It's really a cruel twist of fate that a plane carrying perhaps as many as 100 people, including top AIDS researchers from around the world, to a conference in Australia was shot down by (directly or indirectly) the country that is arguably the world's most homophobic non-Third World nation.
Vladimir Putin does great harm to gay people, and humanity as a whole, yet again. I don't think the world has yet to fully grasp just what an evil man Putin is.
Russia cannot be allowed to get away with this atrocity. Unless they agree to (and actually do) cease involvement in Ukraine, as well as pay reparations for the plane, Russia should be subjected to Iran-style sanctions, including a ban on oil trade. That would hit Putin where it hurts.
That might take some time, but an easier thing the West could do, and one that would also hurt Russia both economically and in terms of pride, would be to pull the 2018 World Cup out of Russia. I can't imagine Western countries wanting to go anyway under the current circumstances. And a country like England, Germany or even the U.S. could put on the cup with relatively little notice.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-airlines-fl … -1.2710793
If that did not convince you, the peripheral article of Sarah Palin castigating Americans for running up the foreign trade deficit by eating too much Chinese take-out should have convinced you of the seriousness of The Daily Currant. BTW, Sarah gets it right again when she states: "But can’t we go without Chinese take-out? There are so many good, old-fashioned American choices out there. Ever heard of pizza?”
Who had something to gain from this crime ?
Basically neither Poutine or the Ukrainian separatists but the regular government of Ukraine who is desperately trying to get the West involved in his fight......
The Ukrainian government has been known in the past for its corruption and lies
Things might not be as clear as they seems
You Americans are too fast to judge and condemn others countries tie up in very complex situations
Lets first see who was behind all this before going forward with sanctions
You are probably right but just probably......
This is a dangerous situation and a lot of care should be taken in order to avoid manipulations
Putin Tops 2016 Republican Poll
Mar 18, 2014
[In a poll taken in May] Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is an early favorite among Republican voters to become the party’s presidential nominee in 2016.
Since the crisis in Ukraine began, Putin has earned unexpected support from right-wing pundits who see him as a more respected leader than President Barack Obama.
A phone survey of 5,000 registered voters conducted this week showed Putin’s newfound popularity has trickled down to conservative Republican voters, 66 percent of whom favored him over other potential candidates.
“Putin is everything Obama is not: decisive, tough, ballsy and quick thinking,” said Birch Barlow, a Twitter political activist. “Obama hasn’t even invaded any country; he just sends drones to do all the work.”
“Obama didn’t even kill Osama bin Laden; like a pussy, he sent the Marines to do it,” added voter Carlton Banks, whose military expertise comes from reading The Weekly Standard. “I bet Putin would have gone in alone and killed bin Laden with his bare hands. I like a candidate who is willing to kill for his country.”
Read more at: http://dailycurrant.com/2014/03/18/putin-tops-201 … ican-poll/