[azinman2]

So that makes it ok to take over parts of a country? If so, the Europe should take over parts of the US, Taibet should give up on independence, parts of Jordan should become Palestinian, etc.

Russia on purpose flooded the area with Russians when they last had it, much like China is doing now with Tibet.

You can’t argue this justifies war from another country. If the people vote for (or otherwise self-select) independence and to join another nation that’s very different than a war where the soldiers hide their identity in order to take a region forcefully.

[insertnickname]

I never said that. I just provided facts to back up evook's claim that "you can't compare Crimea with western Europe. Crimea was mostly Russian to begin with". Even if you look at the 1897 census, it was 33 % Russian.

[pulse7]

How was Kosovo different from Crimea?