The current Eurasian Union movement is
a providence of Vladimir Putin and his neo-Eurasianists. It is not a new
concept, having roots in the 1920’s and again during the years leading up to
the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Eurasian Union will challenge
destiny (European Union) and forge its future down in the Crimea. .Empire is
back! Can it defend its turf!
The Russian president has put 150,000
troops on alert to assess battle readiness as the Russian flag is hoisted over
the parliament in Simferopol.
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| Empire is Back in fashion. It's the EU verses the EU. A tussle over contested zones will determine new frontiers for the coming decades if not a century. Some things never change. |
From the Crimean conflict of 1853 to battleship
Potemkin 1902, the Russian civil war 1917-21
and the Yalta conference to carve up post WW2 Europe, the Crimea is at the
heart of imperial ambitions for this region.
Days are
long past for Turkey to go on bended knee to France requesting European Union
membership. Russia offers past glory and most of all energy power for allegiance
to the Eurasian club. There is even no
longer a Turkish given for NATO.
Can Ukraine
split into west and east! Can Moscow force a Ukrainian return to the Russian fold!
Of course
it can for both options but the first option is highly improbable.
White
Russian forces that fought the Red army 1917-21 discovered Moscow’s resolve
when it comes to protecting the Crimea. And, the Ukrainian war of independence
as it was called then resulted in millions being sent to the grave.
Western armchair
generals (politicians) who egg-on nationalists in Lviv and Kiev should also
warn there will be no second charge for either the light or heavy brigades at Balaklava.
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