Posted on 03/16/2014 9:58:15 AM PDT by Errant
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/KIEV (Reuters) - Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow of rapidly building up its armed forces on...
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That could may be a strategic move to cut off support of insurgency based out of Western Ukraine. It does seem to indicate they are indeed going after Eastern Ukraine tho.
:-)
They have their sights on all of The Ukraine, and every other former Soviet territory.
We encourage Kosovo to break away, then get upset when Russia tries to do the same in Crimea. What’s good for the goose, right?
I suppose what we did in Kosovo is ok, then.
Yep, ‘em chickens are coming home to roast alright. O is getting paid back with his ‘own coin’...
Those two clowns would never dare to be standing there if they were in Russia.
But in the US they have privileged status.
We weren't in any way trying to add Kosovo as a territory or state in the US. There's a very big difference!
I think is plus 2 ahead of GMT time. That makes 9 hours ahead of EST.
Of course not....But it’s the height of hypocrisy on our part to suddenly be the “Conscience of the World” against Russia.
“We encourage Kosovo to break away, then get upset when Russia tries to do the same in Crimea. What’s good for the goose, right?”
The internationally recognized right to self-determination is satisfied when a defined group is able to exercise its own choice regarding its political future. On July 2010, the International Court decided that the declaration of independence of Kosovo did not violate general international law, basically because the international law contains no prohibition on declarations of independence. WHY would be any different for the Republic of Crimea, who declared already its independence from Ukraine prior to the referendum?
“Are they voting for YES - A or YES - B?”
FALSE.
The voters are given two choices on the ballot during the Crimean referendum; the voters being able to choose only one:
1) in favor of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation
2) in favor of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine.
According to current principles of state practice, most recently used to analyze the secessions of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Macedonia, minorities within existing states can secede as a means to gain self-determination only when they meet the following six criteria for self-determination: (1) the existence of a distinct, self-defined group within a state that overwhelmingly supports separatism; (2) a legitimate claim to the territory; (3) a pattern of systematic discrimination or exploitation against a sizable, self-defined minority; (4) the central government's rejection of compromise solutions; (5) the prospect of the territory and people concerned becoming a viable state; and (6) the effect of granting or refusing self-determination on regional and international peace, the effectuation of authoritative governmental processes and respect for human rights, and the impact on both regional and global value processes.
The Serbs were engaging in ethnic cleansing. The US didn't annex Kosovo as a territory or colony.
I don’t think there is much doubt which way this vote is going anyway.
The question should have been solved in 1994. Crimea only belonged to Ukraine because of a drunken Khrushchev trying to atone for his sins as Stalin’s man in the Ukraine.
Kosovo didn't border the US or offer an all weather port either.
“The question should have been solved in 1994. Crimea only belonged to Ukraine because of a drunken Khrushchev trying to atone for his sins as Stalin’s man in the Ukraine.”
Correct!
Wrong! I've been to all the time zones involved. It is 2 hours ahead of GMT, but GMT is just 5 hours ahead of EST not 7. They haven't gone on daylight savings time yet, to it is currently only 6 hours ahead of EDT.
The Crimean Tatars don’t want to be under the control of Russia.
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