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> they can always leave - the war ends literally the second they turn their tanks around and drive home I wonder if that's actually realistically true. The ci
by foverzar 4y ago
> they can always leave - the war ends literally the second they turn their tanks around and drive home
I wonder if that's actually realistically true.
The civil war has been going on for far longer and it will have to be dealt with. Ukrainian government seems to have also been signaling that its goal is to liberate Crimea, so this is also something that will be going on.
- smegger001 4y agohome here being Russia not mearly Ukrainian land the Russians have been illegally occupying for a bit longer.
- foverzar 4y agoYeah, let our imagination run wild and suppose this happens. How would you deal with the Crimeans who got overly cozy showered with Russian Oil/Gas money?
- actionfromafar 4y agoThey would end up in court, but more likely they will flee while the bridge to Russia still stands.
- foverzar 4y agoDo you actually plan to court martial sizable fractions of population? I'm just curious why do you suppose that there would be no friction or resistance.
- actionfromafar 4y ago+1 for your question. Maybe I misunderstood who you meant. I was thinking about business leaders striking lucrative deals, mayors appointed by the Russian administration, and so on. I think there will probably be some resistance, but once the Russian troops leave Crimea, I can't see a popular uprising against the Ukraine as a state or something like that. Time will tell. I don't think Russia can hold Crimea in the long run. I'm not qualified to even guess, but when did that stop anybody?! :-D I think it's likely Kiev will control Crimea within 24 months.