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Russia has every right to intervene in Ukraine
I would like to respond to two articles in your April 24 edition, “Transcending the anger and injustice” and “Will Russia missile deal with Iran end Israel’s silence on Ukraine?”
Avner Eliyahu Romm
Unlike the artificial “rainbow nation” in South Africa (a country with completely different nations with completely different traditions and which, as a country, is a result of an agreement between the British and the Boers, which ended the Second Anglo-Boer War), Ukraine is the birthplace of the Russian nation.
It should have a good relationship with Russia and is a victim of foreign powers forcefully ousting a democratically-elected government and installing a self-hating fascist one (which supports the same criminals who murdered Jews during the Second World War).
So, Russia has every reason to intervene in Ukraine, something which regrettably it doesn’t. There are only Russian, Chechen, Serb and other volunteers fighting for the democratic pro-Russian side, while there are Western, Croatian, other Chechen and ISIS volunteers for the regime’s side.
Israel should, of course, defend Jews in East Ukraine; Israel was created to defend Jews, and of course Israel has no reason to support a Western-installed regime which glorifies those who fought on the Nazi side during the war.
As for statues and xenophobia in South Africa: I have never heard about any xenophobic attacks during apartheid. I hope and pray that the Cape will achieve independence following the 2016 municipal elections, and I hope and pray that statues of great people will stay or be installed, while those which don’t belong in the Cape (those of Mandela, Chris Hani and Queen Victoria) will be removed.
Jerusalem
David
May 5, 2015 at 8:24 am
‘I admit a total lack of knowledge of Ukraine history — however I cannot accept the need for Russia to intervene in a sovereign country , whether we like him or not, fascist or not, supported by Croatian ,Chechen and ISIS volunteers or not . I do however understand that Russians form a minority within Ukraine, which tends to diametrically oppose Avner’s belief that Russia should intervene.
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