Thursday - February 20, 2014

peaceful protestors carrying weapons and molotove cocktails burn cars and bldgs in ukraine

Ukraine riots … 27 dead, 9 of those being police.

Not my country and not any of my business. But how can I not be interested when it’s on the cover of all my papers.  Thankful I don’t have TV or else I imagine this is all we’d be seeing. Over and over. The thing of it is and what gets to me, is how the language is used and has been used since the 60s. 
Rent a mobs have become “activists” and “protesters”.  Every time I see or hear those two words, I want to look for a gun.

OK … I can see where there are people who have gripes and who will protest and yell and carry signs expressing their pov.  But among the few are many who are quite simply anarchists and criminals getting their kicks and 15 minute of fame.

This article has 56 stunning photos you should see.

As I understand it, what this is all about is a demand to reduce the powers of the president but an even bigger demand is an economic break from Moscow in favor of ties to the EU.  There’s a trade and political deal with the EU, that the president of the Ukraine had turned away from.  Meanwhile …. the EU is threatening sanctions because I suppose they just don’t like being left at the alter.  They also oppose the violence and have made up their collective minds as to who is guilty of starting it all.
And as we all know already, the violence is always but always the fault of the government.  Never mind the ass wipes throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at the police.  A mob gathers and the ones who are peaceful, or would like to be, are always outnumbered by the thrill seekers who have found a convenient issue in whose name they feel free to burn cars and building and attack …..  well I guess attack anything that strikes their fancy. But all in the name of freedom of course. 

Meanwhile, Moscow is blaming Western politicians, saying that the mobs are the “direct result of the connivance” by them.  I haven’t a clue if that’s right or not.  Ya know, sometimes even folks we don’t like or agree with can be right.  So who knows?  Personally, that really does appear far fetched.  Dontcha think? 

As for rent a mobs … yeah. I do buy that.  Happens everywhere. Take a look at this photo.  The caption in the paper read, Young and Angry: A boy equipped for violence. Oh right.  This little piss ant is angry … at what exactly?  Are his taxes too high?  Not enough milk in his diet?  Yeah I’m sure he really is concerned and quite put out that his president wants to turn his back on the EU, and he understands all the issues being argued over and especially the economic ones.  Gimme a break.  Kids this young know from beans.
But he’s encouraged by adults and a conservative paper publishes his photo with a caption that might have us believe he has a side to fight.

Flames of hate in Kiev: 25 DEAD as Ukrainian protesters armed with rocks, Molotov cocktails and even crossbows clash with police

· 20,000 protesters on Kiev’s Independence Square responded to riot police with petrol bombs, fireworks and stones
· At least 150 demonstrators were injured and it was claimed that 13 police officers suffered gunshot wounds
· Officers used tear gas and stun grenades during the confrontation with protesters, according to reports
· Independence Square resembled a battle zone with black smoke and flames belching from a trade union building
· President Viktor Yanukovych blames opposition for increase in violence and urges its leaders to ‘stop the conflict’
· Disturbance erupted as opposition accused government of stalling reform that would decrease president’s powers
· Riot police stormed an ant-government camp in a bid to end the disturbance which has left dozens injured
By Wills Robinson and Will Stewart

Pitched battles between armed riot police and anti-government protesters hurling petrol bombs left at least 25 dead and over 240 injured in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Tuesday night.

Nine officers and at least 14 demonstrators died amid the carnage in Independence Square after a planned parliamentary debate to curb the sweeping powers enjoyed by pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych was delayed.

( what all law abiding protesters bring to a party )

According to the Health ministry, 241 people have been left with injuries needing hospital treatment, including 79 policemen and five journalists.
Camera footage showed appalling acts of violence – including activists throwing riot officers out of a police van and a protester fleeing the fighting engulfed in flames.

( injured police. what happens when you use rubber bullets. you lose. )

Around 20,000 protestors fought against police officers, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing ‘Glory to Ukraine’. Horrifying pictures also showed several floors of a trade union building, used as an anti-government headquarters, had been set on fire.

( Liceman says, I never leave home without one. )

Yanukovych blamed opposition leaders for the latest increase of violence and, after failed overnight talks with the opposition, urged its leaders to ‘distance themselves from radical forces’, saying it was ‘not too late to stop the conflict’.

( one of the many peaceful ‘activists’ making his point known )

In a statement published online early Wednesday, Yanukovych said that he had already made several attempts to compromise, but that opposition leaders ‘crossed a line when they called people to arms’.

more to see including videos

Why authorities think that water cannon and rubber bullets and tear gas is a better response than live ammo and napalm is beyond my understanding.
Why do they worry so about causing boo-boos to the vile and violent anarchist scum?  So what if the police delete a few thousand.  It might make for a more stable society and a happier one as well.  The same ppl who would without hesitation or thought kill a cop or burn down a building, is the very same person who’d as soon burn down your house or business or do you in as well. 

Posted by peiper     on 02/20/2014 at 05:14 AM   
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