Reply #16: With all due respect, [View All]

[Wright Patman]

the Russian state began in about 980 A.D. under Prince Vladimir in Kiev.

For Russia to give up all ties to Kiev at this point would be not very much different than if Lincoln had given up ties to Washington, D.C., and moved to Philadelphia or NYC for the duration of the Civil War.

It is more accurate to say that the Ukrainians west of the Dniepr River hate Russians. Ukraine, though, is very dependent on Russia for energy resources. This whole scenario has already played out once before during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Fortunately (or stupidly, if one is pro-Ukraine), the Ukrainians gave up their rather sizable nuclear arsenal and shipped it back to Russia.

And for any Americans to now support Ukrainians in election protests while doing nothing about what just occurred in our own country is just so over-the-top as to defy rational commentary.