Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
No they are not, Looper.
Quote Originally Posted by OhOh
Yugoslavia, Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Syria..................?
Which of those countries' borders has been changed by having land stolen? (Yugoslavia was broken up and new borders created following an internal ethnic war) You cannot invade and take land from countries in the 21st century. The only developed country to have broken this rule is Russia. It is a major step back in the development of rules of engagement for the globe.

Quote Originally Posted by sabang
Still on about Crimea? Yawwn- it's done and dusted. Considering that Ukraine is in economic freefall, and it's eastern provinces in a civil war, Crimea looks like the land of milk and honey in comparison. The Crimean people (overwhelmingky Russian) & Parliament did the right thing, as did Russia.
Is your brain really so addled as to see the myopic shortsightedness of this argument? Russia has caused the disaster in Ukraine. Land has been stolen by a foreign nation. 6000 people are dead in fighting for control of more. This is all down to Russian sponsored foreign aggression. You think this is all OK because you don't like the USA. Pathetic.

It is embarrassing watching the fine tradition of rational argument falling into decay as the Putin apologists insist on trying not to to see the elephant in the room:-

Russia took land from another country by force. This is the 21st century. Wake up.