Current Ukraine crisis..What do you think? 1st stage to another cold war?

[Nokki]

ngaa
A divided Ukraine

even cnn map acknowledge how divided the country is it's ripe for another balkanization even without western or russian meddling . Its going on that direction the euromaidan protests simply accelerated it.

kaning map mura ni diay na fantasy philippines na 48% malay with malaysian ethnic descent ug 48% chinese with mainland china ethnic decent ug naa chinese naval base didto sa subic then suddenly na nag rally ni malay with openly foreign backers and succesfully depose an elected chinese president with a covert foreign backer too heheh

[lhorenzoo]

i will just wait how this will play out in the coming days

[æRLO]

Russian havocs and hinds, with other multi-op/cargo helicopters in allegedly seen in Crimea.



these elements are apparently heading for Sevastopol.

[Passport]

gitagaan nag green light si putin to use their forces on ukrainian soil . i hope there will be no blood shed . the U.S is keenly awaiting on further developments . ni warning na ra ba si obama ni putin but it fell on deaf ears

check with what happened in 1914 boss enzoo.. what is happening now seems a repeat.. albeit with different characters.. pero same script. nangita ra ba ug bikil ang china diris pacific. brace for a huge conflict lang ta ani boss..

[rockrhyan1982]

Putin is the one to blame.ukrainian president already had the pen to sign but putin warn that they will cut the gas supply..

[Iamalbertrebs]

tsk2x.. this is alarming indeed, lets just hope for a peace negotiation.. war is not the answer it will just create another problem

[æRLO]

check with what happened in 1914 boss enzoo.. what is happening now seems a repeat.. albeit with different characters.. pero same script. nangita ra ba ug bikil ang china diris pacific. brace for a huge conflict lang ta ani boss.. sayang.. past my active service na.

nah, this will be more complicated and most likely proxy war nasad ni once Russia curbs to the international community and withdraw--just like in Georgia. Ang end result, civil war, with several groups backed by various powers.

1914 was a result of: underestimation, a gentleman's era(where they actually had a strong obligation to owe up to treaties that were very demanding, else they lose their sphere of influence), and fanatic militant nationalism (we like to pretend that this is bad, nowadays).

Then again, if Russia thinks the U.S., U.N. et al will never do anything but bark, and then all of a sudden, the west thinks Putin is getting too bold and they can't risk losing anymore face (Syria, Georgia, Iran--as of recent)...then, God save us all. But I think it's more complex than that. Most likely, someone will back down, which wasn't an option then in 1914. I mean ffs, some teenager belonging to the minority shot the Archduke, how dare they. Germany thought they can take on the triple entente without a war of attrition so they committed to Austro-Hungary, and Russia conversely committed to the Serbs. I have no reason to believe that Putin, nor the Chinese, feel the same way right now if they go into a hot war with the west. They know better. There's a reason that for conventional usage, the term "superpower" became exclusive to the U.S. after 2 world wars, and a cold war.

[Passport]

war is always a terrible thing, a very terrible thing to happen to mankind.....

[kidynamite]

parihaon nlng ni sa korea nga tungaon.

[wak_wak]

Very interesting that Ukraine is now referencing "safety of its nuclear assets".
As far as I'm aware this is the first time they have mentioned that.
Then it brings into play the 1994 Budapest Memorandum - which was signed between Ukraine, the US, UK, and Russia. Ukraine agreed to give up its Soviet-era nuclear arsenal, in return for the signatories promising to come to Ukraine's defence in case of aggression.

Ukraine pleads for Britain and US to come to its rescue as Russia accused of 'invasion' - Telegraph