"Back in the USSR"
Could Vladimir Putin be humming this song as he goes about his business?
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
They leave the West behind,
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
That Georgia's always on my mind."
He certainly embraced Georgia a few years ago and now he's definitely looking to leave the West behind in Ukraine. He owns Moscow. What a change that humming would be in the unlikely event that he has a musical bent. Early in his autocratic reign, in May 2003, Paul McCartney had a concert in Red Square and was able to sing his song right there for the first time. The crowd went wild. Can you imagine the seething Putin hearing about it, probably from Medvedev who is a devoted and knowledgeable popular music fan and no doubt took the opportunity to be there if he was allowed.
As is well known,Ukraine is moving toward a tentative form of civil war in some Eastern regions. The Odessa turmoil was a shock to some degree as it is in the southern part of Ukraine toward the middle of the country. It is a vital port and industrial area, but the majority of the population is pro-Ukraine and not pro-Russian. That may be said to a lesser extent for the Eastern areas as well, but the pro-Russian militias there have been well organized and well supplied and many of the leaders are trained veterans of the Russian and Ukraine armies.
Unfortunately events are playing out in Ukraine just as forecast here in blogs beginning in February. The dreaded last piece of the puzzle is for Putin's forces to actually take the step of invading openly, no longer playing just the subversive role. The world awaits Putin's next step, and will watch the response of the U.S. and Europe, and the divisions between the two that may become visible.
We will watch as well.
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
They leave the West behind,
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
That Georgia's always on my mind."
He certainly embraced Georgia a few years ago and now he's definitely looking to leave the West behind in Ukraine. He owns Moscow. What a change that humming would be in the unlikely event that he has a musical bent. Early in his autocratic reign, in May 2003, Paul McCartney had a concert in Red Square and was able to sing his song right there for the first time. The crowd went wild. Can you imagine the seething Putin hearing about it, probably from Medvedev who is a devoted and knowledgeable popular music fan and no doubt took the opportunity to be there if he was allowed.
As is well known,Ukraine is moving toward a tentative form of civil war in some Eastern regions. The Odessa turmoil was a shock to some degree as it is in the southern part of Ukraine toward the middle of the country. It is a vital port and industrial area, but the majority of the population is pro-Ukraine and not pro-Russian. That may be said to a lesser extent for the Eastern areas as well, but the pro-Russian militias there have been well organized and well supplied and many of the leaders are trained veterans of the Russian and Ukraine armies.
Unfortunately events are playing out in Ukraine just as forecast here in blogs beginning in February. The dreaded last piece of the puzzle is for Putin's forces to actually take the step of invading openly, no longer playing just the subversive role. The world awaits Putin's next step, and will watch the response of the U.S. and Europe, and the divisions between the two that may become visible.
We will watch as well.
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