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mai said:
Kasz216 said:

Sort of misses the whole first part of the event....

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27275383

Why waste time reading through BBC when I just give a link to a report from the witness that discusses people with red armbands in detail? They have nothing to do with the people who gathered on Kulikovo Pole, who for the most part fell victim of fire in Trade Union House.

because 

A) That's not true.

and

B) Your whole Holomodor spiel has brought you to whole new levels of lack of credibility.

Your about as believable as someone from Maidan who would deny the holocaust... actually slightly less so, since at least they weren't part of the country where they made such ridiculious claims.

 

After in general debunking a number of things you've said already like not even knowing when the outsed head of Ukrainian intellegence took power... that more or less seals the final nail in the coffin of credibility.


In general at this point i consider you less credible then places like infowars (which you site, and which are well... terrible.)

 

You have an opinion, and you shape the facts around said opinion.   Ignroing general facts on the ground even when they contradict, instead simply finding different things to cover yourself in, rather then change an opinion.

Which, in general is something you tend to have supported as a way of thinking about... somehow.  Never finding anything wrong with "patriotic" stuff as you put it.



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Kasz216 said:

because 

A) That's not true.

Prove it, and explain why certain police officers have the same red armbands? why not single body had red armband? why the man on the pic below wears St.George ribbon and Ukrainian flag at the same time AND red armband.

Kasz216 said:

B) Your whole Holomodor spiel has brought you to whole new levels of lack of credibility.

Your about as believable as someone from Maidan who would deny the holocaust... actually slightly less so, since at least they weren't part of the country where they made such ridiculious claims.

When did I exactly denied famine of 1932-33, a quote please? I denied the premise of it being delibarate genocide as it referred by propaganda, hence the invented term Holodomor.

Wanna talk about it? Go through my points above one by one. Just do not fall flat on your face like Badassbab did.



mai said:
Kasz216 said:

because 

A) That's not true.

Prove it, and explain why certain police officers have the same red armbands? why not single body had red armband? why the man on the pic below wears St.George ribbon and Ukrainian flag at the same time AND red armband.

Kasz216 said:

B) Your whole Holomodor spiel has brought you to whole new levels of lack of credibility.

Your about as believable as someone from Maidan who would deny the holocaust... actually slightly less so, since at least they weren't part of the country where they made such ridiculious claims.

When did I exactly denied famine of 1932-33, a quote please? I denied the premise of it being delibarate genocide as it referred by propaganda, hence the invented term Holodomor.

Wanna talk about it? Go through my points above one by one. Just do not fall flat on your face like Badassbab did.


A) Not sure what that has to do with whether or not the march troubles had anything to do with the union fires.

As for the picture... there are plenty of reasons he could have an armband+the flag.  A trophy, just being dumb, really anything.  If your trying to argue some kind of false flag start to the whole thing... don't you think that'd be something they'd make sure was removed?

 

B)  I could, just like I could spend  a whole day deconstructing 9/11 conspiracies as bullshit... it's not particularly constructive to break down the dozens of ways the soviets basically caused the famine/made it worse with their incompetant polices then specifically crafted new policies targeted at Ukraine like the blacklist sysem. 

Besides which, you already admit the goverment removal of grain from an area with famine.  Basic government grain export numbers from the period alone speak for themselves.

Your arguement seems to be that they didn't plan for there to be a famine so it shouldn't be considered a genoicde, which seems a bit off since they used the genoicde to target specific people... as shown by the fact that the majority of people who died during the famine were the people who lived in the area that food grew.  

Hell even the soviets knew it. Otherwise, I'm guessing it wouldn't of been classfied up until the 90's.



Kasz216 said:

A) Not sure what that has to do with whether or not the march troubles had anything to do with the union fires.

As for the picture... there are plenty of reasons he could have an armband+the flag.  A trophy, just being dumb, really anything.  If your trying to argue some kind of false flag start to the whole thing... don't you think that'd be something they'd make sure was removed?

