Quote Originally Posted by 9999
No, the difference is the south does not have 90% support for the separatists. I'm not sure the figures but I doubt it's even half.
Quote Originally Posted by Albert Shagnastier
^Exactly.
Disagree some provinces in the south would vote yes by a majority but debating the percent who would vote yes is not the point. Point, it would be considered illegal under UN law.

Putin is dangerous but no more so than any other head of state who has the power via force to annex parts of a sovereign nation. Preventing such an action is one of the fundamental reasons the UN exists.

Don't have to look very hard however to see the UN is a miserable failure in effectively preventing or punishing illegal acts.