Ukrainian military are pussies, here's 5 things that they need to do if they ever want Crimea back

     I am astonished that the Ukrainian military gave up all of Crimea without firing a single shot. What a bunch of pansies. Pacifism is such a good principle, right?! I mean, what's the point of having a military to defend your territory if you're not going to even use it? These poor Ukrainians have been brainwashed into thinking that they are taking the morale high ground in this conflict by not fighting. That's exactly what fascists like Vladimir Putin wants them to think, so he can take Crimea without any effort. And now Crimeans and minorities like the Tatars are going to pay the price for Ukraine's cowardliness.
     I know what critics will say "Ukraine can't possibly beat Russia militarily, so they're not even a point in fighting. Ukraine is saving their own lives by not fighting." If people would just crack open a history book once in a while, (which is essential if you want to know anything in international politics), they would see dozens of examples of much weaker countries beating a much stronger country by using guerrilla warfare.
     Ukraine will not get Crimea back by peaceful negotiations with Russia. Putin does not give a flying fuck what anyone in the world says, he will do what he wants, when he wants. He is a former KGB officer, he only understands force and violence. So, logically, Ukraine should respond in a way that Putin understands.

     Here are the things Ukraine needs to do if they ever want Crimea back:
     1. Start defending their territory by launching guerrilla attacks against occupying Russia troops and pro-Russian militia in Crimea. Ukrainian forces can use forests, mountains, and tight urban city locations to their advantage to offset the advantage Russia has with more troops, more advanced artillery, tanks, and air superiority. Remember, Ukraine doesn't need to invade all the way to Moscow to win. They just need to make it so difficult for Russian troops to stay in Crimea that it would be too costly for them to continue to occupy it. They need to do such attacks as hit and run attacks, roadside bombings, sniping, ambushes, destroying supply chains, assassinating top Russian military officers, sabotage equipment, stealing military equipment, etc, etc, you get the idea. The Russians invading are not wearing Russian military uniforms, so why should Ukraine have to? Ukrainian forces should wear civilian clothes and camouflage in the civilian population, as to offset Russia's military advantage. Under no circumstances should Ukrainian forces target innocent, unarmed civilians. They are not the enemy; Russian soldiers are. Killing civilians is a waste of time and resources, doesn't do any good to anyone, and only alienates your cause.
     2. Start over the border attacks against Russian forces on the Ukrainian-Russian border. This will force Russia to divert some of its forces to defend its border, instead of it all concentrating just on Crimea. The Ukrainian-Russian border is very long so it will be extremely difficult for Russia to defend it all. The attacks should be in the exact same style as the attacks listed in #1.
     3. Encourage other people that are also under Russian occupation to also start trying to liberate themselves from Russian fascism. The people I have in mind are the Crimean Tatars, the Chechnyans, and the Georgians. They will leap for the opportunity to shackle off their cruel oppressors, and the fact that Russia will already be fighting an enemy on two fronts, (Ukranians in Crimea and Ukrainians on their western border), will make it easier for them to fight since they will not be alone.
     4. Ask for military, political, and economic aid from the West. The West wants to see Russia weakened and not emboldened to take more territory from Ukraine or any other country. But they do not want to send in their own troops to make that happen. So, that fact that Ukraine and other people will be fighting Russia on multiple fronts will make them say "Hey, these guys are doing what we want to do but can't. Let's give them anything they need in order to beat Russia!"    
     5. Ask the West to continue their political isolation and economic sanctions against Russia. The sanctions and political isolation that has already began is a start, but it is not enough. The West needs to make Russia hurt in their wallet, to show them that wars of aggression, blatant shitty and insulting propaganda, and fascism will have a heavy price. It is a simple equation of economics: The West needs to make Russia hurt so bad that any gains they would get from occupying Crimea will be offset by the negative consequences of that action.

     So there you have it. 5 easy to read steps in ordinary English that would help Ukraine get Crimea back. Russia has a history of being beaten by weaker guerrilla forces, (Afghanistan, 1st Chechen War, etc). Will Ukraine do these steps? Based on their current actions, (they're surrendering even faster than the French usually do), I think not. They have been too brainwashed by radical liberalism. They think using violence is evil no matter what the circumstances, and somehow being a totally cowardly pussy is morally superior than fighting for your family, friends, and country. Sorry, people of Crimea. Your government and military failed you.            

