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They 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
by pc86 5y ago
They 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.