[Drew68]

A face saving solution would be for Crimeans to vote in a referendum whether or not they want to be Russian or Ukranian or independent.

They did, in 2014. "Leave Ukraine" won 95% of the votes.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: They did, in 2014. “Leave Ukraine” won 95% of the votes.

Well, if so, Ukraine should honor that. ONE DOWN, two to go.

Heck, if California voted to leave the United States by 95%, I’d let them go. No reason to kill thousands of Californians just to force them to stay in the Union if they don’t want to.