Russia done fucked up several times recently

      It's not a good time to be Russia right now. Sure, they won the 2014 Winter Olympics, but honestly, who the fuck cares about the Olympics, which is a contest to how much countries can spend on their athletes, rather than the skill of the athletes themselves, (Do you notice how it's almost always the rich countries who win? WHAT A COINCIDENCE?!?! But I digress, that is an issue for another post).
      Aside from winning the Olympics, Russia has made a series of internal and foreign policy blunders within the last couple of months. I think it's showing to a lot of people around the world that Russia is not the "good alternative" to buddying up to the U.S. Russia may talk smack about U.S. war crimes and acts of terrorism, but at the end of the day, they do the exact same thing, just to different countries. So let's go through the list of recent Russian DANG FLABBITs, shall we?

      1. Picking the wrong side in the Ukraine revolution.     
      Yep, they just bet on the wrong horse on this one. From the beginning, the Russian government supported the now deposed "President" of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. They did this because they wanted to keep their "special" relationship to Yanukovych's government. They could not tolerate even the mere chance that someone else that could run the government would not give them all the same benefits that Yanukovych did. The Russians went about the narration of the conflict with their usual pathetically weak propaganda: that the anti-government protesters were just a bunch of "Nazi pro-Western stooges." (I'm not making this up, Google it. You can't get any better than this. WHO KNEW that Ukraine had a bunch of people that are Nazis yet love the countries that defeated the Nazis, right? RIGHT?!).
     The Russians continuously backed their story that the Ukrainian "security" forces had the right to use violence against the protesters. Figures, considering they're fascist bastards. And when the evidence kept and keeps pouring and pouring in that the police were shooting unarmed people, kidnapping people out of their homes in the dead of night, torturing them, beating them, etc, etc, the Russians just had no answer for all that. They fumbled furiously for a coherent rebuttal in their state narrative, but it was hollow and thin. Everyone could see it was just complete and utter bullshit. Now Putin, even with his comrades' gold Olympic medals, is avoiding the spotlight. He's just hoping people forget the whole thing and leave him alone to hunt bears in the wilderness without a shirt on.

      2. Oppressing gay Russians.
      Who thought that in today's political climate was it a good idea to persecute gays? Let me be clear: It's never a good idea to do so. But doing so today, with the recent gains gays have made in equality in the U.S., and the media spotlight already in Russia because of the Olympics, is extra damaging to the Russian image.  Russian gays are fleeing the country in droves because they can't stand life there.
     Some examples of Russian oppression against gays would be:

• denying gay couples the ability to adopt Russian-born children.
• allowing policemen to arrest anyone who is "suspected of being gay" and detain them for up to two weeks. 
• Saying anything in defense of gays is considered "pornography."        
• Taking away children from their parents if the parents are suspected of being gay, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/russias-anti-gay-crackdown.html?_r=0
• Denying parade/march requests from organizations suspected of asking for equality for gays. 
• Calling homosexuality the same as pedophilia, http://www.policymic.com/articles/58649/russia-s-anti-gay-law-spelled-out-in-plain-english  

     3. Having police whip members of Pussy Riot in public.
     Even if you don't like Pussy Riot's goals and/or tactics, having policemen whip unarmed women in the streets for everyone to watch is a really fucking dumb thing to do, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10649037/Pussy-Riot-attacked-with-whips-by-police-at-Sochi.html
     Pussy Riot is a very widely known band/advocacy group. Again, with dozens of cameras rolling on them because they were performing in Sochi, it's only going to lower Russia's image around the world to publicly whip them, detain them for several hours, and then let them go because they didn't do anything wrong. This only strengthens the narrative that Russia is ruthless in repressing any criticism. They have made some gains since they were the Soviet Union, but not by much it seems.

     4. Picking the wrong side in the Syrian revolution.
     Russia has been the lifeline for the Syrian government during their attempt to squash the revolution. Sure, Hezbollah and Iran have sent men to Syria to fight the rebels, but Russia has poured and poured vast amounts of Soviet era weapons to Bashar Assad. Without the seemingly endless supply of Russian weapons, there would be no way that Assad could keep up the amount of bombardments that he has been dishing out for years now.
     But what makes Assad the wrong choice in the revolution? Well, I could write a whole paper on that, so I'll give you the short version. Assad was not elected to power; he inherited the throne from his daddy. So that makes him an illegitimate ruler, because the people did not elect him to power. Therefore, the Syrian people have the right to use force against him since he did not hold free and fair elections. It doesn't matter if there are some radical rebel elements in the many groups fighting against Assad. That doesn't take away the Syrian peoples' right to use force against Assad.
     Back in 2011, the Syrian people peacefully asked for free and fair elections. And what did Assad do? He sent his soldiers in, and they shot and killed thousands of them, they kidnapped others from their homes, tortured them, maimed them, raped them, and mutilated them. He took away their right to assemble, their right to speech, their right to choose what government rules them, their right to bear arms, right to free press, right to petition their government, right not to have soldiers in their houses, right to be secure, etc, the list just goes on and on. I mean, this guy is just fucking sick. You are fucking sick if you can see all the horrible thing Assad has done to his people and still support this dude.
     Yes, the radical rebels are bad, but Assad's crimes are 10 times worse. He has more power, so he has more opportunity to deal damage. Anything the radical rebels have done bad, Assad has already done 10 times as bad. The radical rebels have caused pain and chaos for 3 years; The Assad regime has caused pain and suffering for more than 4 decades. The Syrian people deserve the right to govern themselves. Nothing can change that fact. If they gotta beat Assad, the radical rebels, Iran, and Hezbollah, then so be it.

