[Zhang Fei]

[While there are parallels to be sure with Chamberlain, there are differences as well.]

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A major difference is that the area Russia wants to annex is 10x the size of the area that Chamberlain agreed to hand over to Germany. A similarity is that a hefty chunk of the victim country’s industry lies in the area that the aggressor country wants to annex.

[lodi90]

The theft of Crimea is a non controversial subject in Russia. They’re going to keep it and we can’t do anything about it at this point. New German turbines power Crimean lights and the EU can’t wait to end sanctions. You can thank the kenyan for that mess. Donbas is another issue. I expect Putin will “give it back” after much diplomatic theater.

[dfwgator]

Also, the Sudetenland was key to the defense of Czechoslovakia, once it was given away, they had no viable defense against Germany.

[granada]

America had better pay attention to the sovereignty of Serbia and stop supporting kurd separatists in Middle east.