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To: NorseViking
It was a Polish annexation of Ukraine - a separate nation at the time.

I guess you disagree with Russian annexation of Crimea but then based on your very same logic Russia has right to annex not only Crimea which is historically more Russian but all the Ukraine and Poland on top of it.

I have no problem with Russia annexing Crimea. After all, it only became part of the Ukraine, because Khrushchev decided it should be one day. But Poland and the Ukraine were fighting over territory before. Poland was no more aggressive than Ukraine. You never seem to mention the territories the Ukraine took that were parts of Hungary and Romania?

Your philosophy seems to be: 1. Russia is always right. 2. Ukrained is right against every country except Russia. 3. Poland is always wrong. Russia is always right.

I am from the U.S. state of California. What Oblast are yo from?

48 posted on 01/19/2020 12:07:07 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

“” “” Poland was no more aggressive than Ukraine. You never seem to mention the territories the Ukraine took that were parts of Hungary and Romania?”” “”

Individual Ukrainians aside, Ukraine wasn’t aggressive. As for parts of Hungary and Romania they didn’t decide it. The Soviets annexed it to Ukraine to make it easier to defend. That was mostly based on Molotov-Ribbentrop. The Soviets also attached a nice piece of Germany to Poland. Poland seems like doesn’t object.

“” “Your philosophy seems to be: 1. Russia is always right. 2. Ukrained is right against every country except Russia. 3. Poland is always wrong. Russia is always right.” “” “

Not at all. My philosophy is exactly opposite. I don’t believe in the concept of a ‘good guy’ in geopolitics. There are good and bad things and then these might be explained based on understanding of national interests of involved parties.


64 posted on 01/19/2020 1:09:34 AM PST by NorseViking
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