[Drew68]

I would imagine the 600,000 residents of Alaska might have something to say about that.

What if these 600,000 residents of Alaska voted to become part of Russia?

[dainbramaged]

What if these 600,000 residents of Alaska voted to become part of Russia?
That's a pretty big "what if?", don't you think? What if Spartacus had a Cessna?

[wetphoenix]

~What if these 600,000 residents of Alaska voted to become part of Russia?~

Won’t happen. Crimean parallels are far-fetched. They went to Russia because Ukraine is a corrupt hellhole circling a bowl between anarchy and tyranny of all colors for 20 years and counting. Alaska is a part of country which is both a top or second global economy and also in a top ten in terms of freedoms.
Southwest is not going to Mexico anytime soon for that very reason.