To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (107429 ) 9/6/2014 5:04:41 AM From: Haim R. Branisteanu Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 219586 As a follow up to my previous past I would like to remind any one that the more recent history whereby nations within Europe tried to get free of the Russian oppression, where faced with a murderous indiscriminate retribution by slaughtering thousand of innocent civilians. I think many on this tread never heard of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or Imre Nagy which I mentioned briefly in one of my previous posts. Hungary with a population of about 8 million people suffered badly from this invasion over 2,500 to 3,000 killed dead bodies dragged on the streets of Budapest by the invading army armored troop carriers (same as it was done in the middle ages and before), and a very long list of heinous crimes committed by the invading army with over 15,000 person maimed or wounded.en.wikipedia.org renaissanceresearch.blogspot.co.il As mentioned before I personally as a kid witnessed the long rows of armored troops rumbling into Hungary and heard of the atrocities committed, which I am lost of words to describe. I am also certain that many forgot who Alexander Dubcek was and the Prague Spring of 1968/9 at least a less bloody confrontation than that of Hungary in 1956, but with the same tragic results, under a different Soviet tyrant Leonid Brezhnev.with the same deception tactics as they are used now in Ukraine.en.wikipedia.org blogs.lt.vt.edu What puzzles me why this total disregard of people's lives attitude of the NATO leaders and why the complete ignorance of what is happening in Ukraine. 28 NATO members, 60 nations assembled in the UK few this week what they where thinking? We are at the same point of infliction of 1956 or 1968 same desire with the same bloody response from the same Evil Empire for the same reasons as before youtube.com Again and again people are sacrificed for the simple reason of asking for more freedom and escape the oppression instilled on them by the Varangians Dynasty in its various forms and ideology or otherwise named with a general name of the same Evil Empire as Reagan defined them which sums up the same theme enslaving and payment of tribute to their masters.We are not weak and stupid! welt.de Putin has begun an undeclared war. He calls out to the West as a community of values. Our democracies must learn to be armed at last. Democracies need sometimes longer because of their credulity. But they can be resolved. The Germans are afraid. This is nothing new, because actually we are a country of fearful, insecure, doubting. Only recently has demonstrated a history of optimism and a cheerful stability, which appeared like a small miracle. 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the peaceful (!) Collapse of the Soviet Union but, this incredible epochal break, the Germans begin again to get scared. Not because of the euro crisis, although the noise is heard over a deteriorating economy again. No, it is the fear of something previously unimaginable: that of crisis and confrontation could be war. And who has a name: Putin. Eight out of ten Germans perceive the behavior of Russia in Ukraine conflict as threatening. Eight out of ten Germans understand now Putin so after an initial grace than what he is: an unpredictable aggressor who breaks diplomatic and international legal rules. Has finally begun an undeclared war. These large scales are so pleased by many eyes. The time for illusions and reassurances, but also of looking away is over. Being realistic, that happens here something unheard of, is the first step to self-conscious and considered action.The Germans feel threatened by Putin In their fear and their discomfort, the Germans did not lose his head. On the contrary: An enormously high approval to NATO by 89 percent in the military alliance sees the great guarantee for peace in Europe. That 56 percent want a larger responsibility of NATO in the case of Ukraine, has in the core indicate military deterrent, a erachtetes unnecessary tools from long ago. Of course there is no offensive impact in surveys these days. So the Germans are not. But why are they eternal cowards? Just because they refuse additional sanctions as well as additional NATO troops in Eastern Europe and Ukraine's membership in NATO? But these are precisely the points that must address the policy, as it already provides weapons to the Kurds, what else a majority of Germans believe they can refuse. You have not Putin be thankful that he not only militarily and economically challenging the West, but also morally and ethically, yes civilization as a community of values. We should stop looking at us in the face of unbridled aggression autocratic as stupid or weaker. Even democracies are fortified. You need because of their good faith and their prosperity convenience only sometimes longer, to see the writing on the wall