And this is your argument? You've just disregarded the evidence. Ok, what about the rest of my questions: "explain why certain police officers have the same red armbands? why not single body had red armband? " -- and I'm merely scratching the surface, there's f**kton of questions to ask. The link I gave earlier should shed a light on the events for you, smbd even did you a favor and translated it into English so you won't rely solely on BBC and alike.

Kasz216 said:

B)  I could, just like I could spend  a whole day deconstructing 9/11 conspiracies as bullshit... it's not particularly constructive to break down the dozens of ways the soviets basically caused the famine/made it worse with their incompetant polices then specifically crafted new policies targeted at Ukraine like the blacklist sysem. 

In another words you can't documentally disprove  my arguments I posted above, instead used demagogic stunt to accuse me of saying things I didn't. Been there.



mai said:
Kasz216 said:

A) Not sure what that has to do with whether or not the march troubles had anything to do with the union fires.

As for the picture... there are plenty of reasons he could have an armband+the flag.  A trophy, just being dumb, really anything.  If your trying to argue some kind of false flag start to the whole thing... don't you think that'd be something they'd make sure was removed?

And this is your argument? You've just disregarded the evidence. Ok, what about the rest of my questions: "explain why certain police officers have the same red armbands? why not single body had red armband? " -- and I'm merely scratching the surface, there's f**kton of questions to ask.

Kasz216 said:

B)  I could, just like I could spend  a whole day deconstructing 9/11 conspiracies as bullshit... it's not particularly constructive to break down the dozens of ways the soviets basically caused the famine/made it worse with their incompetant polices then specifically crafted new policies targeted at Ukraine like the blacklist sysem. 

In another words you can't documentally disprove  my arguments I posted above, instead used demagogic stunt to accuse me of saying things I didn't.

I'm still trying to figure out what your arguement is in either of these cases at this point.  At first you argued the conflict had no connection.  Now you are trying to argue a connection... but a different one.   Which is it?

It doesn't seem like there are many questions to be asked in regards to the incidient if you ask me.  Two groups of miltia escalated in a fight, Ukranian miltia one and slaughtered the other side with a bunch of innocent civilians.

That there were police in the group isn't partiularly surprising, since i imagine your average police officer is likely to support the miltias at least in sentiment, espeically since the Ukranian government is ignoring the fact that they exist, essentially giving those groups tacit approval.  That some should suit up and join the miltia in killing a bunch of russian supporers makes perfect sense to me.

 

 

As for the second part...

Official Grain exports+ the majority of the people dieing being the areas that had their grain taken is pretty damn undeniable when you get down to brass tacks.

There are tons of other policies that can be documented, things that can be drawn out... but the above not sure how you argue with that.  



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Kasz216 said:

I'm still trying to figure out what your arguement is in either of these cases at this point. 

My argument is plain obvious, I've stated in the first post on the matter. It's a provocation, red armbands are probably have no connection to either of the groups. The main culprit is the same who's likely behind the mass murders in Kiev this February, Parubiy. He was in Odessa three days before the events btw. This is hardly proves his involvement, but I'm absolutely dead certain about this being a provocation made by officials, not an accident.

Kasz216 said:

Official Grain exports+ the majority of the people dieing being the areas that had their grain taken is pretty damn undeniable when you get down to brass tacks.

There are tons of other policies that can be documented, things that can be drawn out... but the above not sure how you argue with that.  

I'm not sure what you mean by "grain taken", you have to be more specific and terminologically correct, but this doesn't even matter. This is pointless discussion unless you start addressing points I made in responce to Badassbab, there's really many of them, but enough to debunk his "deliberate genocide" suggestion. Otherwise this is exactly "...whole day deconstructing..."



mai said:
Kasz216 said:

I'm still trying to figure out what your arguement is in either of these cases at this point. 

My argument is plain obvious, I've stated in the first post on the matter. It's a provocation, red armbands are probably have no connection to either of the groups. The main culprit is the same who's likely behind the mass murders in Kiev this February, Parubiy. He was in Odessa three days before the events btw. This is hardly proves his involvement, but I'm absolutely dead certain about this being a provocation made by officials, not an accident.

Kasz216 said:

Official Grain exports+ the majority of the people dieing being the areas that had their grain taken is pretty damn undeniable when you get down to brass tacks.

