I think people are viscerally responding to the invasion and bombings, less so the political status of a region. Annexation isn't the distinctive feature here.

I think people are viscerally responding to the invasion and bombings, less so the political status of a region. Annexation isn't the distinctive feature here. Lots of people protested the Iraq war, around the world, and it didn't have anything to do with annexation. Civilian lives is what matters.