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Originally Posted by Pointman
Putin's madman speech, reckless actions and general demeanor somewhat obscures that the demands are not that unreasonable.
Annexation should never be allowed, but Crimea is not something that Russia just took from Ukraine. Crimea had been Russian for centuries and Ukraine should have given it back when USSR dissolved. Crimea is not something to sweat, let alone bleed, over, but it's not like Putin just randomly grabbed some region of his choice. The circumstances of Crimea ending up in Ukraine at the first place are disputable at best.
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I don't know much about Crimea, so I took a quick look at Wikipedia. I know. But according to the timeline, Russia annexed Crimea in 1783. Hrmm..making a habit of that. Then they gave it to the Ukraine( no take backs!) in 1954. So 171 years. So saying it has been Russian for "centuries" is a bit of a stretch.
If Crimea wants to be independent, that's one thing. But countries don't just get to take land because they had taken it before 231 years before. Could you imagine if Europe just decided to re-take all the land they had taken in the past? Madness!
Is this the look they are going for now? It kinda looks like it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Crimea