To: Marguerite
Indeed. One must understand that Crimeans never considered themselves Ukrainians. 98% of the population speak Russian and have Russian ancestry, as Crimea is Russian since 1774, when Catherines the Greats army conquered it from Ottomans. The few Tartars living there are the remnants of Ottomans. They were the only ones in Crimea to welcome with open arms the German occupiers in WWII.We have a number of cities that are majority Mexican and might even consider themselves Mexican first. Doesn't mean that a dispatch of thousands of Mexican troops to those cities would be considered a friendly move.
26 posted on
03/02/2014 11:09:57 PM PST by
Zhang Fei
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To: Zhang Fei
“We have a number of cities that are majority Mexican and might even consider themselves Mexican first.”
Did they belong to Mexico from 1774 to 1954?
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03/02/2014 11:21:33 PM PST by
Marguerite
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