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posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 03 2014, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-funny-to-say dept.

wantkitteh writes:

"The BBC is reporting that Russia has given Ukrainian military forces in Crimea a deadline of 3AM Tuesday morning to surrender or face assault. Moscow claims the position is to protect Russian civilians in Crimea following what it describes as the illegal coup in the past weeks. The Ukrainian Prime Minister has denounced Russia's actions as totally illegal and has called on it's allies to put pressure on Moscow. Russian military readiness in the area is very high with a blockade in place at Ukraine's naval headquarters and pre-positioned air and ground forces already in central locations around Crimea. Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and unprepared to face the threat. Demonstrations in the largely Russian-speaking area have supported Moscow's position while outside the area civilians are scared of what the future holds."

From the article:

Russia's military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until dawn on Tuesday to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. The head of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Aleksander Vitko set the deadline and also threatened two warships, Ukrainian officials said. However, Interfax news agency later quoted a fleet spokesman who denied that any ultimatum had been issued. Moscow has said its troops are needed in Crimea to protect civilians. The Kremlin says people in Crimea have come under threat from "ultra-nationalists" since pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last month. Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by edIII on Monday March 03 2014, @09:34PM

    by edIII (791) on Monday March 03 2014, @09:34PM (#10249)

    Was about to say....

    I was going to ask who was going to invade the US. Not complaining or anything, just want to know what money will be used in my wallet so I can start converting.

    God knows the US economy is just a worthless piece of shit being managed by cronyism.

    Personally, I'm hoping Canada. I like real Maple Syrup and Tim Horton's.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Monday March 03 2014, @10:47PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 03 2014, @10:47PM (#10301)

    WRT Canada I like their health care system. Cheaper than ours by half yet people live longer and get better treatment.

    And WRT their cuisine, I've eaten this poutine thing and I'm convinced its just like Haggis, as long as no one tells me whats in there, I'll enjoy eating it.

    Remember the neocons before WWIII in the middle east or Vietnam-II or whatever its called where they claimed the locals would throw rose petals at us the whole time when we invaded (although it turned out to be IEDs and grenades rather than rose petals...) Well I'm convinced that if Canada invaded and took over about 99% of the population would be like "Eh? Cool!". Just don't F with the sports, the Bubba's down here love their football and baseball and no one in Florida is going to take up ice hockey anyway.

    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Monday March 03 2014, @11:32PM

      by edIII (791) on Monday March 03 2014, @11:32PM (#10333)

      Health care is why Obama is the biggest idiot on the planet.

      You don't fix a product or service by forcing more people to buy it. You fix that product or service by fixing the product or service.

      The US is 46th in the world in terms of health care performance, and we are only around 30% for effectiveness. The top performers are in the 90's and I don't think a single reputable country is really less than 70. It's an ugly ugly fact that not all Americans can have health care. We simply don't have the money to satisfy that much demand for inefficiency via corruption and expensive middle men.

      OTOH, if you just work on the efficiency part of it, the US has so much room to grow in that regard.

      If Canada announced they were going to invade with their health care, I might start to sob as it would benefit us all so much more than the idiotic horror show the politicians have put on.

      Ohhh, poutine. I'm totally with you on that. But DON'T forget Tim Horton's. Seriously. America has no idea how to donut. I figured that out with one trip to Vancouver.

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