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But don't they have the right of self-determination if they want to join Russia?
by koheripbal 5y ago
But don't they have the right of self-determination if they want to join Russia?
- pc86 5y agoThey can move to Russia. They have as much right to move Crimea to Russia as citizens of Maine do to leave the US and join Canada - e.g. not much. This is all hypothetical though. What happened in reality is that Russia rolled tanks into a neighboring sovereign country, invading it, and stole a part of it. It's a blatant and egregious act of war.
- mrguyorama 5y agoI was just about to say: The vast majority of northern maine, including most of my family, is "French Canadian", some of them even having French as a first language. Go ahead and try telling them they should belong to Canada and it wouldn't be a big deal if Canada invaded and annexed them. You won't have many friends
- pc86 5y agoI'm not sure how you can get that sentiment from my comment.
- mrguyorama 5y agoI was agreeing, not disagreeing
- VictorPath 5y agoSomeone should tell that to the Kosovans who broke off from Serbia 14 years ago, to jubilation in the US and western Europe.
- estaseuropano 5y agoThat was a different context though, with ongoing civil war and strife and no foreign takeover but rather a local independence movement. And there is no point debating this here but your summary is very one sided.
- lr1970 5y ago> That was a different context though, with ongoing civil war and strife and no foreign takeover Not quite a take over but NATO bombing of Serbia does count as foreign interference.