There are tons of other policies that can be documented, things that can be drawn out... but the above not sure how you argue with that.  

I'm not sure what you mean by "grain taken", you have to be more specific and terminologically correct, but this doesn't even matter. This is pointless discussion unless you start addressing points I made in responce to Badassbab, there's really many of them, but enough to debunk his "deliberate genocide" suggestion. Otherwise this is exactly "...whole day deconstructing..."

Not sure why you think any of your points actually prove your point, their isn't anything TO refute.

 

As for grain taken... I'm not sure how much more terminologically correct I could be... but sure...

The soviets took food from the Ukraine during the famine, blacklisted villigaes that couldn't produce enough, basically causing them to die, and a whole other list of henious shit.  

This can be shown by the fact that the famine basically only hurt those who provided the soviet union with the most food in the first place.


Assuming you take the low end of the casualties... (as would be my guess) simply by not requisitioning the grain in the first place, basically nobody would have died.

 

If Holomodor wasn't the government's fault, and Stalin wasn't targeting the Ukranians, why did he make sure they all stayed in the Ukraine, covered anything up, and killed anyone who talked about it?

Why was it a crime to mention it happened, regardless of who or what you blamed?

Generally it doesn't take 50 years for a government to admit when people die to a third party event.



Kasz216 said:

Not sure why you think any of your points actually prove your point, their isn't anything TO refute.

Are you answering to your inner voice or what? Have you actually addressed any of my points? Should I repeat them for a third time -- people with red armbands, police with same armbands, both nothing to do with people who have been slaughtered?

Kasz216 said:

As for grain taken... I'm not sure how much more terminologically correct I could be... but sure...

The soviets took food from the Ukraine during the famine, blacklisted villigaes that couldn't produce enough, basically causing them to die, and a whole other list of henious shit. 

Quote actual act goddammit, are we talking about "food assessment" or what? Be precise.



THE ROVING EYE 
Obama's 'strategy' against 'pariah' Russia 
By Pepe Escobar 

The Barack Obama administration seems to love the sound of unilateral sanctions in the morning. It must feel like "victory". 

Real, hardcore sanctions, if ever applied, would be devastating mostly for North Atlantic Treaty Organization poodles, not Moscow. Meanwhile, (energy) adults continue to do business as usual

There's no way to understand Cold War 2.0 without a flashback to November 2010, when Vladimir Putin directly addressed German business/industry, proposing an economic community from Lisbon to Vladivostok

German interest in this key strategic relationship has been reciprocal. Amplified to other nations, that implies in the long run a full European Union-Russia economic/trade integration, and, in the bigger picture, a step closer to Europe-Asia integration. Which translates as absolute anathema for the embattled, Monopoly-addicted hyperpower/hegemon. 

For all of US Think Tankland talking and theorizing, breathlessly, about "containment" of a "rogue state" - which in itself is laughable, as if Russia was Somalia - the Obama administration's overarching "strategy" is really in a class by itself. This masterpiece of juvenile delinquent diplomacy boils down to "ignore Putin".

Call it the "I don't like you; I don't wanna talk to you; I just wish you'd die" school of diplomacy. How come Talleyrand never thought if it? Well, with advisers such as the astonishing mediocrity Ivo Daalder, a former ambassador to NATO, no wonder Obama does not need enemies. 

All we need is Lavrov 
The sanctions hysteria is designed to force President Putin to bow to the hegemon's whims, as part of the overall "strategy"; forging an "international consensus" to "isolate" Russia and turn it into a "pariah state". "Pariah states" that do energy mega-deals, as in here and here

Still, the predominant wishful thinking revolves around the economic strangulation of Russia - as it was relentlessly attempted against Iran (and bravely resisted by Iranians). Inside their bubble, the wishful thinkers even believe Beijing will be on board, oblivious to the fact that Beijing clearly sees the sanction hysteria/ignore Putin "doctrine" as a branch of the "pivoting to Asia" - which is essentially military containment of China. 

