[aMorePerfectUnion]

Under Putin’s logic, we had no right to independence from Great Britain.

Well, it is Sunday, so...

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

B.S. Putin's argument is that Ukraine is ethnically close to Russia, and was part of Russia for much of its history. Therefore, Ukraine has no right to exist as an independent country.

That logic would be directly applicable to our (by "our", I mean those of us here who are Americans) own right to exist as an independent country.

It's also an argument that makes the status of Kaliningrad being part of Russia a complete joke.