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> National borders are (mostly) sharp, so either you're being invaded or you aren't. See Russia-Ukraine war. "Uprising" starts using weapons made in Russia. Th
by ajuc 10y ago
> National borders are (mostly) sharp, so either you're being invaded or you aren't.
See Russia-Ukraine war. "Uprising" starts using weapons made in Russia. They say it's not them. Do you nuke them over it?
How about later, when they carved out the part they like, and admit it was them all along, but promise "we won't go further". Do you nuke them?
How about when they formally annex that part?
It's called salami tactics, and it unfortunately works. That's why you need conventional army to defend. Well, at least if you live in a region with 19th century-style empire wannabe.
- sevenless 10y agoThe Ukraine annexation by Russia was supported by most of the local residents, though. The way to resolve situations where regions of the country want to become independent or join another nation is by allowing them to vote on secession.
- ajuc 10y agoThe referendum was performed with Russian army and some local thugs overseeing it with guns ready, I'm not 100% sure it was representative, but let's not argue about that here, it's offtopic anyway, because Russia didn't only invaded parts with Russian majority. Russia also invaded parts of Ukraine that had Ukrainian majority, and war still goes on there (just less intensive). There's nothing preventing them from invading still more parts. So "let's just give away contested territories" is not a good solution - because if 30% minority is contested territory- then after giving it away - it will be contested territory for the other side as well. We've tried this after WW1 and it didn't worked.