View Single Post
Old 05-08-2014, 09:04 AM   #1202
FlamesAddiction
Franchise Player
 
FlamesAddiction's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Itse View Post
In any case, there's a chance Ukraine goes full Yugoslavia pretty soon.

This is a pretty good comparison (IMO) of the Ukraine situation to Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/arti...ext-yugoslavia

There are definitely similarities, but also some crucial differences. One difference is that the Russian side simply holds the power here. I can't see the war being as prolonged in Ukraine because Russia will simply blitzkrieg the whole country before it gets to that. In Yugoslavia, there was no one to fill the power vacuum.
__________________
"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
FlamesAddiction is online now   Reply With Quote