You seem to think I’m in Russia. I’m in Australia. I know about the Chechyna conflict. Regardless, it is no more a vassal than Hawaii or Alaska. I wonder how the U.S would deal with Hawaii if an armed insurrection, followed by a declaration of independence by native Hawaiians occured. Hmmm
Cuba was a U.S. possession that wanted to be independent. The Philippines likewise. Most recently, Samoa. If you knew about Chechnya you would have known why I said “maybe” instead of act so stupid about it. If you knew about U.S. history, you would not have made the ridiculous statement you made about what we would do with places that want independence. We are the United States. Both parts of our name are important. We are states that are united. The old Soviet constitution said much the same thing. But, that constitution was a lie. Your republics were not free to declare independence. Even when your leaders signed documents recognizing independence, Putin can use military force to reunite the republic to Muscovy.