Ukraine is a complete and utter failure of a country. Located in an inhospitable wasteland. People who live in Ukraine clearly cant do anything right. One must only look at its history to realize that its a truly terrible place to be. Ukraine, since about the 12th century, wanted to be its own country, but it was always under another countrys thumb (a euphemism for being boned by another country). The only time they gained their independence was after the Soviet Union fell. To put that in perspective, Hungary staged its first uprising in the 50s. They were a bit late on that bandwagon, but most of the citizenry must have thought that the Soviet Union would have been better than anything they could ever make. Those citizens were right. In 2006, Ukraine managed to piss off everyone around it for being such a massive dickhead. They refused to pay for gas from Russia (poor decision), thus making the country roughly equivalent to that douche in college who never ever paid you any of the money he owed you for food. When Russia threatened to cut off the entire gas pipeline to Ukraine, Europe got involved because that pipeline also delivers all of its gas. So, in one fell swoop, Ukraine got some of the most powerful countries in the world completely pissed off at it. On the plus side, it did give something for Europe and Russia to agree on. In addition to being a deadbeat country, Ukraine has trouble with the rules of democracy. The prime minister basically flipped off the Parliament and dissolved it. After the Parliament was back in session, it went and threw a tantrum. Nope, a literal tantrum. Politicians were throwing smoke bombs at each other and egging each other. The speaker literally had his armed guards holding umbrellas up to shield him from the flying eggs. So, I mean, its not like an A+ in the whole respecting each others opinions department. Ukraine decided to settle its civilization in one of the absolute worst places ever. Its nothing but unforgiving tundra and, thanks to Chernobyl, fallout. But, it does have the worlds largest crossword puzzle! This makes up for everything. LOL
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:25:40 +0000