Escalation in Ukraine

As if often the case with foreign countries, Freepers are not quite sure what to make of the violence in the Ukraine. It's not clear what side Obama would take, though some have decided Soros is involved.

So you get lots of little threads that kinda chase their tails until they peter out. Here is a sample of how it's going:

Tailgunner Joe sees the Cold War reborn:

Putin is selling out his own country just as much as Lukashenko and Yanukovych. If Putin succeeds in building his “Eurasian Union” it will be the EVIL EMPIRE reborn and it will be the end of Russia as a free and independent nation. Putin is destroying the freedom his own Russian people as well as the people of Ukraine. Putin is a traitor to Russia.

SeminoleCounty goes the other way, on accounta making up a Soros connection:

Putin is not a good person...and may have ulterior motives. But siding w Soros...who will definitely bring in EU Socialism and Statism....is utterly retarded

gwjack knows the US is next:

It is interesting to me that people from the Western part of the country are slowly becoming sympathizers with the Revolution. That is what it has been referred to for two months - The Revolution.

My view is that joining the EU or being bailed out by Russia were both bad choices. They are both merely delaying the pattern of Greece.

It is a sad, sad situation. I believe it could be a precursor to what may happen in the USA.

Democrat_media wishes the US had some massive casualty political unrest:

Ukranians protest, fight etc.

we conservatives and Americans sit watching TV while the socialists/democrats take away our freedom, steal our money, ruin our opportunities to make money, while they steal our country and our birthright

mac_truck is sure this is some kinda conspiracy:

I was also puzzled by the intensity of the protest against what amounted to a bad trade deal with the European Union, so I started looking into it. The so-called revolution which is being presented as 'spontaneous' and 'pro-democracy', was in fact planned well in advance as a pre-election tactic and is being carried out by militant National Socialists from western Ukraine.

Now rather than compete in upcoming elections against an incumbent President who has lowered gas prices, restructured the government balance sheet, and raised the country's bond rating to attract investors, the divided 'pro-democracy' crowd has decided to attempt a putsch.