- 22 Feb 2022 21:55
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If Crimea , which by the way until it was ceded to the Ukraine , by Khrushchev , had initially been part of Russia, is stolen land , then so was Texas stolen from Mexico . The crucial question is does a population have the right of self-determination ? If so, then Donetsk , and Luhansk have the sovereign right to be reunited with the Russian motherland . At any rate , it is no rightful concern of the rest of the world what the border between Russia and Ukraine shall be . And from a historical standpoint , Putin is no worse , at the very worst , than U.S. President James Polk , in regards to the border crises which arose during his presidency . https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oregon-treaty , https://archive.humanevents.com/2014/04/18/neds-chickens-come-home-to-roost/