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Khrushchev, who was a fully integrated Ukrainian multiculturalist, served on the [[Politburo]] to represent Ukrainian interests and eventually rose to head of state. Khrushchev rewarded Ukraine with the Crimea (without a plebiscite of its Russian ethnic majority) in 1954 because he believed communist ideology had defeated Ukrainian ethno-fascism for all time. Khrushchev won his position in the Soviet hierarchy because he organized the Ukrainian ''against'' the Germans ''and'' [[Banderist]]s - the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] - which (1) served the Waffen SS, (2) organized the Ukrainian parliament in 1992, (3) took over the Democratic Ethnic Outreach Council (DEOC) after Clinton's recognition of Ukraine in 1994, and which Alexandra Chalupa is a director; (here's an interesting item from 1988, ''[https://www.jta.org/1988/09/26/archive/ex-nazis-among-leadership-ranks-of-republican-outreach-groups Ex-nazis Among Leadership Ranks of Republican Outreach Groups]''; those same ex-Nazis and their ideology have now, for the past 25 years, been in the leadership ranks of the Democratic party, Chalupa and Vindman being two of the most visible).

Khrushchev, who was a fully integrated Ukrainian multiculturalist, served on the [[Politburo]] to represent Ukrainian interests and eventually rose to head of state. Khrushchev rewarded Ukraine with the Crimea (without a plebiscite of its Russian ethnic majority) in 1954 because he believed communist ideology had defeated Ukrainian ethno-fascism for all time. Khrushchev won his position in the Soviet hierarchy because he organized the Ukrainian ''against'' the Germans ''and'' [[Banderist]]s - the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] - which (1) served the Waffen SS, (2) organized the Ukrainian parliament in 1992, (3) took over the Democratic Ethnic Outreach Council (DEOC) after Clinton's recognition of Ukraine in 1994, and which Alexandra Chalupa is a director; (here's an interesting item from 1988, ''[https://www.jta.org/1988/09/26/archive/ex-nazis-among-leadership-ranks-of-republican-outreach-groups Ex-nazis Among Leadership Ranks of Republican Outreach Groups]''; those same ex-Nazis and their ideology have now, for the past 25 years, been in the leadership ranks of the Democratic party, Chalupa and Vindman being two of the most visible).

Bottomline: We should be careful about pandering to anti-Russian [[xenophobe]]s on the issue of the Ukrainian language. It is exactly what the want, and it's being used as a prime issue to impeach a president and overturn American democracy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 15:14, 23 November 2019 (EST)

Bottomline: We should be careful about pandering to anti-Russian [[xenophobe]]s on the issue of the Ukrainian language. It is exactly what they want, and it's being used as a prime issue to impeach a president and overturn American democracy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 15:14, 23 November 2019 (EST)