In the end, the Kremlin has also reached a similar conclusion: it's useless to talk to Washington. After all, the hegemon's laundry list remains the same - the Kremlin is not allowed to support popular protests in eastern and southern Ukraine; everyone must submit to the neo-nazi/neo-fascist-allied regime changers in Kiev; and Crimea must be "returned" - to NATO - so NATO can kick Moscow out of the Black Sea. 

Washington's ultimate wet dream would be to interrupt gas shipments by Gazprom from Russia to the EU - in fact trade sabotage, which Moscow would undoubtedly interpret as an act of war. Meanwhile, Washington/NATO's "Plan A" remains to lure the Kremlin into an "invasion" - so Putin can be (in fact already is) denounced as "the new Hitler" and the ultimate threat to the EU. 

So much for the "containment/isolation" martini cocktail of arrogance, ignorance, impotence and irresponsibility. Diplomatic finesse? Forget it. In terms of a real diplomat at work, feel free to admit "All We Need Is Lavrov". 

Go back to Game of Thrones
Moscow has so many ways to retaliate real hard against the hegemon: in Syria; on the Iran nuclear dossier; on NATO's ignominious withdrawal from Afghanistan via the Northern Distribution Network, which goes through Russia; on the future of Afghanistan. 

If the White House and the US State Department really wanted to listen to how Putin frames the relationship between the West and Russia, that has been voiced repeatedly by the Kremlin. Russia expects respect from "our Western partners", who since 1991 have treated it not as "an independent, active participant in international affairs", with "its own national interests that need to be taken into account and respected", but as a backward or dangerous nation to dismiss and "contain". 

The historical record clearly shows Washington does not respect the national interests of anybody; the only thing that matters is that they should always be subordinated to Washington's interests. 

The Kremlin, in a nutshell, has invited Washington to play realpolitik. Not Monopoly. The Obama administration, at best - and we are being very lenient here - plays checkers. Moscow plays chess. A mad drive to instill chaos in Russia's western borderlands while "ignoring" Putin won't change the Kremlin's defense of what it perceives as Russia's national interests. 

Let's say the "project" was to seize Ukraine, kick Moscow out of the Sevastopol base, and thus from the Eastern Mediterranean; and then take over Syria, so Qatar - and not Iran-Iraq-Syria - may get "its" share of Pipelineistan via Jordan and a Sunni-ruled Syria towards EU markets. The "project" is miserably failing. 

Yet the sanctions game will persist (like it did with Cuba, Iraq, Iran). The White House is already concocting more of the same. No adults in Europe will follow. Even poodles are able to sniff that the Obama administration does not even qualify to play Game of Thrones on PlayStation 3. 

Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge (Nimble Books, 2007), and Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). 

He may be reached at pepeasia@yahoo.com.
 

(Copyright 2014 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. All rights reserved. Please contact us about sales, syndication and republishing.) 

Pepe of Asia Times strikes again :D



mai said:
Kasz216 said:

Not sure why you think any of your points actually prove your point, their isn't anything TO refute.

Are you answering to your inner voice or what? Have you actually addressed any of my points? Should I repeat them for a third time -- people with red armbands, police with same armbands, both nothing to do with people who have been slaughtered?

Kasz216 said:

As for grain taken... I'm not sure how much more terminologically correct I could be... but sure...

The soviets took food from the Ukraine during the famine, blacklisted villigaes that couldn't produce enough, basically causing them to die, and a whole other list of henious shit. 

Quote actual act goddammit, are we talking about "food assessment" or what? Be precise.


Oh I mean nothing to refute on the holomodor thing.  This stuff is just something i'm not inclined to dig into due to your general lack of reliability whe it comes to these conspiracy theory like angles as shown when you were completely wrong on the Yakymenko statements, not even knowing when he assumed power.

 

As for the actual act... with the grain,  do I speak russian?   It's exports after what would closest translate to "Food Requistion" i'd guess.   I'm doing this from memory.

It's not like it's some rare unknown policy or anything.  The tax was something like 40% of expected totals, with yields inflated to the point of where, basically farmers couldn't pay their shit, villiages got blacklisted, and then were basically fucked.

Of course, you really haven't addressed why they'd keep a famine top secret for 50 years punishable by prison time if it was mentioned... or blacklisting or any of that.