Because after all what does Congress have to worry about except Crimea on a map?
“Because after all what does Congress have to worry about except Crimea on a map?”
It has significant impacts upon diplomatic protocols and the status of other territorial disputes around the world. You cannot belittle it without appearing to be ignorant, dishonest, or both. Russia’s actions are a blatant violation of Russia’s obligations uner the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and the official maps are required to reflect the effects of such international law by showing the disputed territorial claim is an illegal occupation of the sovereign territory of the Ukraine. This is in perfect observance of how the international community treated the likewise illegal occupations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania by the Soviet Union in 1940 while the Soviets were allies of Hitler’s Third REich regime in Germany.