> The argument here is that USA cannot claim moral high ground when USA is actively committing the same act. I guess I just don't consider an annexation from t

> The argument here is that USA cannot claim moral high ground when USA is actively committing the same act. I guess I just don't consider an annexation from the 1840s to be "active" the same way I think of one from the 2010s. > Reasonable arguments outside court Sure. And I think most reasonable external observers agree that Putin has likely ordered the assassination of at least several of his critics.