Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "Frank Furedi: The road to Ukraine | The Brendan O'Neill Show" video.

  1. Russia isn't under threat from the West. There is an obsessive internal dialogue in Russia about the threatening West. It's not a real threat. In contrast the occupation of Eastern Europe for 45, or more years, was a real thing; even though that's no longer a threat either.
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  2.  @mesolithicman164  The US did not start this war. The Russians did.
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  3.  @shaunpatrick8345  "Coup"? In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests (known as Euromaidan) began in response to President Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), instead choosing closer ties to Russia. Earlier that year, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) had overwhelmingly approved finalizing the agreement with the EU. In January and February 2014, clashes in Kyiv between protesters and Berkut special riot police resulted in the deaths of 108 protesters and 13 police officers, and the wounding of many others. Protesters occupied government buildings throughout the country, and the Azarov government resigned. So the President subverted the will of the people. Leading to violent protests, leading to the government resigning. Not a "coup". It fails to me the definition of coup because it was NOT sudden; and it wasn't a small group of protesters, not a military faction. I am not an EU fan. I was even sympathetic to Putin prior to 2014. But he's shown himself to be a thug, Russian nationalist, and to disregard democracy. Corruption is thriving under Putin as never before.
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  4.  @shaunpatrick8345  The Ukraine President over-ruled the congressional delegates (parliament). So was it first a pro-Putin "coup" in November 2013? One month after the so-called Febuary 2014 "coup", Putin annexed Crimea. So maybe Putin wanted that "coup" to happen?
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