Important reminder that there is genuine, organic constituency for pro-Russian rebels in eastern UKR http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n17/keith-gessen/why-not-kill-them-all …
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Replying to @chrislhayes
@chrislhayes Yep. Big mistake to see this through prism of Great Power chess game & ignore complexity on the ground.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@chrislhayes Great Power chess game created this on-the-ground complexity in the first place--as authoritarian empires often do.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @haroldpollack
@haroldpollack@chrislhayes In some ways calls to mind Israel debates. Whatever happened in 1948, have to deal with tangle of people now.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@haroldpollack@chrislhayes Yes. Are we still shocked to discover that authoritarian ideas/entities can attract a mass movement?1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
@yeselson @haroldpollack @chrislhayes Yes & it's exactly at such contested borderlands that authoritarian identity politics flourish
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