Fear and loathing in the Ukraine: The nation may be on the brink of civil war, despite overtures from the government to get rid of some stringent anti-protesting laws that started the insurrection..

The ex-president of the Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, says the nation is in a very dangerous place right now.. 

Judging from images and reports from the nation, we couldn’t agree more..

And while the world media reports the protests as though they are new (American media isn’t really reporting a thing about them!) it’s worth noting that they go back further than what some may think..

Tensions have been boiling for some time, and in December, if you recall, protesters in Ukraine topped a statue of Lenin..