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> And then Vancouver saying Au Revoir and joining the US. More specifically, Victoria and Vancouver Island with its naval bases joining the US outright, and Van
by _kbh_ 3y ago
> And then Vancouver saying Au Revoir and joining the US. More specifically, Victoria and Vancouver Island with its naval bases joining the US outright, and Vancouver city becoming a "Republic of Vancouver" besieged by Canadian army.
If this is meant to be Crimea you have seemingly left the part out where the Americans invade with tanks and guns and hold rifles to peoples heads to get them to vote the correct way.
- thriftwy 3y agoSure. Because of course they were all dying to learn the old and poetic French and use it for all their needs from this moment on. Only american guns could sway them away from that plan. Which did promptly materialise when it became apparent that Canada is not in position to control its naval crown jewel.
- _kbh_ 3y ago> Only american guns could sway them away from that plan. If the Russians were so sure of the vote in Crimea they would not have had to use guns to make sure it went the direction they wanted.
- thriftwy 3y agoI'm not sure whether you are joking, or do you really think that the actual voting booths were held under a literal gunpoint. Spoiler: they were not.
- _kbh_ 3y ago> I'm not sure whether you are joking, or do you really think that the actual voting booths were held under a literal gunpoint. Spoiler: they were not. Igor Girkin, the person who was there and ran all of this disagrees with your opinion he said that they held people at gun point to make sure that the judiciary voted to annex Crimea to Russia.