The pernicious narrative promulgated by Russian propagandists, and swallowed whole by credulous westerners, is the notion that Ukraine isnt a real country anyway, so chopping it in half and handing its land and people over to a imperialist tyrant isnt really a big deal. In 1991, Ukraine experienced a national referendum wherein 90 percent of Ukrainians voted for the nation’s independence. This means that from the very beginning, almost unanimously, Ukraine has valued its independence from Russia. Furthermore, Russian-Ukrainian linguistic divisions within regions do not necessarily imply divisions of political preference. ... The regional divisions that much of Western media references usually do not take into consideration demographic variables such as age. Most of Ukraine’s youth is pro-E.U. According to Deutsche Welle, about 65 percent of the 18- to 29-year-old participants supported E.U. integration. ... The reality is that Russia wants to engender tension in Ukraine so that the country will be divided. ... The more chaos and inner turmoil in Ukraine, the more control Russia will be able to exert over it. If the narrative of a divided Ukraine becomes reality, partial annexation will be within Putin’s grasp. ... Russia will orchestrate Ukraine’s self-destruction; only then will Russia intervene to “save” Russians from the “evil fascist Ukrainian radicals.”
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:43:03 +0000
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