involved heavy weapons. It is thought to be the work of the same Salafi, ultra-religious groups who have perpetrated similar assaults in Benghazi. They are religious, authoritarian groups who justify their actions through very selective, corrupt, and ultimately self-serving interpretations of Islam. Under Qaddafi, they kept quiet. In the early days of the revolution some of them claimed that fighting Qaddafi was un-Islamic and conveniently issued a fatwa demanding full obedience to the ruler. This is Libya’s extreme right.
"They have the capability to block the Strait of Hormuz where over a sixth of world oil exports and more than 80 per cent of the exports from the Persian Gulf region pass."
..and I'm sorry, but "it's too complicated" is not a satisfying answer. Let the Russian-speaking majority vote a chunk of themselves into mother Russia..anyone that doesn't like it can leave and Ukraine can continue on as a better integrated country. Why not?
I'm so stupid. Can someone please explain to me why we care if Ukraine splits up? Why not just let them do it? What am I missing? No one seems to be talking about this at all that I can find...Thanks.
Juan, Is it true that ultra-religious Salafi's are behind this?
No specific group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was well orchestrated and involved heavy weapons. It is thought to be the work of the same Salafi, ultra-religious groups who have perpetrated similar assaults in Benghazi. They are religious, authoritarian groups who justify their actions through very selective, corrupt, and ultimately self-serving interpretations of Islam. Under Qaddafi, they kept quiet. In the early days of the revolution some of them claimed that fighting Qaddafi was un-Islamic and conveniently issued a fatwa demanding full obedience to the ruler. This is Libya’s extreme right.
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/09/what-was-really-behind-the-benghazi-attack.html#ixzz26N5cYkKa
Thank you,
JL
What can anyone say to such an appeal besides, "Hear, hear!"
"They have the capability to block the Strait of Hormuz where over a sixth of world oil exports and more than 80 per cent of the exports from the Persian Gulf region pass."
Has this assertion not been thoroughly debunked?