So yeah, that's why the Russian government, (not the Russian people), and specifically Vladmir Putin, completely suck dick.

 
      

We must support the oppressed Uighurs in China

Last week, tensions flared in China's Xinjiang province between the autocratic Communist government and the Uighur minority that they repress.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/china/40306444_1_lukqun-xinjiang-east-turkestan

The Chinese government accuses the Uighurs of committing "terrorist acts," which, like 95% of what the Chinese government says, is complete fucking bullshit. Governments have thrown the word "terrorist" around so much in recent decades that basically the word has lost all meaning. If you see the word in any publication or article, an alert should beep in your head, saying "BS! BS!"

As I've described in my past posts, terrorism is an attack on unarmed civilians. Therefore, by definition, you cannot commit a terrorist attack against military or government targets. If you attack one of those two targets, then it is an act of war, and you become a rebel against the government, not a terrorist.

The article above says that the Uighurs attacked police stations. A logical place to attack, seeing it as the policemen in China are the ones oppressing, kidnapping, torturing, and repressing the people of China. The policemen cannot do all those things to Chinese civilians, and then cry foul when they decide to fight back.

China, being a country who views people as little more than commodities and resources to use in order to get more wealth for itself, wants to take away the Uighurs' right to life and right to defend themselves. They view humans, especially religious and ethnic minorities, as being sub-human, and therefore do not deserve to enjoy basic human rights. They use the resources that the Uighur communities live in, but the Uighurs never see any of the benefit from the sale and use of these resources. In effect, the Chinese are stealing their resources and wealth. They do not allow the Uighurs to practice their religion freely.

So, what should we Americans do about this? Well, a look at our American values will help us answer this question. As a people who's nation was born out of the shaking off of tyranny and oppression, we must stand with the Uighurs in their fight for freedom and independence. It is absolutely sickening that the U.S. is with the Chinese government against the Uighurs. It is another sign that this current government has betrayed our American values for power and money.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/07/16/72000/uighur-detainees-us-helped-chinese.html#.UdRNdZxJmUM

The article above says that the U.S. helped Chinese authorities interrogate and torture Uighurs.

Here are some steps we can take to help the Uighurs and to get our government to stop in aiding their oppression:

1. Call your senator, representative, the White House, and demand that the government respect the rights of all people, regardless of race or religion, to be free and able to elect their own system of government. The U.S. government, on American principles, must stop aiding the Chinese oppression and all trade with China. Seem radical? Fuck yeah its radical. Extreme situations call for extreme remedies. The Chinese government taxes all goods coming to and from the US. They can use that tax money to pay more police officers to oppress Uighurs, buy more weapons, more military vehicles, more government goons, etc. So when we buy something that is made in China, we are funding Uighur oppression.
Now, I realize that 90% of the things we buy is made in China. So realistically, we cannot buy nothing from China. All I ask is that you limit the amount that you buy from China as realistically as you can without creating hardship for yourself. The less we buy from China, the less money they have to oppress not only the Uighurs but all of their citizens.

2.Educate yourself about the Uighurs. People won't listen to you if you don't know what you're talking about! The Uighurs are not a common household name that people will recognize like British or French. So read up on Chinese history, the background of the conflict, and the conflict as it is today.

3.Spread awareness about the situation in Xinjiang. Most people, due to censorship by the U.S. and Chinese government and media, have no idea about what the Uighurs are going through. The media hardly ever reports on it, and when they do, they just demonize the Uighurs as "Muslim terrorists." We must counter this censorship by sharing articles and information about the Uighur struggle, and say that no, they are not terrorists, they are simply human beings who want freedom and independence, same as every other human wants.