But ... the poor Crimean refugees! The slaughter! The tanks!
Oh. Nevermind. That didn't happen. The Crimeans actually wanted to be back in Russia and it was done peacefully. Our "tough guys" side with the butcher, Kruschev, not the Crimean people.
Kiev Governance has been so deeply corrupt, and robbed the people for so many decades, it will take at least that long for the people to believe their nation has a chance to get above the waterline their leaders have subjected them to...if ever.
It should not have surprised any Crimea sought leaving Kiev once the New Governance was installed......or that the East would attempt to follow suit, though they simply wanted their own Parliament and self-rule. The people have been downtrodden and beat by their government and the new one only promised it would get worse...and it has as we see the deaths and destruction in the East..