Crimea is Russian. Full stop. If the world didn’t obstinately refuse to recognize it, we probably wouldn’t be where we are right now.
> Crimea is Russian. Full stop. <
I agree. I have mentioned on other threads that Crimea was Russian for 150+ years until Khrushchev arbitrarily gave it to Ukraine. I believe that was in 1956.
The problem many people (including me) have is that Putin took it back by force. I understand that was the only way. But it is still distasteful.
After all, many nations have quite legitimate claims on territory now controlled by other nations. So if Putin’s move was 100% okay, then violence pretty much everywhere would be okay.
A sensible and just United Nations would have resolved the Crimea problem long ago. But as we all know, the UN is neither sensible nor just.
A Big Bump to that.